Multidisciplinary Frontiers of Magnetic Resonance

EMAR

Research Networking ProgramLaunched April 13th 2007

EMAR motivation: bridging gaps

National societies and discussion groups are not coordinated (European dimension)

Different specialities talk different scientific dialects (Interdisciplinarity)

Cutting edge developments diffuse slowly to the users. Capabilities of state of the art instrumentation in isolated locations may not be always used because of knowledge barriers (Training)

EMAR Objectives Facilitate, intregrate and disseminate the work

carried out by National NMR and EPR communities in Europe (NETWORKING)

Stimulate the development of MR in interdisciplinary areas by coordination and exchange between groups in different areas (EXPLORATION)

Promote the transition of concepts and techniques from the frontiers to basic users (TRAINING)

Multidisciplinary Frontiers of Magnetic Resonance (EMAR)Prof. Geoffrey Bodenhausen, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, FranceProf. Beat Meier, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Prof. Miquel Pons, IRB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

18 Member Organisations from 16 countries contribute to this program:

Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF), Austria Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen(FWO), Belgium NMR Centre of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic Czech Science Foundation (GACR), Czech Republic Estonian Science Foundation, Estonia Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG), Germany Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), Hungary Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnología (FCT), Portugal Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic Slovenian NMR Center, Slovenia Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain Comisión Intermininisterial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT), Spain Swedish Research Council, Sweden the Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland

ESF RNP Administrator: Chantal Durant ESF Science Officer Liaison: Patrick Bressler

EMAR Instruments

EUROMAR conferences (NETWORKING)

Interdisciplinary Frontier Workshops (EXPLORATION)

Training activities and schools (TRAINING)

EMAR Budget Expenditure 2007-2009

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Anual Budget: 83.000 €

FRONTIERS OF MR IN EUROPE2007 Towards single-spin physics

2008 3D Structure determination of proteins by solid-state NMR

2009 Dynamic Nuclear Polarization: New Techniques, Methods and Applications

2010 Paramagnetic tagging in NMR

Joint tutorial on EPR, solid-state NMR and liquid-state NMR.

Basic NMR theory and hands-on practical course.Metabolomics at the frontier of magnetic resonance and systems biology.Electron Spin Resonance Imaging.

NMR of biological solids: membrane proteins, fibrilsNMR in virus research.

European Training School on Advanced EPR.

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Participation 2007-2009: 1800 peopleStudents sponsored by EMAR: 300Participating countries: 50 (26 European)Outreach: Iberoamerica (Tarragona)

Eastern Europe (St. Petersburg) Asia and America (Florence)

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EUROMAR PARTICIPATIONEUROMAR 2010: WORLD WIDE NMR CONFERENCE (with ISMAR)EUROMAR 2011: FRANKFURT

Training/Workshop proposals received:

Solid-state NMR schoolNMR insights into hydration effects

Board induced actions:

Enhance the geographical distribution of training activities/workshopsConsolidate the worldwide leadership of Europe in Magnetic Resonance