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First 1,000 MHz NMR Installed December 4, 2009
AVANCE 1000 installation in Lyon. | Bruker BioSpin has successfully completed the installation of the world's first 1,000 MHz ultra-high field NMR spectrometer at the Centre de Resonance Magnétique Nucléaire à Très Hauts Champs (CRMN) in Lyon, France (a joint research unit of CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Université Lyon 1).
The AVANCE 1000 system incorporates a record-breaking 23.5 Tesla UltraStabilized superconducting magnet, and offers research opportunities, both to the CRMN and to other French and European scientists who will access the facility. For the community of scientists using modern NMR around the world today, this represents a landmark moment.
The ultra-high resolution capabilities and sensitivity of the system will enable breakthroughs in the study of crucial problems at the frontier of science in such as: heterogeneous catalysis in the context of sustainable development; structure and dynamics of proteins relevant to complex mechanisms of disease; large scale population studies of metabolism to understand lifestyle factors, notably nutrition, in relation to diseases such as cancer.
Lyndon Emsley, says: "We have been very impressed by the installation of the 1000 MHz system. The magnet was ramped up to field quickly and demonstrates homogeneity and drift characteristics. Due to the resolution and sensitivity of the 1,000 MHz CryoProbe and the availability of several solid-state NMR probes, we are already running experiments to demonstrate the potential of the system across a wide range of applications, and we expect the spectrometer to be open for business on a routine basis very soon."
Source: Bruker BioSpin
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