The NMR instruments are allocated to NYSBC Consortium institutions according to their membership level. The schedule is published 13 weeks in advance to allow sufficient time for planning and sample preparation. NYSBC affiliates of consortium institutions can request use of their scheduled institutional NMR time by contacting their institution’s NYSBC NMR representative or nmrscheduling@nysbc.org.

General Notes for NMR Schedule

• Look at this schedule with a reload of your browser window before coming to use time you believe was allocated to you.  Your allocation is governed by your institutional representative. If you believe your allocations are in error, please contact them first. Additional questions can be directed to nmrscheduling@nysbc.org.
   
• For NYSBC NMR specific information, see General Facility Summary and Facility FAQs.
   
• See NMR Access Accounting for detailed comments on relative waiting of NMR use by field strength.
   
• 900_2 is converted between solids and liquids.
   
• The 600 DNP is not part of a member institution’s normal NMR allocation. Users interested in the 600 DNP should contact nmrscheduling@nysbc.org.
   
• Scheduled maintenance:
  • NMR fills, updates: Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. noon, unless otherwise specified.
  • Server backups: Mondays 10:00 a.m.–noon.
  • NMR computers full synchronization: Mondays 2:00 a.m. start.

The majority of the NMR time is reserved for NYSBC Consortium members. The balance of time is available to the wider NMR community for an hourly fee. Experienced NMR users interested in collecting data using the NYSBC instruments should contact nmrscheduling@nysbc.org.

Contract NMR services can be provided.

Please contact:

Michael Goger, Ph.D. (NMR Manager, Senior Scientist)
gogerm@nysbc.org
(212) 939-0660 ext. 203

All users of the Center’s resources must become affiliated with NYSBC. NYSBC staff will normally facilitate this for users. All affiliates require affiliation endorsement from their institution’s representative(s) on NYSBC’s NMR scientific committee. The affiliation is required for identification purposes and for allocation of resources, which are in heavy demand.

• Faculty of the member institutions should inquire of their departmental chairs or deans to become affiliated faculty. For further information, they may wish to consult their institution’s representative(s) on NYSBC’s scientific committee, who can supply an affiliation endorsement.
   
• Postdoctoral associates should inquire of their principal investigator and with their approval have a member of NYSBC’s scientific committee supply an affiliation endorsement.
   
• Graduate students of the member institutions should inquire of their research director, or dean of students. Graduate students will need to have a member of NYSBC’s scientific committee supply an affiliation endorsement.
   
• Undergraduates of the member institutions should associate themselves with faculty research programs in their member institution, and then inquire of their research director.

Visitors

We welcome everyone at the public seminars and meetings at NYSBC.

Those formally affiliated with the Center are welcome during all working hours. However, we do not permit visitors who are not affiliates into the controlled areas of the building, which are at BSL-2 (Bio Safety Lab level -2), other than when they are escorted by NYSBC staff. Please advise us in advance of your needs to bring in visitors. This rule is needed because of

1. The impossibility of having trained staff safely supervising visitors other than by escorting them.
2. Some unusual hazards (especially the fringe fields).
3. The size and complexity of the building in the case of required evacuation (e.g. for fire).
4. The need for security in a BSL2 facility.
    

Please be reminded that ONLY users with all-hours privilege will be able to enter the NYSBC Park building outside working hours, which include ALL FEDERAL holidays and weekends.

Purpose and General Comments:

1. Purpose: The NMR resources of NYSBC are available around the clock to qualified users and are solely for the scientific use of the NYSBC resources. An applicant should have a reasonable need for significant all-hours access to the resources of the Center. The privilege of all-hours access will be considered when the applicant has demonstrated sufficient competency operating the spectrometers to NMR Staff. These rules are designed to be applicable to all affiliates.
   1. All-hours access is required if a user is to be present outside normal working hours or hours when a facility staff member is not present.
   2. Applicants shall hold a New York Fire Department Permit for Supervision of a Chemical Laboratory certificate (type C-14) in their home institution.
       
2. Changes: The rules and procedures described here are continuously evolving with the growth of NYSBC, and input from the Board and the operating committees.
    
3. No entitlement: These rules and procedures do not provide any entitlement to all-hours access, and all-hours access privileges may be suspended for emergency or operational reasons at any time.
    
4. Suspension: In general, all-hours use will not be available under the following conditions. The guard will be directed to turn all-hours users away during these times if there is no electrical power at NYSBC. In the event of any outages in Manhattan, call NYSBC in advance to check if the National Weather Service issued hurricane or winter storm warnings because of the additional potential difficulties of providing emergency services, and of transport.

For data collected on the 500:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center.”

For data collected on the 600 DNP/NMR:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center. The 600 MHz DNP/NMR spectrometer was purchased with funds from NIH grant S10RR029249.”

For data collected on the 700:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center. The 700 MHz spectrometer was purchased with funds from NIH grant S10OD018509.”

For data collected on the 750WB:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center. Data collected using the 750WB NEO spectrometer was purchased by NIH grant P41GM118302.”

For data collected on the 800US#1:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center. Data collected using the 800MHz Avance III spectrometer is supported by NIH grant S10OD016432. The 5mm 800MHz TXO cryoprobe is supported by NIH grant S10OD028577.”

For data collected on the 800US#2:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center. Data collected using the 800MHz Neo spectrometer is supported by NIH grant S10OD034275.”

For data collected on the 800Conv:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center. The 5mm 800MHz H&F TCI cryoprobe is supported by NIH grant RM1GM145397.”

For data collected on the 900s:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center. The 900 MHz NMR spectrometers were purchased with funds from NIH grant P41GM066354 and the New York State Assembly. Data collected using the 900MHz NEO spectrometer is supported by NIH grant S10OD030373.”

For data collected on Art Palmer’s 475 or 600:

“Prof. X. Y. is a member of the New York Structural Biology Center. The 475 MHz spectrometer was purchased with funds from NIH grant S10 OD023499.”

For data collected in association with CoMD/NMR:

“Some of the work presented here was conducted at the Center on Macromolecular Dynamics by NMR Spectroscopy located at the New York Structural Biology Center, supported by a grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences RM1GM145397.”