Let’s get started with the online activities for this week?
You are going to look for information about a research group in an international university you are interested in. Based on the information you find, answer these questions:
A. What is the research group you found? What is the university? What are the important aspects about the group you chose?
B. Write a small text explaining why you would study in this group and what is the relation between the group and the research you are involved with.
This activity is due to June, 17, 2013
Have a great weekend!
Camila :)
A. What is the research group you found? What is the university? What are the important aspects about the group you chose?
ResponderExcluirIn the Department of Chemistry of Iowa State University there is a research group that studies Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Nanocomposites, Analysis of Complex Organic Matter, Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods. I chose this group because there is a specific Professor, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr who is a specialist in Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods and his work is similar to my current work.
B. Write a small text explaining why you would study in this group and what is the relation between the group and the research you are involved with.
In my PhD I work with lignocellulose biomass material using solid-state NMR and I usually looking for articles written by Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, there are a lot of valuable information that help me in my research. This research group has developed a set of spectral editing techniques for NMR spectra of complex organic matter that often enable unique identification of functional groups. It allows characterization of organic material.
A
ResponderExcluirI found the NeCEN (Netherland Center of Electron Nanoscopy) in Universiteit Leiden - The Netherlands. This is the most important group in Cryo-Electron Microscopy in world, the unique one with 2 Titan Krios Electron Microscope, the newer microscope in macromolecular studies.
B
Nowadays, my Phd project use the Cryo-EM technique to resolve the structure of macromolecular complex from E. coli. In Brazil, we have older microscopes and dosen't have a high resolution. To obtain the atomic resolution is necessary a very powerfull resolution range, if will be possible to use the Titan Krios will be fundamental to obtain the better resolution of the complex which I work.
Furthermore, I worked there during 5 weeks during my mastership and I have good relationship with researchers there and I know about the lab's organization.