Connect NMR UK: A National NMR Network for the Physical and Life Sciences
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Biochemistry
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| Christina Redfield (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | The main achievements of this grant have been the establishment of a ConnectNMR UK website that provides information to the UK NMR community about NMR facilities operating around the country, upcoming NMR conferences and NMR job vacancies and also the funding of NMR workshops and bursaries for students and early career researchers to attend NMR workshops and conferences. Many of the objectives of the project were delayed because the Covid pandemic made it difficult/impossible for NMR scientists to visit other NMR facilities around the UK or to attend conferences/workshops in person. The project was restarted with a new project manager in the summer of 2021 and a third project manager was appointed in mid-2022 and then a final project manager in the autumn of 2024. The Oxford-related activities within the project have mostly involved networking with the UK solution-state biomolecular NMR community. This has been done through links with the CCPN project. Professor Redfield has been a member of the CCPN Executive Committee, representing the ConnectNMR UK project, since 2020. Annually ConnectNMR UK has provided bursaries that have allowed graduate students and early career researchers to attend the annual CCPN conference and most of those awarded bursaries have presented their work via the poster sessions. For a more detailed update please refer to the submission by the main grant PI Prof Frederic Blanc from University of Liverpool (EP/S035958/1). |
| Exploitation Route | We hope that the connections that are forged between NMR research groups in the UK as a result of ConnectNMR UK will continue beyond the scope of the grant. Prof Blanc (Liverpool) and Prof Butts (Bristol) are considering whether it is appropriate to apply for funding to allow ConnectNMR UK to develop into a new phase in future for the benefit of the UK NMR community. Prof Redfield (Oxford) is due to retire in 2026 so will not be involved in the next phase of the project. |
| Sectors | Chemicals Education Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| URL | http://www.connectnmruk.ac.uk |