Nucleic Magnetic Resonance

Nucleic Magnetic Resonance
Kind of infrastructure
Platforms/Labs
Typology
Biology / genomics / proteomics
University
Beira Interior (UBI)
Application / Industrial sector
Health
Description of equipment

The PTNMR supports a wide range of research projects in various scientific areas, either through provision of routine analytical services (to academia and industry) and spectrometer time, or by providing scientific and technical assistance, fostering collaborative work between users, and organizing and supporting multiple training activities.

Location
Institute
Health Sciences Research Center
Department
Faculty of Health Sciences
Features
Others tipologies
Elementary, molecular and isotopic characterization / separative techniques
Prerequisites
None
Technicians
Carla Cruz, Carla Fonseca, Sandra Bernardo and Tiago Santos
Equipment list
The laboratory has two NMR spectrometers operating at a proton resonance frequency of 400 MHz and 600 MHz, respectively. The 600 MHz spectrometer is equipped with QCI CryoProbe (enabling simultaneous decoupling on multiple nuclei, such as, 13C, 31P and 15N) with cold preamplifiers that increase the sensitivity by a factor of four, being specially devoted to the determination of structures of biomolecules or small molecules at low concentrations and metabolomic studies. The 400 MHz spectrometer is equipped with a a TXI probe-head with inverse detection, a BBFO broadband and a HR MAS probe-heads, this latter enabling the acquisition of high-resolution NMR spectra of semi-solid (e.g.: paste, gels, resins, etc.) or liquid samples, from biological, organic or inorganic sources.

Bruker Avance III de 600 MHz equipado com criosonda QCI (13C, 31P e 15N) e carrossel/robot Samplejet (capacidade 500 amostras);

Bruker Avance III 400 MHz com carrossel SampleXpress (60 amostras). Sondas disponíveis 5 mm BBFO sonda de banda larga, 5 mm TXI sonda de deteção inversa e sonda tripla HR MAS de 4mm.
Available measurements
'-Recording of liquid-state 2D and 3D NMR spectra of peptide
domains and proteins up to 50 kDa, using single 15N, double 15N-
13C and triple 15N-13C-2H labelled samples for structure
determination and protein dynamics studies.
-Variety of NMR spectra aiming at discovering low- to high- affinity
ligands for proteins. Deployed techniques: (i) ligand-observe based
(STD-NMR, water-LOGSY, Diffusion based, etc) using non-labelled
protein samples, or (ii) protein-observe based (HSQC, NH exchange,
etc) using 15N or 15N, 13C labelled samples.
- Recording of 1D 1H NMR and 2D 1H-13C NMR spectra of complex
liquid or semi-solid mixtures, biological tissues and polymers.
- Basic training of users (students or researchers) for in-house data collection and processing. Training of basic skills, sample preparation, useful tips for solid/liquid NMR measurements andimplementation of a wide-range of routine pulse sequences.
Sample preparation
Liquid samples including biological samples, biomolecules and organic molecules.
Deployment of the results
Metabonomics, Advanced Structural Analysis,
Protein Ligand Interactions, Protein Structure and Dynamics.
Training of advanced skills, theoretical background and
implementation of a wide-range of advanced pulse sequences.
Approximate time for the results
depends of the complexity of the samples, 1 day, week or months
Price list
The rates have been set according to the user type:
A – researchers from UBI;
B – researchers from other scientific institutions outside UBI;
C – researchers from industry.

NMR spectrometer Users
A B C
400MHz Monday to Friday (8 am–19 pm) 1,5 €/h 3 €/h 4,5 €/h
Night (19 pm-8 am and weekends) 1 €/h 2 €/h 3 €/h

600MHz Monday to Friday (8 am–19 pm) 3 €/h 6 €/h 9 €/h
Night (19 pm-8 am and weekends) 2 €/h 4 €/h 6 €/h

Possibility of on-site measurements
The users can aquired their samples in the NMR Lab. at CICS-UBI.
Other relevant information
The Laboratory of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is located within CICS-UBI (Health Sciences Research Centre - University of Beira Interior) and its main objectives are to create the preeminent conditions for the academic and scientific community using the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. This laboratory also accepts project proposals from scientists and researchers from others institutions and from industry. The laboratory of NMR at CICS UBI belongs to PTNMR infrastruture.
Contact
Person name
Carla Cruz
Email
carlacruz@fcsaude.ubi.pt
Phone
+351275329097