RCN: Networking Tools for NMR Research on Biological Solids

这个RCN项目的目标是在分子结构和大分子组装动力学领域建立一个研究人员和学生的互动社区，特别关注固态核磁共振的前沿技术。该项目将促进思想交流，并为纽约城市大学（CUNY）、纽约结构生物学中心、哥伦比亚大学和纽约大学的六个研究小组提供校外设备设施。联网工作将通过在纽约市各参与机构举行的一系列正在进行的研讨会来完成；在纽约市立大学研究生中心和纽约结构生物学中心轮流举行的年度研讨会；每年在不同实验室的核心参与者之间轮流进行实践研讨会；用于远程会议和视频会议的通信系统；还有一个互动网站，该网站将公布上述活动，并允许位于不同站点的研究人员之间建立技术网络。这些项目将促进初级和成熟的研究人员交流想法和结果的能力，形成“实时”合作，并推动固态核磁共振领域的发展，因为它适用于生物聚合物和大分子组装。此外，研讨会和网站将接触到广泛的研究人员和学生，否则他们将无法获得最先进的核磁共振方法和生物固体分子结构的实验结果。这些人包括远离纽约市的研究同行以及当地的教师和学生。重要的是，研究协调网络将包括大量少数民族学生，他们占纽约市立大学学生人数的69%。

The objective of this RCN project is to establish an interactive community of researchers and students in the area of molecular structure and dynamics of macromolecular assemblies, with a specific focus on the forefront technology of solid-state NMR. This project will foster communication of ideas and allow exposure to off-campus equipment facilities for six research groups at the City University of New York (CUNY), the New York Structural Biology Center, Columbia University, and New York University. The networking will be accomplished through an ongoing seminar series held at participating institutes across New York City; an annual symposium held alternately at the CUNY Graduate Center and at the New York Structural Biology Center; an annual hands-on workshop rotating among different laboratories of the core participants; a communications system for teleconferencing and video conferencing; and an interactive website that will announce the activities described above and allow technical networking among the researchers located at the various sites. These programs will facilitate the ability of both junior and well-established investigators to exchange ideas and results, form collaborations in "real time," and advance the field of solid-state NMR as it applies to biopolymers and macromolecular assemblies. In addition, the seminars and website will reach a broad array of researchers and students who would not otherwise have ready access to state-of-the-art NMR methods and experimental results on the molecular structure of biological solids. These individuals include research counterparts in locations distant from New York City as well as local faculty and students. Importantly, the Research Coordination Network will include a significant population of minority students, who comprise 69% of CUNY's student population.