Supporting Highlighting and Advancing Recent Developments in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (SHARED EPR)

支持突出和推进电子顺磁共振（SHARED EPR）的最新发展

• 批准号: 1412700
• 负责人: Gary Gerfen
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-15 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1412700&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supporting; Highlighting; Advancing; Recent; Developments

This project establishes a Research Coordination Network named "Supporting, Highlighting and Advancing Recent Developments in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance" (SHARED EPR) that aims to promote the development and dissemination of innovative instrumentation and techniques in the area of EPR spectroscopy. EPR is of central importance to scientific research in the disciplines of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Materials Science. It is a technique which is used to investigate structure and dynamics in a wide variety of samples, ranging from biological molecules to polymers to semiconductors. The information obtained with EPR is then used to understand how these molecules or materials function, and how improved ones can be made. However, the broad applicability of EPR across many scientific disciplines can inhibit effective interaction between groups that use the technique. It is crucial to the overall growth of the field of EPR that advances achieved in one discipline be communicated to researchers in the other disciplines. The SHARED EPR network is designed to ensure these advances are translated from the lab in which they are developed to the labs in which they are needed, no matter what discipline is involved. The Primary Goals of the network are to: facilitate the advancement of EPR methodology, instrumentation and techniques; foster cross-fertilization and establish new collaborative research opportunities within the U.S. EPR community; and establish international collaborations. The Network will achieve these goals by spearheading the following network activities and training opportunities. An annual Grand Challenge Workshop will be organized in conjunction with a national scientific meeting that brings together a diverse range of EPR researchers to identify and address major issues facing the field of EPR spectroscopy. A web portal will be developed to provide a centralized location for information regarding EPR research and resources and serve as a gateway to the EPR community for non-specialists. The Network will sponsor EPR Technology Transfer Experiences in which students and postdocs spend time and doing experiments in other labs to learn new EPR techniques which they will bring back and implement in their home labs. Pre-college minority students will be supported to participate in a research-based science experience at the Steppingstone Magnetic Resonance Training Center in the Detroit area. International collaborations will be fostered through the interaction of the SHARED EPR Network with the German Priority Program SPP 1601 consortium titled "New Frontiers in Sensitivity for EPR Spectroscopy: From Biological Cells to Nano Materials." This project is co-funded by the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, the Division of Chemistry, and the Division of Materials Research.

该项目建立了一个名为“支持、突出和推进电子顺磁共振最新发展”（SHARED EPR）的研究协调网络，旨在促进 EPR 波谱学领域创新仪器和技术的开发和传播。 EPR 对于化学、物理、生物学和材料科学等学科的科学研究至关重要。它是一种用于研究从生物分子到聚合物再到半导体的各种样品的结构和动力学的技术。然后，利用 EPR 获得的信息来了解这些分子或材料的功能，以及如何改进它们。然而，EPR 在许多科学学科中的广泛适用性可能会抑制使用该技术的群体之间的有效互动。将某一学科取得的进展传达给其他学科的研究人员对于 EPR 领域的整体发展至关重要。共享 EPR 网络旨在确保这些进步从开发它们的实验室转化为需要它们的实验室，无论涉及什么学科。该网络的主要目标是： 促进 EPR 方法、仪器和技术的进步；促进交叉融合并在美国 EPR 界内建立新的合作研究机会；并建立国际合作。该网络将通过带头开展以下网络活动和培训机会来实现这些目标。一年一度的大挑战研讨会将与全国科学会议同时举办，汇集不同领域的 EPR 研究人员，以确定和解决 EPR 光谱领域面临的主要问题。将开发一个门户网站，为有关 EPR 研究和资源的信息提供集中位置，并作为非专家进入 EPR 社区的门户。该网络将赞助 EPR 技术转让体验，学生和博士后将花时间在其他实验室进行实验，以学习新的 EPR 技术，并将这些技术带回自己的家庭实验室并实施。将支持大学预科少数族裔学生在底特律地区的 Steppingstone 磁共振培训中心参加基于研究的科学体验。国际合作将通过共享 EPR 网络与德国优先计划 SPP 1601 联盟的互动来促进，该联盟的标题为“EPR 光谱灵敏度的新前沿：从生物细胞到纳米材料”。该项目由分子和细胞生物科学部、化学部和材料研究部共同资助。