Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre

本申请是对大西洋地区磁共振中心(ARMRC)的MFA奖的申请。ARMRC在几个周期内一直得到MFA方案的支持，最近一次是在前任主任布鲁斯·格林德利的领导下。ARMRC为整个大西洋地区的学术界和工业界提供核磁共振服务，特别是海洋省份。核磁共振是分析液体和固体中化学物种的关键方法，该中心配备了针对各种材料进行优化的最先进的光谱仪。该中心还拥有一批训练有素的专业人员，他们协助用户规划、执行和解释基于核磁共振的实验。核磁共振是一项昂贵的技术，因此将像这样的主要研究资源集中起来作为区域中心是非常高效的。除了在中心的工作外，我们的工作人员还前往该区域的伙伴机构提供培训和研究支持，以便最大限度地利用这些研究人员在中心本身的时间。在之前的MFA获奖期间，ARMRC向240名用户提供了访问权限，其中包括近90名研究生和115名本科生。40%的用户来自达尔豪西大学以外的地方。用户制作了约180份出版物，其中70份来自达尔豪西以外的地方。

This application is for an MFA award to the Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre (ARMRC). The ARMRC has been supported continously for several cycles by the MFA program, most recently under the leadership of the previous Director, Bruce Grindley. The ARMRC provides nuclear magnetic resonance services (NMR) to academia and industry throughout the Atlantic Region, particularly the Maritime Provinces. NMR is a key method for analysis of chemical species in both liquids and solids, and the Centre is equipped with state-of-the-art spectrometers optimized for all kinds of materials. The Centre also has a staff of highly trained professionals, who assist users in the planning, execution, and interpretation of NMR-based experiments. NMR is an expensive technology, so it is highly efficient to concentrate a major research resource such as this as a regional centre. In addition to their work at the Centre, our staff travel to our partner institutions in the region to provide training and research support, in order to make the most of the time these researchers spend at the Centre itself. In the previous MFA award period, the ARMRC provided access to 240 users, including almost 90 graduate students and 115 undergraduates. 40% of the users were from outside Dalhousie University. The users produced some 180 publications, 70 of which were from outside Dalhousie.