Author: Hieronymus Hölzig

On 8 January 2024, Chemnitz University of Technology hosts a workshop for (early career) female scientists with a focus on “My career development – individual assessment and self-reflection”. Dr Kathrin Carl will report between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on perspectives for professional steps after the doctorate or postdoctoral phase. At the event, questions such as “What do I bring with me?” and “Where am I drawn to?” are discussed. The page of the Centre for Equal Opportunities in Science and Research of the TU Chemnitz can be accessed via this link.

A two-day workshop for our HYP*MOL early career researchers will be held at Nimbschen Monastery near Grimma at the end of February. In addition to other items on the programme, there will be special introductory lectures and talks by the project leaders that are important for the scientific career path and an introduction to the topic of hyperpolarization.

On Monday, Georgeta Salvan will talk about the CISS effect, Jan Haas and Annika Morgenstern will present the collaboration platform Confluence and the electronic lab book eLabFTW respectively, and Lokesh Rasabathina will host a creative format on hyperpolarization-typical abbreviations.

On Tuesday, Christina Lamers will present the world of bioproteins, Björn Corzilius will introduce us to the DNP cosmos and a tour of the monastery and ruins will mark our cultural program.

There will be a summer school on Solid-state NMR at Youth hostel Schloss Windischleuba (40 km South of Leipzig/Germany) from Sun/10 March (evening) to Sat/16 March (morning) 2024 supported by the ISMAR. The school is the third in a cycle of four schools and will be dedicated to Solid-state NMR.

Topics will be:

Basics of solid-state NMR, quantum mechanics, spin-interactions, tensors, Euler angles, static case, MAS, CP, instrumentation, decoupling, recoupling, operators, AHT, multidimensional experiments, molecular motion, polymers, quadrupolar nuclei, biomolecules, protons at high MAS and high field.

The programme can be accessed via this link.

The Mitteldeutsches Resonanztreffen MDR-52 will take place on Nov 20, 2023 in the Small Lecture Hall of the Fakultät für Chemie & Mineralogie of the Universität Leipzig. Prof. Boris Fine (Leipzig University), Dr. Gleb Silantyev (Bruker-Biospin GmbH), Dr. Albert Smith-Penzel (Leipzig University) and Prof. Robert Bittl (FU Berlin) will give exciting talks on current developments in the field of magnetic resonance.

Officially, the Collaborative Research Centre “Hyperpolarization in Molecular Systems” already started on 1 October, but such a large project deserves a ceremonial launch, which also and especially includes groundbreaking planning and decisions for the 1_^st funding period. This meeting at the TU Chemnitz will begin on 29 November with an opening event with invited guests and, among other highlights, a guided tour of the campus. The following days serve to present the HYP*MOL projects, to get to know the first doctoral students and to elect the TRR committees. The meeting, where international shining lights of hyperpolarization, including Mercator Fellows and International Advisors, will contribute their valuable expertise, will end on 2 December.