Alumni Association News 2009
NMR alumni celebrate opening of NMR centre at EMBL Heidelberg
Art Hotel, 13 March 2009
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There was much heartfelt handshaking and back-slapping at the official opening of the upgraded high-field NMR centre at EMBL Heidelberg on 13 March, as the tight and relatively small European NMR community came together for a day-long symposium.
Attendees included the ex-EMBL NMR group leaders – the Michaels Nilges and Sattler, Hartmut Oschkinat and Annalisa Pastore – as well as representatives from Bruker and the rector of Heidelberg University.
"It feels like a family reunion," commented joint head of unit Christoph Müller in his introductory speech, before going on to talk about the importance of NMR in EMBL's drive towards a systems approach to biology. "This unit is living the concept of integrated structural biology," he said. "It's heartening to see young scientists coming and embracing the principle of adopting complementary techniques."
Other talks covered the recent advances of NMR in terms of technology and applications, and discussed its increasingly important role in structural biology.
"The day was a great success. The Operon was full till 7pm on a Friday evening," commented Teresa Carlomagno, EMBL's current NMR group leader. "The speakers demonstrated that modern NMR can really contribute much to the understanding of the most diverse biological processes.
The NMR alumni... Where are they now? What's NMR like elsewhere? And what's EMBL's NMR story?
Annalisa Pastore
Cameron Mackereth
Fabian Filipp
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Dinner at the Art Hotel for NMR Opening Ceremony speakers
NMR opening ceremony symposium
NMR alumni dinner at the Kulturbrauerei, Heidelberg
