About
The NMR Centre is a multi-user facility for biomedical nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) which was set up by the MRC in 1980. It is located at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in North London, and has excellent and well-supported facilities for liquid-state NMR studies of biological macromolecules. The Centre's facilities currently consist of three spectrometers, one operating at 800 MHz and two at 600 MHz. The 800 MHz spectrometer and one of the 600 MHz spectrometers are equipped with cryogenically cooled probes. Funding has recently been awarded by the MRC for the purchase of a new cryoprobe-equipped 700 MHz spectrometer (to replace an earlier 500 MHz instrument). The new spectrometer became operational in May 2007.Users of the Centre come from NIMR and from universities, colleges and research institutes from all over the UK. The Centre plays an important role in training scientists and PhD students in advanced NMR methods.
The location of the Centre within the multidisciplinary Structural Biology environment at NIMR results in significant and mutual benefits for all users of the Centre.