We are deeply saddened at the passing of Rob Schurko, director of the lab's NMR facility, FSU chemistry professor, brilliant scientist, colleague, mentor, and friend. nationalmaglab.org/news-events/...

Robert Schurko, Professor of Chemistry at the Florida State University and Director of the NMR/MRI User Program @nationalmaglab.bsky.social to receive the 2026 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Magnetic Resonance eas.org/eas-award-fo... #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

New review article out on Coord Chem Rev: "Solid-state NMR characterization of weak interactions in molecular crystals" doi.org/10.1016/j.cc... #NMRchat

Thank you and goodbye for now Hikaru! Hope you enjoyed your time @uottawascience.bsky.social !

www.uottawa.ca/faculty-scie... #NMRchat

Congratulations to PhD candidate Alireza Nari on winning the Scaiano Graduate Student of the Year Award!! @uOttawaScience #NMRchat

Axel Becke, the 'B' in 'B3LYP', author of the 8th most cited paper of all time, and my undergraduate quantum professor, has passed away. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Great holiday dinner with some of the group, including visitor Hikaru from @ICReDDconnect ! #NMRchat

New paper out: "Impact of Shared Facilities in Advancing Solid-State NMR Research" #NMRchat Thanks to @gnm_reddy for organizing! doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Budget2025... some welcome investment in NSERC and CFI as well as a 2% cut to Tricouncil #NSERC #CFI

New paper out, in collaboration with colleagues in Czechia! doi.org/10.1021/acs.... #NMRchat

Typo in a letter of reference I am reading.... or on purpose? 🤔 "The research carried out by the candidate and their group over many tears has been consistently of the highest quality, absolutely world-class, profoundly original, and innovative."

Check out our mechanochemistry seminar! www.youtube.com/live/A-AkNNo... #nmrchat @uottawascience.bsky.social

New paper out : "Isotopic Identification of Quadrupolar Spin Resonance Lines by Zeeman Perturbation" #NMRchat doi.org/10.1021/acs....

Great to see some @brycenation.bsky.social @uottawa.ca veterans last night! #NMRchat

New paper out! " NMR Crystallographic Investigation Coupled with Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveals the Nature of Disorder in Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Solvatomorphs" with Scott Southern and Andreas Brinkmann at NRC. doi.org/10.1021/acs.... #nmrchat

New paper in collaboration with Prof. Brijith Thomas! "Understanding Non-Covalent Interactions in Diphenyldiselenide and Diphenylselenide Cocrystals Using a Combined 77Se MAS Solid-State NMR and Quantum Chemical Analysis Approach" doi.org/10.1021/acs.... #NMRchat

It was great to have Prof. Brijith Thomas visit us in Ottawa for a few weeks! #NMRchat

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Congrats to Ali and Pat on our new paper "Practical Aspects of Zeeman-Perturbed NQR Spectroscopy using an Adjustable Electromagnet" doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... #NMRchat 2 GHz quadrupolar couplings in 1 hour using < 50 mT magnetic fields!

Canada’s election: what Mark Carney’s win means for science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ICYMI I would like to highlight Len Mueller's chapter "Quantitative Tools for Structure Selection in NMR Crystallography" from the new @RoySocChemBooks "Modern NMR Crystallography" A must read! #NMRchat doi.org/10.1039/9781...

Finally have the hardcopies of Modern NMR Crystallography! #NMRchat @RoySocChemBooks @uOttawaScience

Congratulations Ali on winning the JMR award at the ENC! #nmrchat

Book on NMR Crystallography is finally out today! "Modern NMR Crystallography: Concepts and Applications" #NMRchat @uottawascience.bsky.social @rsc.org doi.org/10.1039/9781... Thanks to all authors for their hard work and patience!

Open position @uottawa.bsky.social : Supervisor, X-Ray Core Facilities uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...

New paper out! "77Se Solid-State NMR Investigation of Selenium Chemical Shift Tensors of Chalcogen Bonds in Selenadiazole Cocrystals" @uottawa.bsky.social doi.org/10.1021/acs.... #NMRchat @pubs.acs.org

"Halogen Bond Strength in Solids Quantified via Zeeman-Perturbed Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopy" @uottawascience.bsky.social Congrats to all coauthors on this one! doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #NMRchat

Looking forward to trying this new magical method! #NMRchat

New paper out! "127I Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Organic Periodates Featuring Halogen Bonded IO4̶ … IO4̶ Adducts" #NMRchat chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Call for abstracts deadline is January 30, Advances in Magnetic Resonance Symposium (solid-state & solution NMR, EPR, MRI) @ciccheminst.bsky.social Ottawa, Canada, June 15-19, 2025, organized by David Bryce @brycenation.bsky.social and Andreas Brinkmann #NRCMetrology #NMRevents #NMR #NMRchat 🧲

How many MAS units does it take to spin a sample... apparently ≥3 this week ... #NMRchat

Call for Abstracts, Advances in Magnetic Resonance Symposium (solid-state & solution NMR, EPR, MRI) Ottawa, Canada, June 15-19, Canadian Chemistry Conference & Exhibition, organizers David Bryce @brycenation.bsky.social Andreas Brinkmann #NRCMetrology cheminst.ca/conference/c... #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year from wintery Ottawa!

New paper out! "Chalcogen-Bonded Cocrystals and Salt Cocrystals via Automated Resonant Acoustic Mixing with a Button Operative Bot" #mechanochemistry doi.org/10.1039/D4MR...

Full time position: NMR Facility Manager, University of Ottawa uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw... #NMRchat

New book on Modern NMR Crystallography ready for pre-order! #NMRchat t.co/YI94wW7nQq