Surging prices provide 'adrenaline shot' for upstart Canadian helium industry | CBC News The global shortage of helium caused by the conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is providing a boost to Canada’s nascent helium industry.

CBC News - Surging prices provide 'adrenaline shot' for Canadian helium industry www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #NMRchat 🧲🎈

Félicitations! Congratulations to BryceLab honours students on their great posters! #NMRchat @uOttawaScience

‘It would be a catastrophe’: The Iran war has renewed calls for a sovereign medical supply chain The fallout from the war in the Middle East has led to cuts in helium supplies for health services in at least one province — and experts are warning that Canada still hasn’t done enough to secure sov...

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Ready for @nserc_crsng results.... #DG....

Time to register for the International Symposium on Halogen Bonding! Banff, Canada.
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Remembering Rob Schurko - MagLab MagLab’s NMR Director described as extraordinary leader, first-rate scholar, and remarkable person.

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.
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2026 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Magnetic Resonance - Eastern Analytical Symposium Robert W. Schurko is a Professor of Chemistry at the Florida State University and Director of the NMR/MRI User Program at the National […]

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 !

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

Scientist Axel Becke showed how to quantify the bonds tying matter together Theoretical chemist’s insights are now embedded into computer software used to predict the behaviour of molecules from pharmaceuticals to construction materials

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"

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Thanks to @gnm_reddy for organizing!

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

NMR Crystallographic Journey from Light to Heavy Atoms of Mercury(II)-DOTAM Complexes and Extraction of Related Structural Parameters Complexes of macrocyclic ligands are routinely used as MRI contrast agents and radionuclide carriers for PET and SPECT diagnostics and radiotherapy. This study explores the structural and electronic e...

New paper out, in collaboration with colleagues in Czechia!

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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."

Dr. David Bryce - Crushing It: Probing Mechanochemistry with Solid-State NMR YouTube video by CMCC Mechanochemistry Discussions

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

Isotopic Identification of Quadrupolar Spin Resonance Lines by Zeeman Perturbation Quadrupolar spin resonance (QSR) is radio frequency spectroscopy that provides a chemical fingerprint in the absence of a magnetic field. Materials may present QSR spectra featuring multiple overlappi...

New paper out : "Isotopic Identification of Quadrupolar Spin Resonance Lines by Zeeman Perturbation"

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@brycenation.bsky.social @uottawa.ca veterans last night! #NMRchat

NMR Crystallographic Investigation Coupled with Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveals the Nature of Disorder in Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Solvatomorphs Chlorpromazine, a widely used antipsychotic medication formulated as a hydrochloride salt, has been a significant active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for the treatment of schizophrenia for much of ...

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"
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2 GHz quadrupolar couplings in 1 hour using < 50 mT magnetic fields!

Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S. | CBC News CBC News has identified several North American-based organizations that have relocated upcoming conferences, either partially or fully, from the U.S. to Canada. Conference organizers said travel conce...

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Canada’s election: what Mark Carney’s win means for science In turbulent economic times, the prime minister’s Liberal party has promised funding to attract research talent to Canada.

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

Under Trump, National Science Foundation Cuts Off All Funding to Scientists National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency priorities”

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Quantitative Tools for Structure Selection in NMR Crystallography A nearly universal component of NMR crystallography is the ranking of candidate structures based on how well their first-principles predicted NMR parameter

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...