Professional Development and Courses

Course objectives

• To understand the NMR experimental parameters which govern the quality of NMR spectra
  
• To elaborate the principles and experimental methods involved in the acquisition, data processing and interpretation of one- and two-dimensional NMR spectra
  
• To demonstrate the application of NMR in structure elucidation with examples

Course objectives

• Protein molecules, their chirality and crystalline symmetry
  
• Protein crystallisation methods and protein-crystal handling
  
• X-ray and neutron beams and their scattering by atoms
  
• Measuring X-ray intensities to solve a new protein structure
  
• Metal atom idenification using tuned X-ray wavelengths from a Synchrotron Radiation source
  
• Protein structure refinement and validation
  
• Structural genomics and structure solving by molecular replacement
  
• Advanced protein crystallographic techniques and three example-case-studies
  
• Protein crystal twinning

Almost all products used by modern societies including fuel, chemicals, plastics, pharmaceuticals and the treatment of air and water pollution depend on catalysts. Moreover the quest for future cleaner greener energy sources is dependent on functioning catalysts –they are the ultimate facilitators of our modern and future lives. In this course you will learn:

• What is a catalyst?
• How do they function?
• What are the important factors to consider when investigating and developing catalysts?
• What is an active site?
• How do you measure selectivity, activation energy, catalyst surface area etc. using Mass Spectrometry and Gas Chromatography?
• How do you identify the substances produced by a catalyst and determine their reaction kinetics?
• What do you do when you plants productivity suddenly drops?

We are able to provide a unique service that provides practical training in all aspects of X-Ray analysis.

Modules in:

• Powder X-Ray diffraction
• Single Crystal X-Ray diffraction
• Small angle X-Ray scattering (SAXS)
• X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)

The duration of the course is available from a short 1 week intensive course (per module) to a complete course taking a full academic year that takes the client from the basics of X-Ray methods to being able to collect, analyse and interpret data.

More details can be found here