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Lecture Schedule
       
Date Instructor TopicSuggested Reading
      L – Levitt    C – Cavanagh
I. Introduction
M 1/09 Prestegard A. Magnetic properties of nuclei and electrons - precession 5 – 32 L
W 1/11 Prestegard

B. RF pulses and spin relaxation - Bloch equations

32 – 46 L, 626 – 627 L
       
II. Instrumentation
M 1/16   MLK Jr. Holiday (no class)  
W 1/18 Prestegard A. Instrumental considerations - a look at probes 72 – 87 L
M 1/23 Prestegard B. Fourier transform methods and data Processing 89 – 122 L
       
III. NMR Observables – Classical and Quantum Descriptions
W 1/25 Prestegard A. Spin operators and their time dependence 169 – 184 L
M 1/30 Prestegard B. Scalar Couplings 211 – 216 L
W 2/01 Prestegard C. Spin Relaxation and NOEs
     Spin Relaxation Notes
226 – 236 L, 588 – 594 L

M 2/06

Prestegard D. Chemical Shifts 192 – 200 L
       
IV. Density Matrices and Product Operator Formalism

W 2/8

Prestegard

A. Density Matrix Evolution and Interpretation   

344 – 355 L
M 2/13 Prestegard

B.Density Matrix Treatment of RF Pulses and Evolution

355 – 356 L
W 2/15 Prestegard C.Density Matrix in Product Operator Form 357 – 384 L
V. Basic Pulse Sequences
M 2/20 Prestegard A. Coherence transfer in COSY 388 – 398 L
W 2/22 Prestegard B. Basic heteronuclear experiments INEPT and HSQC 418 – 434 L, 410 – 447 C
M 2/27 Prestegard C. TOCSY and NOESY 543 – 569 L

W 3/01

Prestegard D. Extension to 3D 447 – 467 C

F 3/03

  ----- Midterm -----  
       
VI. Assignment Strategies: proteins and nucleic acids

M 3/06

Urbauer A.Triple resonance experiments for proteins 468 – 530 C

W 3/08

Urbauer B. Sequential assignment strategies in proteins 533 – 543 C
M 3/13   Spring Break (no class)  
W 3/15   Spring Break (no class)  
M 3/20 Germann C. Homonuclear assignment strategies for RNA and DNA
W 3/22 Germann D. Heteronuclear assignment strategies for RNA and DNA
NOESY Solution
       
VII. Applications to Structure and Dynamics
M 3/27 Urbauer A. Structure determination protocols 543 – 554 C
W 3/29 Prestegard B. Molecular motions in biomolecules 513 -537 L
M 4/03 Prestegard C. Dipolar Coupling in Solids 203 – 210 L

W 4/05

Prestegard D. Residual Dipolar Couplings 425 – 432 L
       
VIII. Other Applications
M 4/10 Prestegard

A.Drug discovery, SAR by NMR, STD, Tr-NOEs

 
W 4/12 Prestegard

B.Gradients, Imaging and Diffusion

557-564 L
M 4/17 Prestegard C. MRS and metabolomics  
W 4/19 Prestegard D. Paramagnetic and Quadrupolar NMR  
M 4/24 Yang E. Chemical exchange rates jenny
       
IX. Advanced Techniques
W 4/26 Yang A. Protein folding, amide exhange rates        jenny 488 – 504 L
M 5/01 Prestegard B. Review and Special Topics  

F 5/05

 

FINAL EXAM (8:30 – 11:00) UGA

B118, Life Sciences