Annual NMR Symposium 2026
Registration has now closed - thank you for visiting - see you next year!
Fri 18 Sept 2026 | Annual NMR Symposium
HWB-NMR, University of Birmingham
Registration deadline: 21 Aug 2026
You are warmly invited to join us in person at our Annual NMR Symposium on Fri 18 Sept 2026 (at HWB-NMR, University of Birmingham - Building B8 in the Blue Zone on the university campus map). Please see Programme below, with something for everyone (materials below 1 K, protein dynamics, drug discovery, invisible protein states, 19F CEST NMR, and more ...). Our Academic Director, Prof Teresa Carlomagno, will provide an update on news from HWB-NMR since the arrival of 1.2 GHz NMR in Birmingham.
Confirmed speakers:
- Jack Bercovici (RFI & Oxford)
- Guillaume Bouvignies (ENS Paris)
- Mingee Chung (Birmingham)
- Megha Karanth (Birmingham)
- Aasiya Lakhi (Birmingham)
- Suzanne Lim & Abi Turner (RFI & Oxford)
- Harry Mackenzie (Oxford)
- Juliet Morgan (Sygnature Discovery)
- Katherine Stott (Cambridge)
- Jenny Tomlinson (Leeds)
We hope current and prospective users, and anyone interested in solution-state NMR generally, can make it to share in our news and views from the national facility in Birmingham, and listen to some great scientific presentations from our local and (inter-)national NMR community. As always, we're also interested to hear your views on how we can improve our services to the NMR community for access, training, support and welcome your ideas and participation.
We're particularly keen to reach out to PhD students, postdocs and ECRs who will have the opportunity to present research posters at the symposium from which two will be invited to give a 15 min oral presentation. Join us for both the workshop and symposium!
We hope you'll find this a valuable opportunity to discuss current topics of interest, importance or concern to the biomolecular NMR community, or simply to meet with NMR friends.
Programme
Programme
10:00 – 10:25 Registration & coffee
10:25 – 10:30 Welcome
10:30 – 11:00 Teresa Carlomagno, University of Birmingham
Update from the National Biomolecular NMR Laboratory
11:00 – 11:30 Jenny Tomlinson, University of Leeds
Investigating the role of conformational exchange in antibiotic resistance mechanisms using methyl relaxation dispersion
11:30 – 11:45 Jack Bercovici, RFI & University of Oxford
(selected from poster abstracts)
Ultrabroadband and Multinuclear NMR: Pushing the boundaries of existing hardware with Seedless optimal control pulses
11:45 – 12:15 Mingee Chung, University of Birmingham
Static NMR of materials below 1 Kelvin
12:15 – 12:30 Suzanne Lim & Abi Turner, RFI & University of Oxford
(selected from poster abstracts)
SpinCycle: An automatic workflow for protein NMR data collection using Seedless optimal control pulses
12:30 – 14:00 Buffet lunch & posters
14:00 – 14:30 Juliet Morgan, Sygnature Discovery
Application of 1H ligand-observed NMR to support pre-clinical drug discovery
14:30 – 15:00 Katherine Stott, University of Cambridge
Control of DNA condensation by ultra-low complexity linker histone tails
15:00 – 15:15 Aasiya Lakhi, University of Birmingham
Lipid-dependent membrane association of β-arrestin1
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break & posters
15:45 – 16:15 Guillaume Bouvignies, ENS Paris
Making hidden protein states visible by NMR
16:15 – 16:45 Harry Mackenzie, University of Oxford
Measuring rotational exchange in oxonium ions by 19F CEST NMR
16:45 – 17:00 Megha Karanth, University of Birmingham
Structural insights into the peptide-forming condensation reaction in non-ribosomal peptide synthetases
Registration
Registration
Registration has now closed - thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing you at next year's event!
Registration deadline: 21 Aug 2026
Travel
The National NMR Facility at Birmingham is committed to promoting responsible travel as part of its activities. Where possible, please consider using sustainable transport when visiting. Thank you!
HWB-NMR is conveniently located <10 mins walk from "University" railway station and is shown as building B8 on the campus map. Trains from Birmingham New Street depart every ~10 mins and the journey time takes <8 mins. Postcode: B15 2QU
Sheffield cycle racks are located directly outside the NMR facility.
SatNav postcode for nearest car park: B15 2SA - North East multi-storey pay & display car park, floors 1-5, access via Prichatts Road (no lift). For cashless payment using the RingGo app, the location number for non-permit holders is 15677.