Block Grant R01GM068682

This NSF-BSF Project Grant award, valued at $774,534, supports the development of experimental electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) methodology and associated simulation techniques to elucidate the sensing and transcription mechanism of a copper-inducible repressor protein (CopY) found in pathogenic bacteria. The primary objectives are to: 1) Improve the sensitivity of pulsed EPR distance measurement methods and generate orthogonal labeling schemes based on a novel site-directed spin label; and...

This Project Grant award for $298,000, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research between professors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Wayne State University. The project aims to improve the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) through the development of new, cost-effective means of enhancing nuclear...

This $525,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the influence of electron spin on the excited-state dynamics of transition metal complexes. Principal Investigator James K. McCusker of Michigan State University will synthesize and characterize a range of chemical systems to establish clear correlations between spin properties and photo-induced behaviors. The research aims to provide new insights into how the fundamental property of electron spin can be leveraged...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), awarded a $1,815,774 project grant to Florida State University (FSU) to acquire a state-of-the-art pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer operating at 9 and 34 gigahertz frequencies. This advanced instrument will enable research and education in a wide range of fields, including chemistry, biochemistry, physics, materials science, and quantum information science. The spectrometer...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $798,809 project grant to Tulane University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a 600 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The spectrometer will support research in structural biology, supramolecular chemistry, polymer chemistry, and organic chemistry conducted by Professor Bruce Gibb and colleagues. It will enhance research and education efforts for over 16 research groups from Tulane University and...

This $545,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, specifically the Division of Chemistry, will fund research into ultrafast dynamics occurring in the ground states of transition metal complexes being conducted by Professor Clifford Kubiak of the University of California, San Diego from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The research aims to develop new assemblies of metal complexes that undergo fast electron transfer reactions through...

This EAGER Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $300,000 to the University of Maryland, College Park to explore the role of copper sulfides in potential room-temperature superconductors. The research team will carefully prepare and test samples containing copper and sulfur, with the hypothesis that the copper sulfide minority phase, rather than the majority lead oxyapatite...

This Project Grant award of $555,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research by Professor James Allen and Dr. Joann Williams of Arizona State University to study how proteins control proton-coupled electron transfer reactions. The researchers aim to create reversible, long-lived electron and proton transfer processes that mimic biological systems. By manipulating bacterial reaction...

This $283,430 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports collaborative research between Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) and Wayne State University to enhance the sensitivity and capabilities of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: (i) improve the understanding of...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $480,000 to the University of Southern California (USC) to develop novel nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy techniques using quantum sensing technology. Specifically, the USC research team led by Susumu Takahashi is creating new approaches to high-field NMR spectroscopy that leverage nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond to dramatically...