16^th NMR Users Meeting

May 8 - 11, 2017

Hotel do Bosque, Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil

The aim of the event is to present the new advances and applications of NMR and related techniques like EPR and MRI in chemistry, physics, geology, biology and biochemistry.

The five plenary lecturers and more then 20 invited speakers grouped into 6 Symposia will talk about new techniques in Magnetic Resonance and its application to: Bioliquids, Biosolids, Small Molecules, Solids, Materials, Instrumentation, Petroleum, Porous Media, Food, Agriculture and Metabolomics.

This will be the perfect atmosphere to promote discussion about NMR techniques, the presented papers, motivating integration of graduate and undergraduate students with professionals and vendors and promoting national and international collaborations.

Registration for the 16^thUsers Meeting is open. Please note that due to many requests, the new deadline for early bird registration is April 5^th! Late registration with abstract submission is possible until April 20^th. 

• IV WORKSHOP “THEORY AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS ON SOLID STATE NMR”

         12-13 May, 2017 - Salão Nobre CCMN-UFRJ, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

         INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION: http://www.labrmnsolidos.com.br/iv_workshop2017_38.html

Registration Fees

Registration for the Users Meeting is open.
Please note that the deadline for early bird registration is April 5^th!

Price Per Person (R$)

Registration Fees  include:

• Full access to all event areas
• Event material
• Certificates: participation and abstract presentation
• Shuttle bus from Rio de Janeiro to Hotel do Bosque (May 8, 2017) and from Hotel do Bosque to Rio de Janeiro (May 11, 2017)
• Welcome Cocktail
• Coffee-breaks

Acompanying person´s registration fee includes:

• Shuttle bus from Rio de Janeiro to Hotel do Bosque (May 8, 2017) and from Hotel do Bosque to Rio de Janeiro (May 11, 2017)
• Welcome Cocktail
• Coffee-breaks
  
  

Payment - Credit card only.

Cancellation Policy

• Cancellation requests received until APRIL 10, 2017: refund of 75%.
• After APRIL 10, 2017 no refund will be possible.

To register click here!!

Contact

Coordenation:
Fabio C. L. Almeida (falmeida@cnrmn.bioqmed.ufrj.br)
Sonia Cabral de Menezes (soniac@petrobras.com.br)

Event Producer (Sponsorship, registration and accommodation information):
Sandra Mello (sandramello.producoes@gmail.com)

Site and problems during registration or abstract submission:
Jochen Junker (socios@auremn.org)

Plenary Lecturers

• Bernhard Blümich, University of Aachen, Germany (Low Field NMR)
  Compact NMR: Applications and Advances with Methods and Instrumentation
  
• Eurico Cabrita, New University of Lisbon, Portugal (Biomolecules)
  Tuning protein stability with bioinspired ionic liquids
• Mathias Nilsson, University of Manchester, UK (Small Molecules)
  Ultra-high resolution by pure shift NMR
  
• Melinda Duer- University of Cambridge, UK (Solid-state, Bio)
  Using NMR spectroscopy to understand how the molecular structure of tissues underlies health and disease
  
• Robert Schurko, University of Windsor, Canada (Solid-State, Materials)
  Ultra-wideline NMR: Methods for Observing “Invisible” Nuclides from Across the Periodic Table
  

Seminars

NMR on Small Molecule: pulse sequences to improve spectral resolution and its application to structural assignments

Chair: Claudio Tormena (UNICAMP)

Plenary speaker:

• Gary Martin (MSD, USA)
  Applications of New Pulse Sequences and an Unequivocal Determination of Complex Molecular Structures Using Anisotropic NMR Measurements
  

Invited speakers:

• Armando Navarro (UFPE)
  Automatism in the determination of relative and absolute configuration in natural products
  
• Francisco Santos (UFRGS)
  Exploring the Structure of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

NMR on Food and Agriculture

Chair: Gláucia Alcântara (UFMS)

Invited speakers:

• Antonio Gilberto Ferreira (UFSCAR)
  Food NMR - analysis of typical Brazilian foods

• Eberhard Humpfer (BRUKER BiOSPIN, Germany)
  Mixture Analysis on Metabolomic Applications in NMR: Food and Clinical research

• Luciano Lião (UFG)
  Food NMR: Metabolomics and Quality Control

• Luiz Alberto Colnago (EMBRAPA)
  Non-invasive analyses of fresh and processed food products by low field NMR relaxometry

• Luiz Henrique Keng Queiroz Jr (UFG)
  Quality Control of Cheese and Juices by NMR
  

Current NMR methods in metabolomics, metabonomics and metabolite profiling

Chair: Ljubica Tasic (UNICAMP)

Plenary speaker:

• Slobodan Macura (Mayo Clinic, USA)
  Recent advances in ¹⁸O stable isotope-based NMR phosphometabolomics and flucsomics
  

Invited speakers:

• Anita Marsaioli (UNICAMP)
  A View to the NMR role in Metabolomics
  
• Ljubica Tasic (UNICAMP)
  Metabolomic profiling of severe mental disorders
  
  
• Lúcia Pinheiro Santos Pimenta (UFMG)
  Revisiting natural products research

Solutions of NMR to Industry

Chairs: Antonio Marchi Netto (BRASKEM) e Daniel Consalter (FIT)

Invited speakers:

• Bruno Luiz Santana Vicentin (UEL)
  Associating Electron and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for real time polymerization monitoring in dental composites
• Gonzalo Hernandez (VisMagnetica)
  Molecular Similarity Calculation for NMR and its Applications to Industry
  
  
• Luiz Alberto Colnago (EMBRAPA)
  Applications of Time domain NMR in palm oil and orange juice industries
  
  
• Maria Inês Bruno Tavares (IMA/UFRJ) 
  NMR Relaxometry applied to Polymer Nanocomposites

Biomolecular NMR of complex systems

Chair: Fabio Ceneviva L. de Almeida (UFRJ)

Invited speakers:

• Andres Binolfi (Universidad de Rosario, Argentina)
  Mammalian In-cell NMR reveals the intracellular conformation, dynamics and post-translational modifications of the protein alpha-synuclein 
  
  
• Fabio Ceneviva L. de Almeida (UFRJ)
  

  The role of conformational equilibrium in molecular recognition and capsid assembly of Dengue and Zika virus 
  
  

• Gisele Cardoso Amorim (UFRJ)
  

  Transmembrane signalling through a heme/hemophore receptor 

• Ícaro Putinhon Caruso (UNESP)
  

  NMR studies of the cold shock protein A from Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis: dimer interface and single-stranded DNA binding   

NMR on Porous Media

Chair: Tito Bonagamba (USP)

Plenary speaker:

• Dimitrios Sakellariou (KU Leuven, Belgique)
  NMR in multiple fields, spinning samples and magnets
  
  

Invited speakers:

• Caetano Miranda (USP)
  Water nanoconfined in porous media: insights from Molecular Dynamics simulated NMR with applications in Oil & Gas and infrastructure industry
  
  

• Giovanna Carneiro (SCHLUMBERGER)
  Simulating NMR response in rock images: variable surface relaxivity estimation
  
  

• Edvaldo Sabadini (UNICAMP)
  Acid corrosion in carbonates - Reactivity and effect on porous size distribution by NMR relaxometry
  
  

• Willian Andrighetto Trevisan (PETROBRAS)
  Estimating actual pore sizes downhole: an NMR approach
  

Nine abstracts sent for posters will be upgraded to oral

Additional External Events

All participants are invited to join one three external events that will happen on Friday May 12^th. 

• Inauguration Ceremony of the first 900 MHz NMR in Latin America
• Talk by Gary Martin at the NPPN at UFRJ
• Workshop "Theory and Pratical Aspects on Solid State NMR" at the CCNM at UFRJ 

          IV WORKSHOP “Theory and Practical Aspects on Solid State NMR”

         12-13 May, 2017 - Salão Nobre CCMN-UFRJ, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

         INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION: http://www.labrmnsolidos.com.br/iv_workshop2017_38.html

Preliminary Program

Upgrades

UP 1: Evaluation of the Influence of Harvest Season and Cultural Practices on the Metabolite Profiling in Red and White Wines by ¹H qNMR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics-

Elenilson G. Alves Filho, Lorena Mara A. Silva, Kirley M. Canuto, Patrícia C. S. Leão, Edy S. de Brito (UFC, Brazil)

UP 2: A New NMR Approach  to the Analysis of Fluorine-Containing Mixtures –Thais Mendonça Barbosa, Cláudio Francisco Tormena, Roberto Rittner, Pinelopi Moutzouri, Laura Castañar, Mathias Nilsson, Gareth Alun Morris (UNICAMP, Brazil)

UP 3: A NMR Contribution to the Development of New Materials for CO₂ Capture and Storage - Marta C. Corvo, Sonia M. C. Menezes, Sandra Einloft, Marcus Seferin, Jairton Dupont, Eurico J. Cabrita (UNL, Portugal)

UP 4: J-upscaling/δdownscaling HSQC for the Accurate and Faster Measurement of Coupling Constants -Alexandre A. Souza, Teodor Parella (UFPI, Brazil)

UP 5: Water Confined in Mesoporous TiO2 Aerosols: Insights from NMR Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations- M. Belén Franzoni, Manuel I. Velasco, Esteban A. Franceschini, Estefanía Gonzalez Solveyra, Damián Scherlis, Rodolfo H. Acosta, Galo J. A. A. Soler-Illia (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina)

UP 6: Enantiodiscrimination of 1Phenylethanol Derivatives via ¹H and ¹⁹F-MAD NMR”- Kahlil Schwanka Salome, Claudio Francisco Tormena (UNICAMP, Brazil)

UP 7: 3D Structures and Dynamics of Capsid Protein of Dengue 2 and Zika: The Role of the Intrinsically Disordered Region in the Nucleocapsid Formation”- Maria Agnese Morando, Christine Cruz-Oliveira, Glauce Moreno barbosa, Nathane Cunha Mebus, Thais Christtina Neves Martins, Andrea Thompson da Poian, Fabio Ceneviva Lacerda de Almeida (UFRJ, Brazil)

UP 8: Characterization of Stannosilicates using Si¹¹⁹ Double Resonance- Christian Jaeger, Danilo Antonio da Silva, José Geraldo Nery, Sebastian Greiser (BAM, Germany)

UP 9: Global Helium Market Overview- Mayra Cavallaro, Silvana Vicente (Linde, Brazil) 

Additional External Events

All participants are invited to join one three external events that will happen on Friday May 12^th. 

• Inauguration Ceremony of the first 900 MHz NMR in Latin America
• Talk by Gary Martin at the NPPN at UFRJ
• Workshop "Theory and Pratical Aspects on Solid State NMR" at the CCNM at UFRJ 

          IV WORKSHOP “Theory and Practical Aspects on Solid State NMR”

         12-13 May, 2017 - Salão Nobre CCMN-UFRJ, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

         INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION: http://www.labrmnsolidos.com.br/iv_workshop2017_38.html

Important dates

SHUTTLE RIO DE JANEIRO-HOTEL DO BOSQUE-RIO DE JANEIRO

There will be Shuttle buses available departing from Galeão and Santos Dumont Airports to the Meeting.

FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO HOTEL DO BOSQUE (MAY 08^th) - The buses will depart at 10:00am from:
- International Airport (Galeão/ Antonio Carlos Jobim)
- Santos Dumont Airport (domestic)

FROM HOTEL DO BOSQUE TO RIO DE JANEIRO (MAY 11^th) - The buses will leave Hotel do Bosque at 03:00pm to:
- International Airport (Galeão/ Antonio Carlos Jobim) - estimated arrival time: 7:00pm
- Santos Dumont Airport (domestic) - estimated arrival time: 8:00pm

The Opening Session of the Meeting is scheduled for May 08^th, at 03:00pm, followed by Plenary Lectures.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW TO PLAN YOUR FLIGHTS TO AND FROM RIO DE JANEIRO:

1) Congress participants arriving at the International Airport of Rio de Janeiro (Galeão/Antonio Carlos Jobim), on day May 08, should go to National Arrivals of Terminal 2 where a congress hostess will be waiting, carrying a poster with the name of the event. They will help you with the shuttle. The Congress busses are scheduled to leave the International Airport, Rio de Janeiro (Galeão/ Antonio Carlos Jobim) at 10:00am.

2)    Congress participants arriving at the domestic Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro, on day May 08, should meet a congress hostess at the INFRAERO Information Center of the Airport. She will help you with the shuttle. The Congress busses are scheduled to leave Santos Dumont Airport at 10:00am.

3)    If you will be already in Rio on May 08^th you have to direct yourself to the nearest shuttle service starting point (Santos Dumont Airport or Galeão/International Airport).

4)   THE INVITED SPEAKERS HOSTED IN RIO DE JANEIRO, AT ACAPULCO HOTEL, IN COPACABANA, MUST WAIT IN THE HOTEL. THERE WILL BE AN EVENT'S SECRETARY AT THE HOTEL ON DAY MAY 08, AT ABOUT FROM 08:30AM, TO HELP YOU WITH THE SHUTTLE.

5)    Buses will depart from Hotel do Bosque to Rio de Janeiro Airports´ on Thursday, May 11^th, 2017, at 03:00pm. They are scheduled to arrive at the International Airport at 07:00pm and the Santos Dumont Airport at 08:00pm.

6) Any other information please contact us (sandramello@globo.com).

After your registration you can choose the shuttle bus you want to take. The option will appear in your reserved area, together with the abstract submission. Should you not want to take the shuttle bus, please select "no Shuttle" from the options. Please choose your shuttle bus until April 20^th!

The16^th NMR Users Meeting will take place at Hotel do Bosque in Angra dos Reis. 

Package Rates include:

• 03 nights at Hotel do Bosque
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 
• Non-alcoholic beverages during meals: water or soft drinks or juice
• Hotel Leisure Activities (non-motorized) - www.hoteldobosque.com.br

Payment - Credit card only.

Cancellation Policy

• Cancellation requests received until APRIL 10, 2017: refund of 75%.
• After APRIL 10, 2017 no refund will be possible.

Organizing Committee

Fabio Ceneviva Lacerda de Almeida (UFRJ, BRAZIL), AUREMN's President

Eduardo Ribeiro Azevedo (USP, BRAZIL), AUREMN's Vice-President

Naira Machado S. Ruiz (PUC-RIO, BRAZIL), AUREMN's Treasurer

Rosane A. da Silva San Gil (UFRJ, BRAZIL), AUREMN's Secretary

Sonia Maria Cabral de Menezes (PETROBRAS, BRAZIL)

Jochen Junker (FIOCRUZ, BRAZIL)

Scientific Committee

Antônio Gilberto Ferreira (UFSCAR, BRAZIL)

Antônio Marchi Netto (BRASKEM, BRAZIL)

Claudia Jorge do Nascimento (UNI-RIO, BRAZIL)

Claudio Tormena (UNICAMP, BRAZIL)

Daniel Consalter (FIT, BRAZIL)

Glaucia Braz Alcantara (UFMS, BRAZIL)

Ljubica Tasic (UNICAMP, BRAZIL)

Nilce Viana G. de Sousa Brasil (UFC, BRAZIL)

Tito José Bonagamba (USP, BRAZIL)

Sponsors

Will be able to apply for grants:  Undergraduate and graduate studentes as well as Posdocs

Dead line for applying for grants: April 20^th, 2017. 

Requirements for grant application:

• Be registered at the 16^th NMR USERS MEETING
• Send an abstract
• Send a motivation letter
• Send a recommendation letter (from advisor or Professor)

You must send your letters as PDF via your reserved area, where you also submit your abstract! No e-Mail applications will be taken into account! Once all four criteria are met, you will be added to the list of applicants.

The Organizing Committee will decide about the grant winners.

Grant winners will be notified until April 25^th, 2017.

Winners will receive their grant (R$400,00) at Hotel do Bosque at the first day of the Meeting.

Abstracts

You have to register first in order to submit up to two abstracts for posters. Abstract submission is done in your reserved area, after your login. 

Please note that there is no template, as abstracts are submitted as text in a form. You can include tables, but no figures. Formatting of your abstract is limited to italics and bold. If you decide to copy-and-paste your text from Microsoft Word it might look different for the original! To ensure best appearence you can use the editor that is embedded in the submission page.

Abstracts can be considered for upgrades to oral presentation. You can mark them, if you wish. All abstracts must be presented as posters. Poster size is 0.90 m width by 1.20 m height.

All certificates will be provided eletronically after the event, you will be able to download the PDF in your reserved area. The information for the certificate will be taken from your abstract submission, so please make sure that all information there is correct!