ISMAR sponsors a series of on-line meetings about current topics in magnetic resonance, called “Conversations on Magnetic Resonance”. The goal of this series is to provide a simple and useful tool for exchanging information, accelerating progress, and developing new relationships across the international magnetic resonance community. Videos of past Conversations are available below and with additional AI annotations here. If you have ideas for future Conversation topics, please contact Rob Tycko (ISMAR Past-President).
January 13, 2025: Alex Pines Memorial Tribute
Alex Pines passed away at the age of 79 on November 1, 2024. Over a 50-year period, Alex made numerous contributions to magnetic resonance, mentored and inspired countless young scientists, and was an esteemed colleague, collaborator, and friend to many in the magnetic resonance community. He served as President of ISMAR in 1993-1995 and received the ISMAR Prize in 2017.
To honor Alex’s impact on our field, ISMAR organized an on-line meeting that featured presentations by some of his former students, postdocs, and colleagues.
Speakers, with their starting times in the video, were: Robert Tycko (0:00:00), James B. Murdoch (0:03:10), David E. Wemmer (0:05:10), Warren S. Warren( 0:13:30), Jean Baum (0:19:10), Bradley F. Chmelka (0:29:45), Lucio Frydman (0:36:10), Mei Hong (0:46:15), Alexej Jerschow (0:53:35), Songi Han (1:06:35), Rachel W. Martin (1:12:45), Thomas Theis (1:20:25), Claudia E. Avalos (1:27:45), Ashok Ajoy (1:34:10), Robert G. Griffin (1:41:00), Hans W. Spiess (1:56:50), Geoffrey Bodenhausen (2:00:15), Malcolm H. Levitt (2:09:20), Mitchell S. Albert (2:16:45), Jerome L. Ackerman (2:26:30), Joseph R. Sachleben (2:29:40), Yi-Qiao Song (2:30:25), John W. Blanchard (2:31:50), John P. Heinrich (2:34:00)
June 29, 2022: New Voices in Magnetic Resonance
• Introductory remarks by Tatyana Polenova (Editor-in-Chief, JMR) 00:00:15
• Presentation by Tomas Orlando (MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences) 00:03:00
• Presentation by Albert Smith-Penzel (University of Leipzig) 00:20:20
• Presentation by Michal Leskes (Weizmann Institute of Science) 00:41:10
• Presentation by Fred Mentink-Vigier (Nat’l High Magnetic Field Lab) 01:01:40
• Presentation by Benesh Joseph (Goethe University) 01:23:00
• Presentation by Moritz Zaiss (MPI for Biological Cybernetics) 01:38:00
• Presentation by Vipin Agarwal (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) 02:03:40
• Closing remarks by Lucio Frydman (Editor-in-Chief, JMRO) 02:26:25
May 24, 2022: Magnetic Resonance of Batteries and Electrochemical Devices
Magnetic Resonance of Batteries and Electrochemical Devices
Introduction by Robert Tycko (NIH)
Presentations by:
Clare Gray (University of Cambridge)
Josef Granwehr (Forschungszetrum Jülich)
Yan-Yan Hu (Florida State University)
Alexej Jerschow (New York University)
Each presentation is followed by a period for questions and comments by audience members.
August 22, 2021: Richard R. Ernst Memorial Session at ISMAR-APNMR Osaka
Chairs: Stephan Grzesiek, Rafael Bruschweiler
Contributors: Kurt Wüthrich, Kuniaki Nagayama, Annalisa Pastore, Geoffrey Bodenhausen, Marc Baldus, Robert G. Griffin, Kazuyuki Akasaka, Jeffrey Reimer, Ad Bax
September 24, 2019: Biomolecular Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation: What Does Magnetic Resonance Tell Us About the Phase-Separated State?
Biomolecular Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation: What Does Magnetic Resonance Tell Us About the Phase-Separated State?
Presentations by:
Nicolas Fawzi: “Visualizing Disordered Protein Liquid-liquid Phase Separation by Solution NMR”
Julie Forman Kay: “What Does Magnetic Resonance Tell Us About the Phase-Separated State?”
Galia Debelouchina: “Heterochromatin Protein HP1α Gelation Dynamics Revealed by Solid-State NMR”
Each presentation is followed by a period for questions and comments by audience members.
June 4, 2019: High-Speed Magic-Angle Spinning: What are the Advantages and Limitations?
Presentations by:
Yoshitaka Ishii (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Tatyana Polenova (University of Delaware)
Beat Meier (ETH Zurich)
Guido Pintacuda (ENS Lyon)
Each presentation is followed by a period for questions and comments by audience members.
April 24, 2019: Paramagnetic Dopants for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization: Can They be Improved Further?
Presentations by:
Bob Griffin: “Polarizing Agents for Solid, Cross, and Overhauser Effect DNP”
Gael De Paepe: “Designing Polarizing Agents for DNP using MAS-DNP Simulations”
Songi Han: “Tailoring Electron Spin Population and Dynamics to Maximize Cross Effect DNP”
Lyndon Emsley: “Radical. By Design?”
Each presentation is followed by a period for questions and comments by audience members.