BMB 601- Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
MMRRCC Conference Room, B1 Stellar-Chance Building

Lecturers: Ravinder Reddy, Ph.D.

Course Description: Basic topics and principles in applications of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging to problems in biochemistry, biology and medicine.

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Sample Lecture Schedule:

1

The Bloch Equations

2

Spin Echoes and Simple Pulse Experiments

3

Relaxation I

4

Practical I (Measurement of Relaxation Time)

5

Practical I (Measurement of Relaxation Time)

6

Chemical Exchange

7

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

8

Density Matrix

9

Relaxation II

10

Spin Interactions and Product Operators (Rules)

11

Product Operators (Pulse sequence Response)

12

Spin Interaction I (J-coupling, Dipole-Dipole)

13

Spin Interaction II (Dipole-Dipole, Quadrupole)

14

Polarization Transfer via J-coupling

15

NMR of Solids

16

Polarization Transfer via Nuclear Overhauser Effect

17

Practical II (Polarization Transfer)

18

Practical II (Polarization Transfer)

19

Introduction to 2D NMR

20

COSY and NOESY

21

NMR of Spins > 1/2