UBC Researchers Utilize Bruker’s Spectrometer to Study Microbial Diseases

Bruker, provider of scientific instruments, announced that it has obtained an order from the University of British Columbia to provide the AVANCE III 850 spectrometer. The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) magnet and spectrometer will allow researchers at the Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia to examine the workings of microbial diseases.

The University of British Columbia (UBC), the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund, and the Canada Foundation for Innovation provided funds to the Advanced Structural Biology of Re-emerging Infectious Diseases for procuring the 850 MHz NMR magnet.

The spectrometer is based on Bruker’s 850 MHz Ascend magnet, which integrates the vital advantages of the company’s UltraShield Plus magnets with improved convenience and performance offered by sophisticated superconducting technology. This integration enabled in designing small-sized magnet coils and resulted in a substantial reduction in the cryostat’s size. The Ascend magnets reduce operating costs, safer to run, and are easier to site.

The AVANCE III 850 spectrometer incorporates Bruker’s CryoProbe technology and enables researchers to carry out measurements on small sample quantities. The device is also equipped with Efree probe technologies that offer sophisticated research tools for investigating membrane proteins in solid-state NMR.