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The National Biomedical Research Center for AdvanCed ESR Technology (ACERT) is an outgrowth of extensive experience in developing the methods of modern electron spin resonance (ESR, a.k.a. EPR-Electron Paramagnetic Resonance) by Prof. Jack H. Freed’s research group at Cornell University. The technologies upon which this Center is based are in many respects unique in the world.
RECENT EVENTS
News article: "Study Reveals New Insights into the Function of Transporters in the Brain Implicated in Stroke and Neurodegenerative Disease" Weill Cornell Newsroom, February 4, 2015.
ACERT featured in Biophysical TV video:
National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology (ACERT) was featured in a pre-recorded film which was broadcast at the Biophysical Society’s 58th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, February 15-19, 2014.
Biophysical TV: ACERT
The principal areas of our expertise are:
Pulsed Fourier Transform and Two Dimensional ESR
- Distance Measurements in Proteins and Aggregates using Double Quantum Coherence ESR and Related Methods;
- Dynamic Structure of Membranes and Proteins by 2D-ELDOR;
- Functional Dynamics of Proteins by Time Resolved FT and 2D-ESR;
High Frequency-High Field (HFHF) ESR
- New Instrumental Developments in HFHF ESR;
- Development of High Power Pulsed HFHF ESR;
- Multifrequency Studies of Dynamics in Proteins and Membranes.
High Resolution ESR Microscopy
- Development of Continuous Wave and Pulsed ESR Microscopes
- Biomedical Applications of ESR Micro-Imaging
Theory and Computational Methods for Modern ESR
- Improved Theoretical and Computational Methods for Analyzing Modern ESR Experiments.
Our activities include:
- making resources available to the biomedical community,
- publishing results,
- running workshops on the new methodologies,
- addressing the need to bring these new technologies to other laboratories.
See our Dissemination page for further details, and the News page for recent events and articles.
The researchers that comprise ACERT are:
Prof. Jack H. Freed
Director & Principal Investigator
Petr P. Borbat
Senior Research Associate
Associate Director
Curt R. Dunnam
Director of Operations
Engineering Physics
Boris Dzikovski
Senior Research Associate
Zhichun Liang
Senior Research Associate
Alex L. Lai
Research Associate
Galina Petkova
Visiting Scientist
Art Samplaski
Administrative Manager
Diane Patzer
Technician
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