Date: October 20-24, 2025 

Technical University Munich
Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS)
Lichtenbergstr. 2a
85747 Garching
Germany

Under the auspices of the Groupement AMPERE
https://www.ampere-society.org

Following the successful tradition of earlier meetings in Berlin (2006/2021), Aarhus (2008/2023), Leiden (2010), Brno (2012), Munich (2014), Palma de Mallorca (2016/2018), the 10th international training school on solid-state NMR will be organized this year at the Technical University Munich in Garching. The course will take place in the time period 19.-24.10.2025. Garching is conveniently located close to the international airport of München and is easily reachable by public transportation. On the other hand, Munich is well connected in the national fast-train system. We intend to reserve ample time for social gathering and scientific interactions close to the lecture hall. These settings will allow for close contacts between the school attendees and the speakers during the school. 
 

How-To-Get There

Directions to the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Technical University of Munich in Garching are found under 
https://www.ias.tum.de/fileadmin/w00bub/www/pdf/TUM-IAS_Directions_en.pdf


Scientific committee

Prof. Dr. Bernd Reif 
Prof. Dr. Anja Böckmann 
Prof. Dr. Matthias Ernst  
 

Program 
The following scientists have agreed to participate in the solid-state NMR school

•    Benjamin Bardiaux, Structure Calculation (ARIA), Institut Pasteur Paris, France 

•    Anja Böckmann, Sample preparation, CNRS Lyon, France 

•    Björn Corzilius, DNP: Principles and Practice, Universität Rostock, Germany 

•    Matthias Ernst, Average Hamiltonians, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 

•    Victoria A. Higman, CCPN (Introduction and Practical), Leicester University, UK 

•    Piotr Klukowski, Automated Assignment and Structure, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

•    Rasmus Linser, 1H/Fast, 13C, and 1H assignments, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany

•    Guinevere Mathies, NMR Instrumentation, University Konstanz, Germany 

•    Niels Chr. Nielsen, Dipolar Recoupling, Aarhus University, Denmark

•    Hartmut Oschkinat, The future of biological solid-state NMR, FMP Berlin, Germany

•    Guido Pintacuda, NMR of paramagnetic systems, University of Lyon, France

•    Bernd Reif, Principles of dynamics, Technical University of Munich, Germany

•    Paul Schanda, Quantification of Dynamics/Pulse sequence library, IST Klosterneuburg, Austria 

•    Albert A. Smith-Penzel, Time-dependent Hamiltonians/Exercise on dynamics, University Leipzig, Germany 

•    Benjamin Tatman, Quantification of Dynamics/Pulse sequence library/Exercise on dynamics, IST Klosterneuburg, Austria

•    Zdeněk Tošner, Simulation and Software, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic

•    Thomas Vosegaard, Simulation and Software, Aarhus University, Denmark

•    Markus Weingarth, Solid State NMR and Drug Discovery, Utrecht University, Netherlands

•    Thomas Wiegand, The Hamiltonian Operator, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Topics include among other an introduction into the Hamilton Operator formalism and into time dependent Hamiltonians, theory and application of decoupling and recoupling techniques, solid-state NMR pulse schemes, instrumentation and hardware, data processing, chemical shift assignment strategies and methods for the determination of structures in the solid-state, simulation of pulse schemes and line shapes using SIMPSON, principles and applications of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP), applications of solid-state NMR in microcrystalline systems, membrane proteins, amyloid fibrils and large soluble protein complexes.

How to apply

In order to register, please submit your curriculum vitae (CV), a letter of recommendation and a poster abstract to biosolids2025@bnmrz.org. The application deadline for the summer school has been extended to the 10th of September 2025. The registration fee amounts to 150 Euro. After acceptance, an invoice will be issued by the Ampere Society that contains a link for secure credit card payment. The registration fee has to be transferred prior to the school to ensure participation. The registration fee includes conference registration, access to all sessions, coffee breaks, welcome reception, and conference dinner. Abstracts should not exceed 1 page and should include a title, all author names and their full affiliations. The name of the poster/short-talk presenter should be underlined. Participants will be selected based on their submitted abstracts or, if no poster or short talk is to be presented, on their cv and recommendation letter (for students/post-docs). Please be aware that the number of participants is limited. Please register as soon as possible. 

Registration fee waivers are available for participants sponsored by the Ampere society. Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. Applicants do not need to apply separately for these.

For applicants chosen to participate in the Summer School, please register by 15 September 2025.

Notes for Posters & Talks

We invite all participants to present their project as a flash talk on the first day of the school. The duration of the flash talk should be 2 minutes and a maximum of 2 power point slides. Posters should be portrait orientation, A0 size.

Organization on-site

Dr. Natalia Rodina

Dr. Jacob Lindale