Ampere biological solid-state NMR Summer School
Date: October 19-24, 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
• Marc Baldus, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Benjamin Bardiaux, Institut Pasteur Paris, France
• Anja Böckmann, CNRS Lyon, France
• Matthias Ernst, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Robert G. Griffin, MIT, USA
• Victoria A. Higman, Leicester University, UK
• Piotr Klukowski, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Rasmus Linser, Technische Universität Dortmund
• Jennifer Mathies, University Konstanz, Germany
• Niels Chr. Nielsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Hartmut Oschkinat, FMP Berlin, Germany
• Bernd Reif, Garching, Germany
• Petra Rovo, Vienna, Austria
• Paul Schanda, Vienna, Austria
• Albert Smith, University Leipzig, Germany
• Benjamin Tatman, Vienna, Austria
• Zdeněk Tošner, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
• Thomas Vosegaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Thomas Wiegand, 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 is 1st 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).
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.
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