Faculty
Thomas Szyperski
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Director, UB High-Field NMR Facility
Adjunct Senior Researcher at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
Office: 816 Natural Sciences Complex
Phone: (716) 645-4309
Fax: (716) 645-6963
Email: szypersk_at_buffalo.edu
GFT Projection NMR webpage: http://www.nsm.buffalo.edu/Research/GFT/
Education:
- Prediploma Biochemistry, U Tübingen (D) 1984
- Prediploma Chemistry, TU Munich (D) 1985
- Diploma Chemistry, TU Munich (D) 1988
- Dr. sc. nat ETH, ETH Zürich (CH) 1992
- Habilitation, ETH Zürich (CH) 1998
- Visiting scientist, U Auckland (NZ) 1988
- Fellow of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (1982-1988)
- Fellow im Verband der Chemischen Industrie (1989-1991)
Awards:
- Medaille der ETH 1992
- Research Innovation Award 1999, Research Corporation
- Buck-Whitney Medal 2003 of the ACS
- Scientific American 50 Award 2003 for "Chemistry and Materials"
- Laukien Prize 2006
- 2007 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Specializations:
Structure determination of biological macromolecules using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, Development of Bio-NMR techniques, Structural genomics, Metabonomics.
Research Summary:
Our research focuses on:
- Development of Bio-NMR methods for structural genomics. Our group participates in the Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESC) and the New York Consortium on Membrane Protein Structure. High-throughput NMR structure determination is supported by the Center for Computational Research.
- Structure determinations of biological macromolecules using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
- Development of NMR-based structural biology in supercooled water.
- Investigation of cellular metabolism in support of biotechnology research.
- Metabonomics
NMR Instrumentation:
- Primary User: Varian 600 and 750 MHz spectrometers (cryogenic probes)
- Access to: 500 (nanoprobe), 500 (1H/ 19F/ 13C/ 15N/ 2H-probe), 400, 300 MHz spectrometers
For a list of Thomas Szyperski's Publications, please click here.
