New Biomedical Technology Resource Center coming to FSU MagLab

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A brand new Biomedical Technology Resource Center is coming to Florida State University’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, thanks to a $5.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
MagLab officials say the center will be developing unique instrumentation for cutting-edge biomedical work in high magnetic fields to fight diseases like Alzheimer’s and tuberculosis.

“We’re pleased by the NIH’s investment in research at the MagLab and believe these funds will help propel our scientists’ work in biomedical research forward as they seek to better understand complicated diseases that affect millions of people,” said FSU Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander.
The center’s main equipment will be in the form of probes, mini-electronic devices that hold biological samples while they are loaded into a magnet. These new probes will help scientists see the structure and chemistry of proteins that cause diseases.
Two of the new probes, called “magic angle spinning probes,” will be specifically designed for a technique known as “dynamic nuclear polarization”. These unique probes will spin solid biological samples near the speed of sound (up to 50,000 revolutions per second) to isolate signals and derive needed information to understand the molecular basis of diseases.