Center on Macromolecular Dynamics by NMR Spectroscopy

The Center on Macromolecular Dynamics by NMR Spectroscopy (CoMD/NMR) is a Biomedical Technology Development and Dissemination (BTDD) Center supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health grant 1RM1 GM145397 and located at the New York Structural Biology Center (NYSBC). The mission of CoMD/NMR is to develop methods for studying how the conformations and dynamics of proteins, nucleic acids mediate their biological functions, when bound to drugs or toxins, or when diseases occur. CoMD/NMR uses NMR spectrometers, machines very similar to MRI machines used by physicians to provide pictures of the human body. NYSBC has nine NMR spectrometers of different sizes and is one of the largest such centers in the world. Scientists at CoMD/NMR research and implement new methods for performing such studies and assist scientists from around the U.S. in using NMR spectroscopy in their own research. Technology developed at CoMD/NMR has been used to study amyloid diseases, behavior of protein ion channels in the nervous system, formation of distinct tissues during development of the mammalian body, function and regulation of proteins involved in metabolism, and other biological processes.

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