BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the successful
installation of an Ascend™ Aeon 900 magnet, the world’s first compact,
single-story NMR magnet with active refrigeration at the University of
California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla, CA. The Aeon
technology integrates advanced refrigeration technology into the magnet
design, thus providing independence from the periodic cryogen refills
customary with traditional NMR magnets. Combining the Aeon
technology with Bruker’s established 900 MHz UltraStabilized™
magnet technology delivers unmatched convenience for customers.
Bruker's Ascend Aeon 900 NMR magnet (Photo: Business Wire)
The Ascend Aeon 900 is a liquid nitrogen-free,
superconducting magnet system with helium reliquefaction technology. It
enables long-term, carefree operation without user maintenance and with
essentially helium-consumption-free operation. Whereas traditional 900
MHz magnets require two-story laboratories, the new compact Ascend
Aeon 900 magnet can be placed in single-story labs due to
advancements in superconductors, jointing technologies and novel magnet
designs. Researchers with restricted laboratory space can now benefit
from the sensitivity and dispersion of ultra-high field solid-state NMR
with this first ever single-story 900 MHz magnet. The reduced height and
minimum stray magnetic fields of this new magnet maximize siting
flexibility and reduce site preparation costs.
With the introduction of new Aeon technology for 400-700
MHz NMR magnets earlier this year, and now the new Ascend Aeon 900,
Bruker continues to respond to concerns regarding potential Helium
shortages and increasing Helium costs. Ascend Aeon magnets
achieve this by combining the latest active-shielding technology with
Bruker’s advanced, proprietary refrigeration designs, featuring
integrated low-vibration cryo-coolers for reliable long-term operation.
The University of California, San Diego purchased the Ascend Aeon
900 magnet together with Bruker’s AVANCE™ III HD
NMR spectrometer to provide state-of-the-art NMR capabilities at the
UCSD Biomedical Technology Research Center (BTRC) for Molecular Imaging
of Proteins. The new instrument will be used for the development and
application of high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy to proteins
in biological supramolecular assemblies, especially membranes. The
Collaborative and Service activities of the BTRC ensure that the
instrument is available to the UCSD biomedical research community.
Dr.
Stanley Opella
, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry at UCSD, commented: “I am impressed by Bruker’s ability to
quickly make further developments in the area of ultra-high field magnet
technology. All of us at the Center are delighted by the fact that we
now have a fully operational, robust, compact, and unique 900 MHz magnet
available for our own NMR research and that of our users. Bruker’s
extraordinary customer support ensured ‘on time’ delivery and very
rapid, problem-free installation of a technology currently at the
leading edge of magnet development that is already showing highly
reliable performance on very demanding high-power and fast spinning NMR
experiments. This novel spectrometer provides a reassuring boost for
achieving our own scientific research goals in new areas of solid-state
NMR spectroscopy and structural biology.”
About Bruker Corporation
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) is a leading provider of high
performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and
materials research, as well as for diagnostics, industrial and applied
analysis.
For more information: www.bruker.com
For more information on Ascend Aeon: www.bruker.com/Aeon
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