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NMR Facility - Operating Policies
Oversight
Dr. Andrew Hinck, has the primary oversight responsibility
for the high field NMR facility, while the NMR facility manager, Udayar Ilangovan,
is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the NMR facility. As time passes,
the needs of particular research groups may change. An internal oversight committee
consisting of a diverse group of researchers will set policy and periodically
review operating procedures of the UTHSCSA biomolecular NMR facility to meet the changing
needs of the users. Membership on the oversight committee will be for a one to
three year term, with openings staggered to insure continuity. Reappointment
to the oversight committee is permitted when appropriate. Appointments to the
committee will be made by majority vote. The PI, who will be a permanent member,
will chair the committee. The NMR facility manager, Dr. Barry Nall, and the
Biochemistry Department Chair will also be permanent members of the committee.
The NMR facility manager will not having voting privileges. The committee will
meet twice per year for the purposes of policy review. Meetings will be open to
minor users and to potential new users of the facility, but voting will be limited
to committee members. The present composition of the oversight committee is
indicated below:
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| Dr. Andrew P. Hinck |
Oversight Committee Chair |
Dept Biochemistry |
Permanent |
| Dr. Bruce Nicholson |
Dept Chair |
Dept Biochemistry |
Permanent |
| Dr. Jens Wohnert |
Faculty User |
Dept Biochemistry |
Permanent |
| Dr. Udayar Ilangovan |
NMR Facility Manager |
Dept Biochemistry |
Permanent |
| Dr. David Kolodrubetz |
Faculty User |
Dept. Microbiology |
3 year term |
| Dr. Joseph Agyin |
Faculty User |
Dept. Cell/Struct Biol |
3 year term |
| Dr. Bjorn Steffensen |
Faculty User |
Dept. Periodontics |
3 year term |
| Dr. John Lee |
Faculty User |
Dept. Biochemistry |
3 year term |
Access Rules
Users requesting NMR time should first read and understand the operating
and safety policies for the NMR facility and complete
an Acceptance-of-Use Form which acknowledges their
the willingness to cover any fees incurred and to
acknowledge use of the NMR facility in publications that result from its use
(the Acceptance-of-Use Form is required for
new users; existing users only need complete this form at the beginning of the fiscal year (Sept. 1)).
User requests for NMR time should be made through the
electronic forms available on
the NMR Facility website. Instrument time will be allocated by the NMR facility
manager on a first-come-first serve basis. In cases where the requests exceed
the amount of instrument time available, the following criteria will be used to
determine priority of usage. NIH grantees, SACI members, and UTHSCSA investigators
will be given highest priority. Investigators affiliated with some of these groups,
but not all, will be given the next highest priority. In instances where Investigators
with equal priority (say each associated with two of the above groups) are competing
for instrument time, the time will be divided equally. Investigators from other
academic Insitutions in Texas, Investigators from academic Institutions outside
of Texas, and non-academic Investigators are considered (in this order) last.
User Fees
User fees will be charged based on hourly usage of the NMR spectrometers.
Usage times will be determined electronically (using a script which automatically logs the
number of hours each user runs the spectrometer control program XWINNMR).
User fees are determined annually and are
adjusted to recover the routine (cryogens and annual cryoprobe maitenance) and non-routine
(instrument and computer failure) maintence portion of the operating costs.
Users are required to sign an ACCEPTANCE OF USE" form on an annual basis (a new form is required when the annual fees for the next fiscal year take effect (Sept 1)) to accessing the
spectrometers (the acceptance of use form acknowledges the fee structure currently
in place and indicates acceptance to cover any charges accrued).
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