Hydrodynamics: means "water movement" and the NCMH (National Centre for Macromolecular Hydrodynamics) is a Facility supported by the EPSRC (the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) for the characterisation of the sizes, shapes and interactions of large “macro”molecules of biomedical and industrial importance (proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, synthetic polymers etc.) and in the environment many occur naturally – water or aqueous solution.

The NCMH consists of:

The Harding Laboratory (Physical Biochemistry & Glycobiology)

The Scott Laboratory (Physical Biochemistry & Archae)

The Adams Laboratory (Insulin & Diabetes Research)

The Rowe Laboratory (NCMH Business Centre)

Hydrodynamic modelling	Solution model for IgG3. From Lu, Y., Longman, E., Davis, K., Ortega, A., Grossmann, J.G., Michaelsen, T.E., García de la Torre, J., and Harding, S.E. (2006) Biophys. J. 91, 1688-1697, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ncmh/harding_pdfs/Paper301.pdf

The NCMH also runs a one year MSc in Applied Biomolecular Technology  (On-line application form) specially designed for biological and chemical scientists wishing advanced training highly relevant to modern Industrial Biotechnology. A placement forms part of this MSc and you can read previous students’ experiences about their MSc here. If you are working in Industry/Research Institute/Hospital and are interested in a Placement Student please see the attached Information Sheet. You may be eligible to apply for a University of Nottingham scholarship to help towards your MSc tuition fees. You can see our current scholarship students here. A further MSc course in Physical Biochemistry is planned for starting 2010-2011.

If you are interested in finding out more about the placement opportunities on the MSc ABT course, please contact Judith.wayte@nottingham.ac.uk

Staff
Stephen Harding: Professor of Physical Biochemistry
Arthur Rowe: Special Professor of Biomolecular Technology
Dr David J Scott: Associate Professor in Physical Biochemistry
Dr Gary Adams: Lecturer, University Medical School
Dr Gordon Morris: Postdoctoral (BBSRC) & Teaching Fellow
Dr. Tony Borysik: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (BBSRC)
Dr. Judith Wayte: MSc Industrial Placement Officer
Dr. Jianhua Jia: MSc Tutor
Shirley Ang (PhD Student, 3rd year)
Dan Russell (PhD Student, 3rd year)
Ali Saber Abdelhameed (PhD Student University/GSK Rixensart, 2nd year)
Kate Portman (PhD Student, 2nd year)
Mohd Zainol Mohamad (PhD student, 2nd year)
David Tabot Besong (PhD Student - BBSRC Dorothy Hodgkin/Medimmune, 1st year from 1/May)

Visiting Researchers
Dr. Samil Kok: Visiting Fellow, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
Marian Angeles López Mengíbar, PhD Student, Instituto de Estudios Biofuncionales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

MSc Students Applied Biomolecular Technology: 2008-2009
Raymond Akpojotor, Safiya Al Gharbi, Ilias Alexandrakis, Umaima Al-Hoqani, Sharifa Al-Shehi, Apoorva Alva, Manish Burman, Neha Daga, Atul Gadhave, Hansjoerg Goetzke, Prachi Gupte, Haotian He, Nina Horwege, Sameer Hussain, Clare Jefferies, Shahwar Jiwani, Jing Li, Hsiu-Chen Lin, Huai-Wen Liu, Ogheneochukome Lolodi, Ting-Jui Lu, Priyanka Malhota, Ezra Manda, Biswaroop Mitra, Ravindra Modugula, Abubakar Mohammed, Shantaram Muthaye, Nirav Nagda, Lydon Nyambura, Anuli Ogbuka, Ayodeji Olasupo, Adekunle Onipe, Krupali Parekh, Paresh Patel, Vaidas Petrulionis, Ashutosh Pradhan, Sriharsha Puranik, Rakshith Rai, Purnima Raman, Srinivasan Ramesh Babu, Joydeep Ray, Debanjan Sengupta, Ting Ting Shen, Rohan Shetge, Neha Thakkar, Beyza Vurusaner, Pragnesh Vyas, Hengzheng Wang, Lin Yao, Xianxian Zou

Debanjan Sengupta, a Masters student currently studying Applied Biomolecular Technology at Nottingham has been given the opportunity to blog about his experiences as an intern at P&G in their R&D Femcare department at Schwalbach, Germany. http://www.pgcareers.com/default.asp?page=185&b=31

MSc Students Applied Biomolecular Technology: 2007-2008
Miss Liang Dong, Mr Pradeep Dubbula, Miss Jie Gao, Mr Ramnath Gobinath, Ms Rupal Gupta, Mr Imran Hassan, Miss Ruodan Jiang, Mr Thomas Joseph, Mr Rachith Kalgudi, Mr Khalid Khan, Miss Asma Khurshid, Miss Smita Kumar, Mr Bharanitharan Maruthaipallandar Sounderrajan, Mr Hassan Moeiniyan Bahheri, Mr Remi Ako-Mbianyor Momo, Miss Regina Mora, Mr David Tabot Morou Besong, Miss Saba Erum Mulla, Ms Ranjani Nagaraja, Mr Francis Ogbonnia, Ms Harika Pidikiti, Mr Nirant Poddar, Ms Shilpa Senapati, Mr Joseph Thomas, Miss Risha Thomas, Ms Sneha Venkat Subramaniam, Miss Juanting Wang, Miss Chiheng Xu, Miss Wen Zhang, Mr Ying Zhang, Miss Xin Zhao, Miss Pingping Zhuang

MSc Applied Biomolecular Technology - graduation class 2007-8

You can read previous students’ experiences about their MSc here.

Other EPSRC supported facilities
NCMH Books
NCMH Software
Where To Find Us
Sutton Bonington Campus Layout
NCMH Lecture notes Download Page

Contact Details:
National Centre for Macromolecular Hydrodynamics
University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington Campus
LE12 5RD, U.K.
Email: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)115-951-6149
Fax: +44 (0)115-951-6142

  Links

	Methods in Biophysical Analysis (CUP)- best text we've seen that puts hydrodynamic techniques in the context of other biophysical tools
	NCMH student wins top poster prize at bioProcess UK
	Royal Society of Chemistry Biotechnology Group Home Page
	7th Beckman-Coulter UK Prize Awarded
	Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews (S.E. Harding, Editor)
	IUPAC nomenclature for macromolecules, assemblies and dilution solutions
	The Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules Group, Murcia