Accessing the CAI NMR Spectroscopy facilities

Accessing the CAI Instrument Facilities

The NMR spectroscopy facility includes a solid and three liquid state NMR spectrometers. The Centre provides advice to get your project started. Projects can be conducted collaboratively or independently. The Centre will also provide the necessary NMR safety training before independent access to the facility is permitted.

NMR Room Induction and Training

Visit our facility page and identify the one/s you would like to access. The CAI High Resolution NMR Spectroscopy facility has three liquid state NMRs (500, 700 and 900 MHz) and one solid state NMR (300 MHz).

To register for NMR room induction and training, there are three steps required:

1. Complete a CAI general induction. Please fill out the form here and you will be guided through the process.
   If you have already completed this step, go to Step 2.
    
2. After obtaining a CAI intranet logon (from completing the form linked above), please select the facility from the intranet page.
   
   Click "Apply for access to this facility" and finally click "Arrange the required facility orientation". The applicant must read the SOP's and risk assessment for the selected facility and book a local induction time (via CAI intranet).
    
3. Contact the NMR facility manager (NMR@cai.uq.edu.au) to discuss your project requirements and help setting up the project in the on-line booking system.

Setup and Booking the NMR Spectrometers for UQ Researchers

• The budget holder must be in our booking system for before you login for the first time since you will need to join a “lab” in the registration process. Please confirm with facility manager before logging on for the first time.
• To login to our on-line booking system use your UQ username and password. There is a wizard to guide you through the registration process on first login.
• You will need to be a member of a project, if your project does not exist it will need to be created. The facility manager can help setup the project if necessary.
• Financial approval from the budget holder and finance delegate for your school, centre or institute for the user fees will be required (signed RISQ form).
• The amount on the RISQ form will not be invoiced immediately but the user fees will be invoiced monthly on actual time used. When the agreed amount is used the instruments will be able to be booked until another RISQ form has been approved.
• Once all the above steps have been completed, the user can book time and can move or cancel bookings in advance of the start time.

Booking the NMR Spectrometers for Researchers outside UQ

• Please contact facility manager to discuss access.

User Fees ($/hours)

For UQ Internal Users: view our fees online (access restricted).

For External Users, please contact the NMR Facility Manager.

QNN access, please contact UQ_QNN@cai.uq.edu.au