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davidmigl
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I am a junior molecular biology major. I plan to go into graduate school and currently my #1 topic of interest is using solid state NMR to determine molecular structure. I am doing research on the unrelated topic of bacteriophage genomics but do not want to change labs because I am well established and have a poster presentation and publication pending, both of which would be forfeited if I left.
I have read numerous papers on NMR and am quite concerned that I do not have the requisite physics background to do well in this field. Most NMR profs seem to be physicists-turned-biochemists, whereas I am coming from the opposite direction.
Here is what I am doing beyond the requirements for my major:
- Took calculus based freshman physics 1 & 2
- Took cal 3 and diffeq.
- will take pChem I (intro to quantum chemisty stuff) and lab next semester. Plan to take pChem 2 (thermo) and lab 2 if time permits senior year.
- applied to 11 summer research programs next summer and requested to work on NMR projects.
Is there anything else you could recommend to better prepare me to do macromolecular NMR in grad school?
I have read numerous papers on NMR and am quite concerned that I do not have the requisite physics background to do well in this field. Most NMR profs seem to be physicists-turned-biochemists, whereas I am coming from the opposite direction.
Here is what I am doing beyond the requirements for my major:
- Took calculus based freshman physics 1 & 2
- Took cal 3 and diffeq.
- will take pChem I (intro to quantum chemisty stuff) and lab next semester. Plan to take pChem 2 (thermo) and lab 2 if time permits senior year.
- applied to 11 summer research programs next summer and requested to work on NMR projects.
Is there anything else you could recommend to better prepare me to do macromolecular NMR in grad school?