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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kurt W. Zilm is a researcher affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientific topics covered in Kurt W. Zilm's work include:

  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function

Their recent academic papers feature research in magnetic resonance and protein behavior, including:

  • Electron spin relaxation of P1 centers in synthetic diamonds with potential as B1 standards for DNP enhanced NMR, 2020, Journal of Magnetic Resonance
  • Cellular Prion Protein Conformational Shift after Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Regulated by a Polymeric Antagonist and Mutations, 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Kurt W. Zilm frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Anne Carroll, Sandra S. Eaton, Gareth R. Eaton, Yangyi Liu, and Marcus D. Tuttle.

Their publications have appeared predominantly in the following journals:

  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Kurt W. Zilm was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Chemical shift referencing in MAS solid state NMR.

    Corey R Morcombe;Kurt W Zilm

  • Further conventions for NMR shielding and chemical shifts (IUPAC Recommendations 2008).

    Robin K. Harris;Edwin D. Becker;Sonia M. Cabral De Menezes;Pierre Granger

  • Partial NMR assignments for uniformly (13C, 15N)-enriched BPTI in the solid state.

    McDermott A;Polenova T;Bockmann A;Zilm Kw

  • Assignments of carbon NMR resonances for microcrystalline ubiquitin.

    Tatyana I. Igumenova;Ann E. McDermott;Kurt W. Zilm;Rachel W. Martin

  • Sensitive High Resolution Inverse Detection NMR Spectroscopy of Proteins in the Solid State

    Eric K. Paulson;Corey R. Morcombe;Vadim Gaponenko;Barbara Dancheck

  • Diluting abundant spins by isotope edited radio frequency field assisted diffusion.

    Corey R. Morcombe;Vadim Gaponenko;and R. Andrew Byrd;Kurt W. Zilm

  • Cross polarization and magic angle sample spinning NMR spectra of model organic compounds. 1. Highly protonated molecules

    Lawrence B. Alemany;David M. Grant;Ronald J. Pugmire;Terry D. Alger

  • Preparation of protein nanocrystals and their characterization by solid state NMR.

    Rachel W. Martin;Kurt W. Zilm

  • Carbon-13 dipolar spectroscopy of small organic molecules in argon matrixes

    Kurt W. Zilm;David M. Grant

  • Complete Spectral Editing in CPMAS NMR

    Xiaoling Wu;K. W. Zilm

  • Zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance

    D. P. Weitekamp;A. Bielecki;D. Zax;K. Zilm

  • Low-temperature carbon-13 magnetic resonance in solids. 3. Linear and pseudolinear molecules

    Alvin J. Beeler;Anita M. Orendt;David M. Grant;Peter W. Cutts

  • Nature of the tin-tin double bond as studied by solid-state and solution nuclear magnetic resonance

    Kurt W. Zilm;Gerry A. Lawless;Ronald M. Merrill;John M. Millar

  • Zero field NMR and NQR

    D. B. Zax;A. Bielecki;K. W. Zilm;A. Pines

  • Structural and spectroscopic characterization of iridium trihydride complexes : evidence for proton-proton exchange coupling

    D. Michael Heinekey;John M. Millar;Thomas F. Koetzle;Neil G. Payne

  • Spectral Editing in CPMAS NMR. Generating Subspectra Based on Proton Multiplicities

    Xiaoling Wu;S. T. Burns;K. W. Zilm

  • CHEMICAL SHIELDING TENSOR OF A CARBENE

    Anthony J. Arduengo;David A. Dixon;Kristin K. Kumashiro;Chengteh Lee

  • Cross polarization and magic angle sample spinning NMR spectra of model organic compounds. 2. Molecules of low or remote protonation

    Lawrence B. Alemany;David M. Grant;Ronald J. Pugmire;Terry D. Alger

  • Carbon-13 CP/MAS spectroscopy of coal macerals

    Kurt W. Zilm;Ronald J. Pugmire;Stephen R. Larter;James Allan

  • Cross polarization with high-speed magic-angle spinning

    Xiaoling Wu;K. W. Zilm

  • Raman, infrared and n.m.r. studies of the graphite hydrofluorides CxF1-δ(HF)δ(2 ≤ x ≤ 5)

    T. Mallouk;B. L. Hawkins;M. P. Conrad;K. Zilm

  • Low-temperature carbon-13 magnetic resonance of solids. 1. Alkenes and cycloalkenes

    Kurt W. Zilm;Robert T. Conlin;David M. Grant;Josef Michl

  • Multidimensional solid-state NMR and polymers

    Kurt W. Zilm

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Grant
David M. Grant University of Nottingham
Josef Michl
Josef Michl University of Colorado Boulder
Ronald J. Pugmire
Ronald J. Pugmire University of Utah
Kenneth B. Wiberg
Kenneth B. Wiberg Yale University
Gary L. Haller
Gary L. Haller Yale University
Robin K. Harris
Robin K. Harris Durham University
Marc M. Greenberg
Marc M. Greenberg Johns Hopkins University
Edwin D. Becker
Edwin D. Becker National Institutes of Health
Alexander Pines
Alexander Pines University of California, Berkeley
Pierre Vogel
Pierre Vogel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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