CERM explained

CERM (European Center for Magnetic Resonance)
City:	Sesto Fiorentino
Country:	Italy
Website:	https://www.cerm.unifi.it/

CERM (European Center for Magnetic Resonance, Italian: Centro Europeo di Risonanze Magnetiche) is a research facility at the University of Florence specialized in the application of NMR studies to biomolecules. It is a leading research center in Tuscany.^[1]

The center was founded by Ivano Bertini^[2] and it is located at the Polo Scientifico (Scientific Campus) in Sesto Fiorentino. It is supported by the European Community as a research infrastructure for NMR in the Life Sciences

Scientific research

Under Bertini's leadership, CERM became one of the leading research centers in the world and it has a focus on structural biology, biophysics, and drug discovery. In 1994 at CERM the first structure of a metalloprotein was discovered through NMR ^[3] using structural constraints due to the paramagnetic center.

In February 2020 CERM completed the installation of the most powerful NMR spectrometer in the world.^[4]

References

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Notes and References

1. News: Arti Ahluwalia "Siamo avanti nell'intelligenza artificiale, per le biotecnologie ci servono macchine migliori" . Italian . la Repubblica . 2018-12-29 .
2. News: Addio a Ivano Bertini scienziato artefice del Cerm . Italian . la Repubblica . 2012-07-08 .
3. Book: Chimica e chimici a Firenze: Dall'ultimo dei Medici al Padre del Centro .... Fontani. Marco. Orna. Mary Virginia. Costa. Mariagrazia. 2015-09-01. Springer. 978-3-319-18157-8. Italian.
4. News: A Firenze la risonanza magnetica più potente al mondo. Italian . 13 February 2020. .