The Department of Chemistry will host a symposium, “The Role of NMR In Researching Disease Pathways,” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 31 in the Lied Commons.

The symposium celebrates the latest addition to the Research Instrumentation Facility: the NMR 700MHz spectrometer. The symposium is open to the public and highlights many prominent speakers from academia. There will also be a poster session for interested students.

For more information, or to register for this event or the poster session, go to http://chem.unl.edu/nmr-symposium.

The symposium will start with a welcome address from professors David Berkowitz, Jody Redepenning and James Takacs. Joseph Francisco, dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences, and Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development, will also speak.

For presentation abstracts, go to http://chem.unl.edu/nmr-symposium-agenda.

The symposium will be moderated by Clifford Stains from UNL’s Chemistry Department.