Tuesday - October 06, 2009

 New associate manager


 We are please to say that an associate manager was hired and will start in November.


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Tuesday - October 06, 2009

 Manager away until October 19th


 Dr Timothy Burrow will be away until October 19th. Dr Adina Golombek will be in as usual, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursday until 3PM. Ms Rose Balazs is away until October 12. Dmitry will reset the sample queues in the morning. 


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Friday - September 11, 2009

 Bruker Avance III-400 P31 shift error


 All Phosphorus-31 chemical shifts of samples run in C6D6 have an error! The chemical shifts are shifted downfield by 13.3560 ppm.


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Tuesday - September 08, 2009

 Server problems


Because the Data drive (where all user data is stored) was reaching capacity, I copied all data to a new RAID system and installed in the server. All the data is OK, but the system did not boot. 

[6:15 PM most systems are now back online. The server had major hardware problems]

[7:15 PM all spectrometers working, all data stations working]


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Tuesday - August 25, 2009

 Connection to "nmrweb" blocked


 People within chemistry cannot connect to the nMR booking server, https://nmrweb.chem.utoronto.ca/ This is because of a configuration of the departmental squid proxy (grandial). 


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Tuesday - August 25, 2009

 Mercury 400 problems


 The old software/sun computer system have had some problems lately. 


Posted at 08:59 AM     Read More  

Tuesday - June 23, 2009

 Centre for Spectroscopic Investigation of Complex Organic Molecules and Polymers (CSICOMP) funded!


 The CFI grant forwarded by Mark Lautens has been funded by CFI and the University's Infrastructure Operating Fund for a total of $3,365,393.


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Sunday - March 29, 2009

Varian Mercury 400 move


The Varian Mercury 400 (with sample changer) is scheduled to be move April 13, 2009.

Posted at 12:24 PM     Read More  

Wednesday - January 30, 2008

Mercury 400 probe damage


The insert in the probe that was in the Mercury 400 was damaged. The probe has been replaced with an older probe.

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Wednesday - January 30, 2008

More bent NMR tubes


I am checking tube on the sample changers for straightness. I have found some bent tubes.

Posted at 12:20 PM     Read More  

Sunday - January 06, 2008

Bent NMR tubes


Please do not heat NMR tubes; the tubes bend and warp.

Posted at 03:18 PM     Read More  

Thursday - October 04, 2007

Mercury 400 working again


A problem with the proton pre-amp was found on the Mercury 400.

Posted at 05:29 PM     Read More  

Wednesday - October 03, 2007

Mercury 400 problems


The Varian Mercury 400 (in LM51) is not working. The proton pre-amp is not working and is in the electronics shop for repairs.

Posted at 03:44 PM     Read More  

Saturday - April 21, 2007

NMR labs closed due to building power outage


There will be an interruption of power to the Lash Miller Labs from 8 AM to 8 PM Sunday April 22.

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Thursday - January 25, 2007

Heating NMR Tubes


Never heat NMR tubes in ovens.

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Friday - January 19, 2007

Varian 400 is working


The Varian 400 is working as of Thursday January 18, 2007.

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Tuesday - January 16, 2007

Varian NMR 400


The Varian NMR 400 is not working right now.

Posted at 08:35 PM     Read More  

Tuesday - November 21, 2006

Hard drive failure on Varian 400


The hard drive that was acting up ground (literally) to a halt.

Posted at 11:34 AM     Read More  

Friday - November 10, 2006

Never unplug the computers or spectrometers!


This morning, between 7 AM and 9 AM, someone the Sun computer on the Mercury 400. Of course, other users found that the system did not work.

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Friday - September 29, 2006

Varian 400 disk drive failure


The disk drive in the Varian 400 failed overnight.

Posted at 02:42 PM     Read More  


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