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Nancy Isern

Research Scientist, WR Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, High Field NMR Facility

P.O. Box 999, K8-98

Richland, WA 99352

USA

Send Email Work: (509) 371-6538 Fax: (509) 371-6555 http://emslbios.pnl.gov/id/isern_ng Updated: May 22, 2004

Current Activities and Projects

Nancy G. Isern's current areas of responsibility include:

Outside User NMR Support
Spectrometer Support and Maintenance
R&D Project Support
Spectrometer Macro Development
R&D Co-chair of Voluntary Protection Program at PNNL

Research Interests

Nancy G. Isern's current research interests include:

Structural refinement of DNA oligomers using XPLOR, Amber and a suite of spectral backcalculation programs
Assignment of spectra using Felix
Purification of spin-labeled DNA oligomers for use in structural refinement studies

Past Experience

Ms. Isern worked as a Registered Dietitian at Oswego Hospital in Oswego, New York before returning to graduate school to obtain a degree in Chemistry. She has also worked for Continental Oil Co. as an analytical chemist.

Education

Ms. Isern received her B.A in Biology from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN in 1974. She obtained an M.S. in Human Nutrition in 1987 from the University of Missouri--Columbia, with thesis work describing the influence of dietary cholesterol on serum insulin levels as quantitated by radioimmunoassy. She received her Master's degree in Bioinorganic Chemistry in 1996, with thesis work centering on characterization of photolytically active vanadate solutions using NMR spectroscopy.

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