Thesis Title: Subtitle - NMR Spectroscopy Research Group

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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my advisors Dr Thomas and Prof. Gottfried for their scientific and
moral support that made this thesis so enjoyable. In particular, I really appreciated their door
constantly opened for discussions; their communicative scientific enthusiasm; their exemplary - if
not legendary - efficiency; their honesty and encouragement in whatever I tried to accomplish, and
of course their constant and reliable good humor.
Thanks to the people who put me on track to postgraduate studies, in particular Denis
Barthou for his amazing teaching, Philippe Pucheral and Luc Bouganim for introducing me to
research, and of course Prof. Guido for somehow bringing me into the field of structural biology.
Thanks to the past and present members / visitors of the BMMG / MD group for those 3.5
years of fun, I appreciated their company whether it was for a discussion, ―une boue‖, a tea break, a
beer or two, or three, a meal, a game of tennis / squash, or a dance, so thanks to Matt, Itamar,
David, Mitchel, Ying, Zrinka, Daniela, Michael, Kim, Liz, Alpesh, Prof. Alan Mark and all the
others.
It has always been a pleasure to visit ANU in Canberra thanks to Michael, Xun-Cheng,
Hiromasa, Kiyoshi, Karin and Laura.
I also would like to thank Prof. David Baker and his lab for welcoming me for a couple of
months for a fructiferous collaboration, and many many thanks to Robert for so much help with
that project, and for being a great illustration of how friendly Canadian people are.
My apologizes to my family for being away so far for so long, I know you understood my
decision. Thanks for all your support. Thank you Chantel for your patience, love, support and
patience.