Alain Borel

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Research data management specialist

alain.borel@epfl.ch +41 21 693 98 01

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3268-3195

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EPFL SISB-SOAR
RLC D1 220 (Rolex Learning Center)
Station 20
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 98 01
Office: RLC D1 220
EPFL > VPA-AVP-DLE > AVP-DLE-EDOC > EDCH-ENS

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Fields of expertise

- Library and information services
- Scientific research data management
- System administration (Unix, Mac OSX and MS Windows)
- Molecular modeling, especially classical MD simulations and Density Functional Theory applied to transition metal complexes
- Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Programming (Python, Javascript, C, Fortran, Unix shell, Matlab)

Publications

Infoscience publications

Publications

2024

The Zenodo communities: visibility and FAIRness of your dataset. Example at the EPFL

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Alain Borel

Research data management specialist

Fields of expertise

Publications

Infoscience publications

Publications

2024

The Zenodo communities: visibility and FAIRness of your dataset. Example at the EPFL

2023

A research data files & folders naming convention for the impatient

2022

README file for datasets - Best practices and template

2020

EPFL Library Publishing Support Fastguides

2019

RDM Walkthrough Guide

2013

Infoscience, EPFL's institutional repository: facts and prospects

ChemCalc: a building block for tomorrow’s chemical infrastructure

2012

Electronic fine structure calculation of [Gd(DOTA)(H2O)]- using LF-DFT: The zero field splitting

DRM et bibliothèques

Computer-aided Universal Decimal Classification

2011

Be realistic, demand the impossible: Comparison of 4 discovery tools using real data at the EPFL Library

MarcXimiL - A deduplication tool for library records... and more

MarcXimiL : near duplicates detection (and similarity analysis)

2009

Development of a flexible tool for the automatic comparison of bibliographic records. Application to sample collections - Développement d'un logiciel flexible pour la comparaison de notices bibliographiques et application à différentes collections

Multiple Frequency and Variable Temperature EPR study of Gd(III) polyaminocarboxylates: analysis and comparison of the magnetically dilute powder and the frozen solution spectra

Site Selective Functionalization of Fluorinated Nitrogen Heterocycles

A ruthenium-based metallostar: synthesis, sensitized luminescence and 1H relaxivity

2008

Towards the Rational Design of MRI Contrast Agents: Electron Spin Relaxation Is Largely Unaffected by the Coordination Geometry of Gadolinium(III)-DOTA-Type Complexes

2007

Multiple-frequency EPR spectra of two aqueous Gd3+ polyaminopolypyridinecarboxylate complexes: a study of high field effects

Stochastic Liouville equation treatment of the electron paramagnetic resonance line shape of an S-state ion in solution

Design of Gd(III)-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents: Static and Transient Zero-Field Splitting Contributions to the Electronic Relaxation and Their Impact on Relaxivity

2006

A Theoretical Characterization of Covalency in Rare Earth Complexes through Their Absorption Electronic Properties: f-f Transitions

A High-Frequency EPR Study of Frozen Solutions of Gd(III) Complexes: Straightforward Determination of the Zero-Field Splitting Parameters and Simulation of the NMRD Profiles

Variable Temperature and EPR Frequency Study of Two Aqueous Gd(III) Complexes with Unprecedented Sharp Lines

Multiplets of free d- and f-metal ions: A systematic DFT study

A Starburst-Shaped Heterometallic Compound Incorporating Six Densely Packed Gd3+ Ions

2005

The effect of pyridinecarboxylate chelating groups on the stability and electronic relaxation of gadolinium complexes

High Relaxivity Confined to a Small Molecular Space: A Metallostar-Based, Potential MRI Contrast Agent

Water-Soluble Gadofullerenes: Toward High-Relaxivity, pH-Responsive MRI Contrast Agents

2004

Molecular dynamics simulations of the internal mobility of Gd3+-based MRI contrast agents: consequences for water proton relaxivity

Molecular dynamics of Gd(III) complexes in aqueous solution by HF EPR

Hybrid ligand-field theory/quantum chemical calculation of the fine structure and ZFS in lanthanide(III) complexes

2003

MD simulations of acyclic and macrocyclic Gd3+-based MRI contrast agents: Influence of the internal mobility on water proton relaxivity

2002

How Does Internal Motion Influence the Relaxation of the Water Protons in LnIIIDOTA-like Complexes?

T1e in Four Gd3+ Chelates: LODEPR Measurements and Models for Electron Spin Relaxation

Gd(III) based MRI contrast agents: improved physical meaning in a combined analysis of EPR and NMR data?

Multiexponential Electronic Spin Relaxation and Redfield's Limit in Gd(III) Complexes in Solution: Consequences for 17O/1H NMR and EPR Simultaneous Analysis

2001

Molecular dynamics simulation of Gadolinium(III) complexes in aqueous solution

EPR Spectroscopy of MRI-Related Gd(III) Complexes: Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple Frequency and Temperature Spectra, Including Static and Transient Crystal Field Effects

A general approach to the electronic spin relaxation of Gd(III) complexes in solutions. Monte Carlo simulations beyond the Redfield limit

Molecular dynamics simulations of MRI-relevant GdIII chelates: direct access to outer-sphere relaxivity

2000

EPR on aqueous Gd3+ complexes and a new analysis method considering both line widths and shifts

1998

Développement d'agents de contraste de haute relaxivité pour l'Imagerie par Résonance Magnétique

1997

A Multinuclear NMR Study on the Structure and Dynamics of Lanthanide(III) Complexes of the Poly(amino carboxylate) EGTA4- in Aqueous Solution

Teaching & PhD

Courses

Hands-on with Research Data Management in Chemistry

Information literacy for chemists

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