Largest superconducting magnet in world arrives at St. Jude
Rigging specialist John Harding guides a box of equipment away from a giant magnet as it is lifted into St. Jude's Kay Research and Care Center on the St. Jude campus on Sept. 5, 2019. Workers at the research hospital worked all morning to place the $10 million magnet, the largest of its kind in the world, which will help the hospital look deeper into cells. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
St. Jude is first in the world to acquire a 1.1-gigahertz magnet. In a month, it will be ready to use.
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1.1 gigahertz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer Charalampos Kalodimos St. JudeJane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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