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Science Areas
Functional and Systems Biology
Research Highlight

How Some Algae Thrive in Harsh, Low-Iron Environments

Dunaliella salina algae
A team of researchers documented complete genomes, transcriptomes, and proteomes, and several iron-uptake strategies for two species of Dunaliella algae that need little iron to survive. 
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More News

Chongmin Wang Named Highly Cited Researcher for the Fifth Time
Drought Shifts the Type of Carbon Emitted by Soil Microbes
Understanding Circadian Rhythms of Cellulases Could Improve Biofuel Production
Bonding Over Science, Episode 9—How Circadian Rhythm Affects Cellulase Production for Biofuels
Unveiling the Importance of Calcite Dissolution for Stabilizing Soil Organic Matter
EMSL Postdoc Liang Chen Honored with Early Career Award

Events

Science Areas
Environmental Transformations and Interactions
Conference

EMSL @ AGU 2023

trees
Staff scientists from the Department of Energy's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory will present talks and posters at the AGU Fall Meeting (Dec. 11-15, 2023) in San Francisco.
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Past Events

EMSL LEARN Webinar Series: TerraForms: Tunable Environments for Exploring Soil Processes
MONet Community Science Meeting
EMSL LEARN Webinar Series: MONet Proposal Submission: Tips for Success
EMSL LEARN Webinar Series: Multiomics Analysis Portal

Upcoming Workshop

Science Areas
Environmental Transformations and Interactions
Workshop

Stable Isotopes in Environmental Biology 

stable isotopes
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory will hold a two-day workshop, Stable Isotopes in Environmental Biology: Analyses of stable isotopes at the root-soil-microbe interface, January 23-24, 2023 at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and online.
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Staff Accomplishments

Staff Accomplishment

Chongmin Wang Named Highly Cited Researcher for the Fifth Time

Chongmin Wang
Materials scientist recognized on the 2023 Clarivate list 
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Instruments & Resources

Instrument / Resource

Mass Spectrometry for Metabolomics

21 Tesla FTICR mass spectrometer
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory has state-of-the-art and advanced mass spectrometry platforms to perform a full range of metabolomics studies. These resources are available for use at no cost to researchers around the world through EMSL's open calls for proposals.