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Meeting

2025 MONet Community Science Meeting

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The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) is hosting the Molecular Observation Network (MONet) Community Science Meeting Feb. 2-6, 2025.
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Instrument / Resource

Time-Resolved Automated Volatile Organic Compound System (TRAVIS)

Time-Resolved Automated Volatile Organic Compound System (TRAVIS)
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) offers a field sampling system for VOCs and SVOCs called the Time-Resolved Automated Volatile organIc compounds Sampling (TRAVIS) system to researchers through open calls for proposals.

Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability

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The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory’s (EMSL’s) Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability (M2PC) is designed to offer an integrated suite of automated phenotyping instrumentation and analytical tools that unlocks functional knowledge about microbial and microbiome communities.

Latest News

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EMSL Selects Five Projects for MONet Winter Soil Sampling

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Thirty-eight soil cores will contribute to the MONet database
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More News

Thawing Permafrost Reveals Complex Microbiome–Metabolite Interplay
Iron Rescues Algal Photosynthesis During High Lipid Production
Uncrewed Vehicle Obtains Aerosols from an Important Atmospheric Zone for Subsequent Characterization Using 3-D Molecular Imaging
Organonitrates in Atmospheric Particles Vary with Altitude
Is There a Postdoc in the House?
EMSL Chief Science Officer Named to Washington State Academy of Sciences
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Environmental Transformations and Interactions
Research Highlight

Thawing Permafrost Reveals Complex Microbiome–Metabolite Interplay

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This research examines microbiome–metabolite interactions in a thawing permafrost at Stordalen Mire, Sweden, revealing potential key regulators of greenhouse gas emissions in these rapidly changing ecosystems. 
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Research Highlights

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Environmental Transformations and Interactions
Research Highlight

Uncrewed Vehicle Obtains Aerosols from an Important Atmospheric Zone for Subsequent Characterization Using 3-D Molecular Imaging

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A new approach reveals details about aerosol properties from hard-to-sample areas in the atmosphere. 
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Science Areas
Functional and Systems Biology
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Iron Rescues Algal Photosynthesis During High Lipid Production

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A study tracking the roles of iron during lipid accumulation in a single-celled alga reveals key features of photosynthesis and biofuel production.  
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