Haluk Beyenal | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Fundamental research at the nano- and microscale to understand how biofilms interact with wounds in the presence of hyperosmotic agents

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

The bactericidal effect of extracellular hyperosmosis has been acknowledged for decades1,2. Nevertheless, it was only recently shown that hyperosmosis from high NaCl concentrations effectively…

INTERSPECIES ELECTRON TRANSFER ENABLES PHOTSYNTHESIS OF Prosthecochloris aestuarii

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

Project type

Limited Scope

The goal of this research is to examine if Prosthecochloris aestuarii cells are able to utilize electrons transferred from a metal reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens for the photosynthesis…

Deciphering electron transfer in biofilm communications by in situ chemical imaging

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xiao-Ying Yu

We seek to understand how the dynamics of nutrients, metabolites, and solid surface influence microbial processes in biofilm systems. Our overarching hypothesis is that biophysical and biochemical…

Uranium Immobilization by Sulfate-Reducing Biofilms

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

Project type

Exploratory Research

In our previous study (Beyenal et al., 2003) we have investigated uranium immobilization by sulfate reducing biofilms and found that sulfate reducing biofilms can successfully immobilize uranium for…

Biofilm reactor development and characterization studies

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal addresses the development of biofilm-based methods for the economical production of biochemicals and bio-fuels. Biofilms have the potential to solve many of the problems of conventional…

MICROSCALE METABOLIC, REDOX AND ABIOTIC REACTIONS IN HANFORD 300 AREA SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

Project type

Exploratory Research

This proposal is the NMR component of a funded DOE/ERSP program project in which we proposed to use the Hanford 300 Area as a site for identifying microscale metabolic, abiotic and redox reactions in…

Electron Transfer Mechanisms in Biofilms

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Although interactions of microorganisms with electrodes have been studied in the literature, the mechanisms of electron transfer are still poorly understood. The goal of this proposal is to…

Microscale Metabolic, Redox and Abiotic Reactions in Hanford 300 Area Subsurface Sediments

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is the NMR component of a funded DOE/ERSP program project in which we proposed to use the Hanford 300 Area as a site for identifying microscale metabolic, abiotic and redox reactions in…

Fundamental processes involved in scale up and their role in extracellular electron transfer

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Our research group use microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as a tool to study electron transfer processes from biofilms to solid electrodes. Although MFCs have been well studied in the literature,…

Fundamental research at the nano- and microscale to understand how biofilms interact with wounds in the presence of hyperosmotic agents

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

The bactericidal effect of extracellular hyperosmosis has been acknowledged for decades1,2. Nevertheless, it was only recently shown that hyperosmosis from high NaCl concentrations effectively…

Fundamental research at the nano- and microscale to understand how biofilms interact with wounds in the presence of hyperosmotic agents

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Haluk Beyenal

The bactericidal effect of extracellular hyperosmosis has been acknowledged for decades1,2. Nevertheless, it was only recently shown that hyperosmosis from high NaCl concentrations effectively…

Investigating Electrochemically Stimulated Biology Using Combined Electrochemical - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (EC-NMR) Techniques

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ryan Renslow

Understanding the ability of some microorganisms to utilize extracellular electron transfer is important for applications in bioremediation and electrochemically-stimulated synthetic biology…

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