Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year.

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™

Spatial Architecture of Extracellular Electron Shuttle Production for Iron Cycling in a Model Soil Habitat

Lead Institution

University of Texas at Austin

Principal Investigator

Charles Werth

Project type

Exploratory Research

Iron minerals are some of the most reactive and ubiquitous components of soils, sediments, and groundwater. They contribute to the oxidation and reduction of many pollutants and natural organic…

Characterization of Novel Synthetic Biological Materials

Lead Institution

Washington University in St. Louis

Principal Investigator

Marcus Foston

Project type

Exploratory Research

Synthetic biology and genome engineering allows us to harness the machinery of nature to synthesize materials with properties comparable to, or even beyond, the performance of natural materials. We…

Root modulation of soil pore architecture as a potential driver of divergent C accrual between two cover crop types

Lead Institution

United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

Principal Investigator

Lauren Hale

Project type

Exploratory Research

Global carbon (C) storage in soils is critical to mitigating climate change. However, there are substantial uncertainties as to how terrestrial C building practices, such as agricultural cover crops,…