Projects

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

Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

Composition and adsorption mechanism of metabolites produced by roots of different hemp varieties grown in a synthetic soil habitat

Lead Institution

Utah State University

Principal Investigator

Idowu Atoloye

Project type

Exploratory Research

Understanding the interactions between plant organic molecules and soil minerals is critical in biogeochemical processes. The adsorptive behavior of metabolites on soil mineral surfaces can be…

Modeling microbial community metabolic interactions in hypersaline ecosystems

Lead Institution

Duke University

Principal Investigator

Amy Schmid

Project type

Exploratory Research

The proposed research will test the hypothesis that hypersaline microbial communities interact to maintain stability despite changes in salinity and nutrient availability. Hypersaline-adapted Archaea…

Stoichiometry changes to photosynthetic structures in algae in response to environmental stimuli and genetic engineering

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

Sabeeha Merchant

Project type

Exploratory Research

Photosynthesis is essential for all life on Earth, with the photosynthetic electron transfer chain and the Calvin-Benson cycle being the key molecular machineries assimilating inorganic carbon with…