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As a scientific user facility, 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 user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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Fluorescence Imaging of Cellular Protein Dynamics

Lead Institution
Brigham Young University
Principal Investigator
Gretchen Carr
Project type
Exploratory Research
Advance fluorescence advanced technology will be used to study the interactions of proteins at the cell membrane and within the cytoplasm to better understand the molecular cascades underlying…

electron induced low-dose hypersensetivity

Lead Institution
Wayne State University
Principal Investigator
Michael Joiner
Project type
Exploratory Research
Following very low acute radiation exposures, an increase in radiosensitivity has been detected at doses below 1 Gy in a number of cell lines in vitro. This phenomenon is termed ?low-dose hyper…

Electron Induced Genomic Instability

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
William Morgan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Electron induced genomic instability will be investigated using the PNNL microbeam and cho transfected gfp reporter constructs.

Regional Scale Atmospheric Modeling

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jerome Fast
Project type
Exploratory Research
To study metrological and atmospheric chemistry modeling for DOE-BER atmospheric science projects including DOE atmospheric chemistry program and vertical transport and mixing program. Test and…

Triplet Decay Pathways of the Electrically Conducting Polymer Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]

Lead Institution
Central Washington University
Principal Investigator
David Laman
Project type
Exploratory Research
Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) is an electrically conductive polymer that is under active investigation for use as a photoinduced electron transfer donor in…

The chemistry and mineralogy of variable charge soils

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Nikolla Qafoku
Project type
Exploratory Research
I received an invitation to write a review paper (chapter) for the Journal: Advances in Agronomy, which is a well established and highly regarded serial publication (ranked #1 in Agriculture). In…

Rapidly Deployable Sensor Network

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Elizabeth Jurrus
Project type
Exploratory Research
Project Background Emerging networking technology provides unique opportunities for the rapid deployment and operation of clusters of sensor systems. The Rapidly Deployable Sensor Network (RDSN)…

Low Energy Sputtering Experiments using RBS

Lead Institution
NASA Glenn Research Center
Principal Investigator
Michael Nakles
Project type
Exploratory Research
The recent successful demonstration of the NASA Solar electric propulsion Technology Application Readiness (NSTAR) ion thruster on the Deep Space 1 mission has paved the way for future electrostatic…

Proteomics of Morphology Determination in a Fungus

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Lasure
Project type
Exploratory Research
The white rot fungus, Phanerochaete crysosporium, is a saprophytic organism isolated from decaying wood chips. It is one of few organisms that produce ligninase enzymes. These enzymes are required…

Iron mineral and chromium reduction by Cellulomonas spp.

Lead Institution
Montana State University
Principal Investigator
Robin Gerlach
Project type
Exploratory Research
The Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) at Montana State University (MSU) in collaboration with the Center for Multiphase Environmental Research (CMER) at Washington State University (WSU) and the…

Developing an Initial Framework for a Regional Earth System Model

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Lai-Yung Ruby Leung
Project type
Exploratory Research
Predicting climate change at the regional scale is critically important for assessing climate change impacts and developing strategies for mitigation and adaptation. Regional climate models (RCMs)…

Regulated proteolysis and bystander effects in radiation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David Springer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Growing evidence suggests that the number of cells adversely influenced by radiation exposure is greater that those receiving a direct radiation hit. We hypothesize that radiation-induced bystander…

Computational study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives

Lead Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Principal Investigator
So Hirata
Project type
Exploratory Research
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) constitute a large class of conjugated pi-electron systems that are key molecular species in many branches of chemistry, such as, interstellar, combustion,…