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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.™ 

 

Microbial control of mineral-bound carbon

Lead Institution
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Marie Kroeger
Project type
Exploratory Research
The formation of organo-mineral complexes, particularly in the deep soil horizons is a key process in the long-term stabilization and therefore persistence of carbon in soils. However, there is…

Unraveling the Interplay of Wetland Root Strength and Ecogeomorphology

Lead Institution
Louisiana State University
Principal Investigator
Navid Jafari
Project type
Exploratory Research
Critical gaps persist in understanding how coastal wetlands perform against storm surge and wave forcings, how these systems evolve over space and time (particularly in the face of sea level rise and…

Impact of Organic-Inorganic Interactions on Pore Networks and Fluid Transport

Lead Institution
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Principal Investigator
Geoffrey Bowers
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed work takes advantage of unique EMSL capabilities to study how organic molecules chemically tethered to pore surfaces impact the pore sizes, pore connectivity, and dynamics of sorbed…

Fate and Transport of Nano- and Microplastic in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Lead Institution
Washington State University
Principal Investigator
Markus Flury
Project type
Exploratory Research
Nano- and microplastics are ubiquitous in many consumer products and released to the environment through rub-off or improperly disposed waste. Little is known about quantity, distribution, and fate…

Elucidating aromatic catabolic pathways in white-rot fungi

Lead Institution
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Davinia Salvachua Rodriguez
Project type
Exploratory Research
Lignin is a heterogeneous aromatic polymer found in the cell walls of terrestrial plants and accounts for 30% of the organic carbon in the biosphere. White-rot fungi (WRF) are unquestionably the most…

Proteomics of Membrane Protein Complexes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Diana Bigelow
Project type
Exploratory Research
A comprehensive understanding of the effects of cellular stress on calcium signaling requires correlated measurements of intracellular calcium transients and global proteomic analysis of both calcium…

Computational study of protein-protein interaction dynamics

Lead Institution
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Principal Investigator
Jin Wang
Project type
Exploratory Research
Protein-protein interactions are extremely important and complex in living cells. Studying the dynamical processes of protein-protein interactions is crucial for uncovering the fundamental…