Projects

Molecular-scale visualization of ligand conformation on functionalized nanoparticles: A combination of experimental and theoretical studies

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Theva Thevuthasan

The goal of this project is to develop capabilities that will advance the fundamental understanding of the interaction between the nanoparticles surfaces and organic ligand molecules as applicable to…

The affinity and structure of biomolecules immobilized on a 3-D substrate: Time-resolved EPR detection during mobile phase gradients

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Eric Walter

We propose the development of a new magnetic resonance technique to monitor the interactions of biomolecules with binding partners and their environment. Physically, this will be implemented by…

Cryogenic NMR and Advanced Electronic Structure Theory as a Unique EMSL Capability for Complex Systems:
Application to the Photosynthetic Energy Conversion Systems

Lead Institution

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ping Yang

The goal of this proposal is to demonstrate a unique capability to be enabled in the EMSL, the integration of leading-edge cryogenic NMR measurements and advanced electronic structure computations,…

Developing in-spectrometer photochemistry and integration of molecular imaging techniques: Probing photoinduced electronic structure variations in dye-sensitized TiO2 model system

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ponnusamy Nachimuthu

The aim of this project is to develop capabilities that will advance the fundamental understanding of charge transfer and photochemical behavior of organic molecular layers on surfaces as applicable…

Development of Novel Approaches for Analysis of Secondary Organic Aerosols
Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Principal Investigator

Alexander Laskin

The objective of the proposed research is to develop new approaches for advanced detailed characterization of the chemical composition of organic aerosols (OA) that will enable a fundamental…

An integrated workflow for identification and quantitation of intact phosphoproteins

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic

Multisite protein modifications involving phosphorylation alone or in combination with other post-translational modifications (PTMs) play an essential role in regulating protein activity. Hence,…

Single Cell Analysis Using Microfluidics Coupled to Ultrasensitive Mass Spectrometry

Lead Institution

Brigham Young University

Principal Investigator

Ryan Kelly

Proteomics and metabolomics measurements in their present form require large populations of cells and thus average over and obscure important heterogeneity that is present even in clonal populations…

Structure-property relationships in pure and doped epitaxial tungsten trioxide thin films

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Yingge Du

The primary objective of this project is to investigate the structure-property relationships of well-defined epitaxial tungsten trioxide (WO3) films with and without dopants, and thereby provide…

Measuring Lattice Expansion in Catalytic Nanoparticles with Atomic Resolution by
Coherent Nanodiffraction

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Bernd Kabius

Nanoparticles with a diameter of a few nanometer show fundamentally different catalytic behavior than particles with a few tens of nanometer [1,2,3]. Their activity is much higher and they are more…

Systematic Characterization of Protein Glycosylation of Bacteria Cell Surface Proteins

Lead Institution

University of Oklahoma

Principal Investigator

Si Wu

The overall goal of this proposal is to develop an integrated top-down and bottom-up approach for bacterial glycoprotein profiling assisted by accurate glycan structure identification, which will be…

Modeling-Assisted Growth of New Multiferroics in the MTiO3 (M = Fe, Mn, Ni) Family as Epitaxial Thin Films

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Tamas Varga

Materials that simultaneously show electric and magnetic order are currently gaining increasing attention due to the fact that such multiferroics are promising materials for the design of new…

Development of an Integrated EMSL MS and NMR Metabolic Flux Analysis Capability In Support of Systems Biology: Test Application for Biofuels Production

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Nancy Isern

An important element in the production of biofuels is the metabolic engineering process required to maximize the production of renewable biofuel molecules from fermentable substrates. Biofuel…

Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach to Molecular Based Characterization of Aerosol Particle Formation

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Marat Valiev

The main focus of our project is to provide a comprehensive molecular level characterization of common multicomponent aerosol particles and gain fundamental understating of molecular specific effects…

Multi-Omics Evaluation of Tripartite Associations in Red Alder Roots: Integrated Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics and Metabolite Imaging of Red Alder Symbiotic Associations in Root Tissue

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kim Hixson

This proposal presents the unique opportunity to conduct the first ever integrated multi-omics and imaging evaluation of the Alnus rubra (red alder tree)/Frankia alni (bacteria)/Alpova diplophloeus …

Proteomic Insights into Mechanisms of Microbial Dormancy

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jared Shaw

Ecologically important processes such as carbon and nutrient cycling largely depend on the active fraction of microbial communities, and only a small portion of the total soil microbiome is active…

Decreasing the amount of material required for gross biological carbon and nitrogen flux measurements by more than 12 orders of magnitude using ion implantation isotope dilution and stable isotope measurements by NanoSIMS

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Cliff

Advances in mass spectrometry coupled to stable isotope probing techniques have profoundly influenced our understanding of process level biology and biogeochemistry. When stable isotope compounds and…

Tracking the Fate of new C in Northern Peatlands by a Compound-Specific Stable Isotope-Labeling Approach coupled with FISH-NanoSIMS

Lead Institution

University of Arizona

Principal Investigator

Malak Tfaily

Here, we propose to examine the priming effect, drivers, and dynamics of the "new C" that is stimulated by climate change in Northern peatlands soil using a stable isotope labeling approach…

Integrated Capability for Metabolomics and Fluxomics

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Nancy Washton

The goal of this project is to develop an integrated cyberinfrastructure that can be used to demonstrate a novel, end-to-end metabolomics and fluxomics use case: Isotopically Non-STationary…

Integrated Stable Isotope Probing for the Comprehensive Quantitative- Characterization of Biological Dynamics and Elemental Cycling

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mary Lipton

Biological organisms dynamically function in relationship to their environment and neighboring organisms, creating a continual interplay that constitutes the ecological state. Fundamental…

Development of an in situ multimodal mass spectrometry imaging approach for studying the rhizosphere: from revealing activation of metabolic pathways to elucidating nanoscale exchanges

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Anderton

Gaining spatial information of biochemical interactions that occur within the rhizosphere and other subsurface terrestrial ecosystems is an area of major interest. Through bulk extraction methods, we…