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.™

Coupled Hydrological and Geochemical Studies on Uranium Plumes at Hanford Site: Reactions, Spatial Distributions, Speciation, and Future Mobility

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zheming Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Massive quantities (exceeding 85 tons) of U currently reside in the Hanford vadose zone, and will threaten groundwater and the accessible environment for generations to come. Present insufficient…

Interfacial Phenomena in Cu Plating

Lead Institution

eMAT Technology LLC

Principal Investigator

Valery Dubin

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Electroplated Cu on a physical vapor deposited (PVD) Cu seed layer with a PVD Ta-based barrier is now an integrated process for the production of advanced interconnects for integrated circuits (IC),…

Mechanisms of Ubiquitin Transfer and Regulation

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Rachel Klevit

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Protein ubiquitination is a powerful regulatory process that influences nearly every aspect of eukaryotic cell biology. Pathways ranging from cell-cycle progression and differentiation to DNA repair…

Exploring the Proteome of E. coli Following Adaptation to Environmental and Genetic Perturbation

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

Bernhard Palsson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Microorganisms rapidly adapt to changes in the environment which ensures their survival under suboptimal conditions. It is well known that microorganisms display genomic plasticity that enables…

Experimental and Theoretical Investigations on the
Chemistry and Dynamics of Ammonia Borane Dehydrogenation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Thomas Autrey

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Increasing demands for clean energy sources that do not add CO2 and other pollutants to the environment have resulted in increased worldwide interest in the possibilities of a "hydrogen economy…

Determination of the CCR5 and CXCR4 Antagonist and Agonist Binding Site.

Lead Institution

Montana State University

Principal Investigator

Edward Dratz

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal focuses on determining the locations of the agonist and antagonist binding pockets for the 7-transmembrane spanning G-Protein coupled receptors (GPCR) CCR5 and CXCR4. G-protein coupled…

Proteomic-based mechanistic analysis of components involved in the immunoprotective pathways regulated by low-dose radiation and the medicinal mushroom Trametes versicolor

Lead Institution

Bastyr University

Principal Investigator

Cynthia Wenner

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goal of this proposal is to identify molecular mechanisms that underlie radio-adaptive immune responses. We propose to use quantitative mass spectrometry to investigate the effects of…

Doping inorganic wide-bandgap semiconductors for future energy devices

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Weilin Jiang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Solid-state lighting (SSL) has a significantly higher efficiency of converting electricity to visible light compared to the incandescent (5%) or fluorescent (20%) lighting due to elimination of…

Coprecipitation of Aluminum Hydroxides and Calcium Carbonates during Denitrification: A Stabilization Strategy for Oxidized Metals and Radionuclides

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Jonathan Istok

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Research conducted at the Field Research Center (FRC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and at the Old Rifle site has demonstrated that it is possible to stimulate indigenous microbial activity and…

Validation of Whole-Core Determination of Soil Hydraulic Properties

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Fayer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The EMSL Subsurface Flow and Transport Laboratory developed a fully automated Hydraulic Property Apparatus (HPA) that is a significant advance in measurement technology. The HPA uses the multistep…

Measurement and Optimization of the Redox Properties of Enzymes Using Single-Molecule Imaging, Controlled Electrochemical Potential, and Nanoscale Confinement

Lead Institution

Western University of Health Sciences

Principal Investigator

Thomas Squier

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We propose a new multi-disciplinary approach to single-molecule spectroscopy to image the redox kinetics of enzymes in spatially confined geometries under controlled electrochemical potential. We…

Thermodynamic and Chemical Properties of La1-xSrxCoxFe1-xO3 from First-Principles Calculations: Implications for Use as SOFC Cathodes

Lead Institution

University of Florida

Principal Investigator

Susan Sinnott

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of the proposed research is to obtain an atomic-level understanding of heterogeneous electrocatalytic phenomena at the surface of mixed conducting solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathodes…

Ground squirrel proteome: protein modifications through torpor and arousal

Lead Institution

University of Colorado

Principal Investigator

Lois Epperson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Liver samples from the hibernator, golden-mantled ground squirrel, when separated by 2D gel electrophoresis, demonstrate a quantifiable and as yet undefined physical modification that manifests…

Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Naturally Occurring Anaerobic Methane Oxidizing Communities

Lead Institution

University of British Columbia

Principal Investigator

Steven Hallam

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas whose atmospheric concentration has increased significantly due to anthropogenic activities and fluctuated naturally over glacial and interglacial cycles. While…

Community Proteomic Analysis of a Near-Shore Anoxic Basin: Saanich Inlet

Lead Institution

University of British Columbia

Principal Investigator

Steven Hallam

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Oxygen minimum zones (OMZs; areas of low dissolved oxygen concentrations) play a major role in biogeochemical cycling within the world's oceans. They are major sinks for nitrogen and sources for…

Mössbauer Spectroscopy and SEM/TEM Study of the
Reductive Dissolution of Fe-Oxyhydroxides in Porous Media

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Carl Steefel

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The microbially-mediated reductive dissolution of Fe(III)-oxyhydroxides plays an important role in regulating the redox state of subsurface soils and aquifers, a critical control on the mobility of…

Molecular Interfaces to Single-crystal Anatase Surfaces

Lead Institution

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Principal Investigator

Robert Hamers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The anatase form of TiO2 is of great interest as a substrate for a variety of photochemical and photoelectrochemical pathways for solar-to-electrical and solar-to-fuel conversion. A number of…

Development of a Microfluidics Flow and Transport Laboratory

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mart Oostrom

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The Environmental Spectroscopy and Biogeochemistry (ESB) Facility, in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana, proposes to develop a microfluidics capability to investigate…

13C NMR Investigation of Occluded Carbonate in Aluminum (Oxy)Hydroxides.

Lead Institution

Umea University

Principal Investigator

Jean-Francois Boily

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We outline a plan to monitor the occlusion of carbonate in minerals under well-controlled systems. This study builds upon ongoing work currently funded by the Office of Basic Energy Science,…

chlorinated methane hydrolysis rates

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Amonette

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The purpose of the work proposed here is to develop accurate physical chemical data for the hydrolysis rates of carbon tetrachloride (CT) and chloroform (CF) under conditions (temperature, pH,…

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