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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.™ 

 

Community proteomics of oxic-anoxic cycling in the Great Salt Lake, Utah

Lead Institution
National Ecological Observatory Network
Principal Investigator
John Parnell
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Extreme environments generally contain stable low-complexity microbial communities making them good targets for community proteomic studies. Often the caveat for low-complexity communities is the…

Targeted identification of epigenetic determinants of T cell memory

Lead Institution
University of Tennessee
Principal Investigator
Heather Smallwood
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The ability to recognize previously encountered pathogens and rapidly eliminate them is critical to the immune system, as well as vaccine efficacy. A minute fraction of the millions of T cells…

NMR/OPTICAL Microscopy Studies of Oral Plaque Ecology

Lead Institution
University of California, Los Angeles
Principal Investigator
Wenyuan Shi
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Current tooth decay (dental caries) prevention methods include enamel hardening with fluoride and bacterial removal via mechanical and general antimicrobial approaches. These methods are based on the…

Regulatory dynamics of microbial communities

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
H Wiley
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This is a proposal to conduct work in EMSL in support of the Foundational Scientific Focus Area (FSFA) research program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This large-scale research program…

Evaluating the role of DsrC as a key protein in dissimilatory sulfur metabolism

Lead Institution
Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica
Principal Investigator
Ines Pereira
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The dissimilatory reduction of sulfur compounds is one of the earliest energy metabolisms detected on Earth, at ~3.5 billion years ago. Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are prominent among sulfur…

Computational Molecular Modeling of Microbial Iron Reduction

Lead Institution
University of Texas at El Paso
Principal Investigator
James Kubicki
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The remediation of contaminated soil and water systems is an $8 billion annual industry in the U.S. The development of accurate contaminant transportation models and effective bioremediation systems…

Overall warn syngas cleanup

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Gasification of biomass to syngas followed by catalytic synthesis of hydrocarbons or oxygenates provides a feasible strategy to meet the increasing demand for transportation fuels. This syngas has…