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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.™ 

 

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Using metabalomics to understand the fate of pollen in the atmosphere

Lead Institution
University of Michigan
Principal Investigator
Allison Steiner
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The release of pollen from vegetation represents a major seasonal, pulsed source of organic matter to the atmosphere of great biological and societal importance. While pollen grains themselves are…

Post-Translational Modification and Subcellular Trafficking Effects on Trichoderma reesei Cellulase Production, Secretion, Stability, and Efficacy Post-Translational Modification and Subcellular Trafficking Effects on Trichoderma reesei Cellulase Product

Lead Institution
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Stephen Decker
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We propose that Post-Translation Modification (PTM) of cellulases, especially glycosylation and N-terminal capping, has significant effects on glycoside hydrolase performance; as well as productivity…

Pore- to Core-Scale Research to Inform Ecosystem-Scale Soil C Biogeochemistry

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Vanessa Bailey
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The spatial separation of soil organic carbon (SOC), microbes, and extracellular activity is an important mechanism of SOC protection in soils that exists at the soil pore (micron-mm) scale. The…

Chemical Characterization of Photolytic Aging Processes in Atmospheric Aerosols

Lead Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Jesse Kroll
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) represents a large fraction of total atmospheric aerosol and therefore is important for climate, however, the effect of SOA on radiative forcing is uncertain. Results…

Atomistic simulations of the nitrogen fixation by Mo-dependent nitrogenase

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Simone Raugei
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
We propose to use EMSL supercomputing resources to gain a molecular level understanding of how substrate binding, electron, and proton delivery are controlled by the nitrogenase metalloenzyme to…

Bio-Inspired Homogeneous Catalysts for Energy Storage and Production

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Molly O'Hagan
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is in response to the Energy Materials and Processes Science Theme proposal call requesting resources to support three research programs at PNNL: the DOE Basic Energy Sciences &quot…

Predicting solvent mediated preferential ion pairing in ionic solute mixture

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Vijayakumar Murugesan
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
A comprehensive understanding of solvent mediated ion pair formation between ionic solutes at the molecular- and mesoscale level remains elusive. This knowledge gap prevents the straightforward…

Aerosol properties and processes in remote marine environment

Lead Institution
Washington University in St. Louis
Principal Investigator
Jian Wang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
With their extensive coverage, low clouds greatly impact global climate. Presently, low clouds are poorly represented in global climate models (GCMs), and the response of low clouds to changes in…

Oxidative corrosion of uraninite (UO2) surfaces

Lead Institution
University of Chicago
Principal Investigator
Joanne Stubbs
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Uraninite (UO2) is the most abundant uranium ore mineral, its synthetic analog is the primary constituent of most nuclear fuels, it is the desired product of bioremediation strategies for uranium…

Plant Biotic Defense Dynamics

Lead Institution
Rice University
Principal Investigator
Janet Braam
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Plant survival strategies include balancing resource allocation to growth versus defense against biotic stress. Despite the importance of this balance for plant productivity, measured as biomass and…

Pre-equilibrium in-situ solvated ion/molecular adsorption processes and events on solid substrates in aqueous environments: Adsorption discretization, surface adsorption waves and repulsive forces

Lead Institution
Guangzhou University
Principal Investigator
Mario Gomez
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The purpose of the proposed work is to image and analyze chemically at the micro-nano scale pre-equilibrium adsorption processes and events hypothesized to occur (adsorption discretization, surface…