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As a scientific user facility, EMSL provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current user projects, visit EMSL's Science Central.

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Automated suspension microarray for microbial community profiling

Lead Institution
Argonne National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Darrell Chandler
Project type
Exploratory Research
Compare the performance of automated nucleic acid capture using sequential injection microfluidic system compared to identical procedures accomplished in batch reactions. PCR products from metal…

From Gas Phase Clusters to Nanomaterials

Lead Institution
Brown University
Principal Investigator
Lai-Sheng Wang
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #3226a. Gas phase clusters remain to be an attractive and exciting field of study for several reasons. First of all, clusters…

Growth and Characterization of Fe doped TiO2 Films

Lead Institution
Hanbat National University
Principal Investigator
Yong Joo Kim
Project type
Exploratory Research
The ability to efficiently inject spins into multi-layer semiconductor device structures creates new and exciting possibilities for utilizing spin-polarized transport in computing and signal…

Sensitivity Evaluation of PTR-MS

Lead Institution
Battelle Columbus
Principal Investigator
Chester Spicer
Project type
Exploratory Research
Preliminary testing of PTR-MS to assess sensitivity to selected Toxic Release Inventory chemicals

Cellular responses to ionizing radiation as examined by FTIR.

Lead Institution
Middle East Technical University
Principal Investigator
Feride Severcan
Project type
Exploratory Research
Currently, the standards for human exposure to ionizing radiation are set by extrapolating data obtained in the high-dose regime to the low-dose regime where the biological responses are below…

Surface Analysis of Polyurethanes

Lead Institution
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator
Jeffrey Ramsdell
Project type
Exploratory Research
This is continuing study of the surface domains of segmented polyurethane materials. The surface chemical structure, morphology, and mechanical response of these materials is being investigated…

Continued investigation into the spinel nickel-cobalt oxide system.

Lead Institution
Applied Materials
Principal Investigator
Robert Owings
Project type
Exploratory Research
Past work with the nickel cobalt oxide thin films has yielded new and interesting data with respect to the nature of charge motion and the charge distribution within the spinel lattice. The nickel…

Modification and decay of radiation defects in tooth enamel

Lead Institution
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics
Principal Investigator
Georg Liidja
Project type
Exploratory Research
Stable carbonate radicals created in tooth enamel by ionizing irradiation from soil are used in dating palaeontological artefacts up to Megayears. The number of radicals as measured with electron…

Phosphoproteome determination of LPA treated osteocytes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Norman Karin
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Osteocytes arise from bone-forming osteoblasts that become surrounded by mineralized matrix and comprise greater than 90% of all bone cells. Osteocytes form a junctionally-connected sensory network…

Determination of the proteome of drosophila lipid droplets

Lead Institution
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator
Steven Gross
Project type
Exploratory Research
My research goal is to understand the way molecular motors such as kinesin and dynein move cargos in vivo. To investigate this, I have developed a model system, the bi-directional transport of lipid…

Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Nitrate Photochemistry

Lead Institution
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in the troposphere are a major component of particulate matter and hence of interest with respect to health effects, visibility and radiative forcing. However, their…

MITOTIC REGULATION OF THE NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEIN INTERACTION NETWORK

Lead Institution
The Ohio State University
Principal Investigator
Stephen Osmani
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Eukaryotic cells segregate DNA equally to daughter cells during mitosis. Although mitosis is well characterized, it is poorly understood at the molecular level. The most extensive and least…

A proteomic investigation of changes in lipid droplet-bound proteins

Lead Institution
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator
Steven Gross
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Lipid droplets are the body's major location for storing fat to be later used as energy. As such, understanding the regulated function of these droplets is an essential part of understanding…