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.™

Functional and structural analysis of microbial expansin-related proteins that transform lignocellulosic biomass

Lead Institution

University of Toronto

Principal Investigator

Emma Master

Project type

FICUS Research

This project brings together functional genomics, structural biology, and advanced techniques in material science, to evaluate the untapped potential of microbial expansin-related proteins in the…

Tracking the degradation of fresh particulate organic matter in permeable riverbed sediments using FT-ICR-MS and metagenomic/transcriptomic sequencing

Lead Institution

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Principal Investigator

Eric Roden

Project type

FICUS Research

The hyporheic zone, where groundwater and river water mix within riverine corridors, represents a highly active zone of biogeochemical cycling in which key transformations of many critical elements…

Illuminating soil biogeochemical responses to press and pulse disturbances in a coastal ecosystem

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jianqiu Zheng

Project type

FICUS Research

Coastal ecosystems are undergoing dramatic transitions as sea level rise accelerates and precipitation and storm regimes change. Depending upon the intensity and duration of seawater exposure,…

Plastic Degrading Microbial Communities from Insect Larvae Guts

Lead Institution

University of Delaware

Principal Investigator

Mark Blenner

Project type

FICUS Research

Insect microbial consortia are attractive platforms for plastics deconstruction and conversion as they degrade plastics more rapidly than microbial isolates and do not require pretreatment. While…

Resolving taxon-specific contributions to nutrient cycling in soil microbial communities through stable isotope enabled multi-omics

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Amy Zimmerman

Project type

FICUS Research

Mechanistic and predictive understanding of microbial nutrient cycling requires deconvoluting the outcomes of multiple population- and community-scale processes. Yet quantitative knowledge of…

Belowground genotype-phenotype controls on nitrogen use efficiency of a sorghum bioenergy crop

Lead Institution

University of Arizona

Principal Investigator

Laura Meredith

Project type

FICUS Research

Plant-microbe interactions drive nitrogen (N) transformations in soil, and a detailed understanding of these inter-organismal interactions is needed to enhance crop productivity and N use efficiency,…

Beneficial Partners: Context Dependent Mycorrhizal Resource Exchange in Bioenergy Cropping Systems

Lead Institution

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Erin Nuccio

Project type

FICUS Research

The development of environmentally sustainable sources of energy is a grand challenge of the 21st century. Plant feedstocks are promising renewable sources for liquid transportation fuels, and the…

Assessing the contribution of sediment bioirrigation to the oxidative removal of methane from a fluvial wetland.

Lead Institution

Marine Biological Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Emil Ruff

Project type

FICUS Research

Wetlands are among the largest natural sources of the greenhouse gas methane. While the net fluxes of methane to the atmosphere are relatively well understood, the amount of methane-derived carbon…

Microbial Membrane Adaptations in Response to Environmental and Engineered Perturbations: Implications on Attachment, Energetics, and Carbon Cycling in the Deep Terrestrial Subsurface

Lead Institution

University of New Hampshire

Principal Investigator

Paula Mouser

Project type

FICUS Research

The injection of fluids and proppants to fracture deep shale for energy recovery introduces microbial cells and substrates to low-permeability geological formations. Microorganisms in hydraulically…

Metabolic processes and trophic interactions in Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities

Lead Institution

Universita degli Studi della Tuscia

Principal Investigator

Laura Selbmann

Project type

FICUS Research

Cryptoendolithic communities are almost the only life-forms assuring ecosystem functionality in the Antarctic desert, among the harshest terrestrial environments and the Martian counterpart on Earth…

Nuclear cooperation, sharing of public goods and coordination of plant biomass utilization: probing functions unique to multinucleate syncytial fungi

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

N. Louise Glass

Project type

FICUS Research

Filamentous fungi are essential for carbon recycling in ecosystems, in symbiotic interactions essential for plant productivity and in biotechnology as superb systems for protein production utilized…

Characterizing the molecular and metabolic regulation of drought-tolerant CAM photosynthesis

Lead Institution

University of Connecticut

Principal Investigator

Karolina Heyduk

Project type

FICUS Research

CAM photosynthesis is a water-saving modification to the more common C3 photosynthetic pathway, found in about 8% of flowering plants, including desert species like agaves and cacti. CAM species can…

Field emission SEM of anode supported YSZ fuel cells poisoned by Cr

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Steven Simner

Project type

Exploratory Research

Cr voltatilization from SOFC alloy interconnects causes rapid degradation of SOFC catrhodes. We have purposefully doped cathodes with different Cr-containing compounds (relevant to SOFCs) to…

Iron Oxide Films

Lead Institution

Argonne National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Paul Fenter

Project type

Exploratory Research

Tellurium Desposition in Nerve Tissue

Lead Institution

Battelle Columbus

Principal Investigator

Katherine Gideon

Project type

Exploratory Research

Measurement of Metal Deposition in Single Cells from Cryosectioned Tissue Samples

Lead Institution

Battelle Columbus

Principal Investigator

Richard Westerberg

Project type

Exploratory Research

The influence of soil characteristics and molecular propertites of hydrophobic contaminants on bioavailability in aged soils

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Huesemann

Project type

Exploratory Research

Mossbauer Spectroscopic Study of Iron Redox in Silicate Glasses

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Hong Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this study is to determine iron redox (Fe2+/Fe3+) in silicate based glasses prepared under reducing conditions. Recent reviews which have dealt with critical issues regarding the…

NTP Nox Catalyst

Lead Institution

General Motors Corp./Delphi-E

Principal Investigator

Thomas Silvis

Project type

Exploratory Research

Gas Phase Reactions of Fe-S Clusters

Lead Institution

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Principal Investigator

You-jun Fu

Project type

Exploratory Research

FTICR mass spectrometer will be used to study the gas phase reaction of Fe-S clusters with small molecular compounds, O2, NO, CO, NH3. The results will contribute to the understanding of the O2…

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