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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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Identification of order and disorder in protein XPA

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Lilia Lakoucheva
Project type
Exploratory Research
The DNA repair protein Xeroderma pigmentosum group A (XPA) is a crucial component of the nucleotide excision repair pathway. The structure of full-length XPA has proved intractable by both NMR and X…

Determining Mechanism of Pu(VI) Reduction by Manganese Oxides

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kirk Cantrell
Project type
Exploratory Research
As part of the EMSP project: Transuranic Interfacial Reaction Studies on Manganese Oxide Hydroxide Mineral Surfaces, it has been demonstrated that Pu(VI) and Pu(V) are reduced and adsorbed by…

Electrochemical Storage of Hydrogen in Modified Carbon Nanotubes

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Liyu Li
Project type
Exploratory Research
Strategy: Boron has one less electron than carbon. When carbon in the CNTs is substituted by boron, the electron density of the CNTs will decrease (this will strongly modifies the properties of the…

Comparative Display of D. radiodurans after exposure to Ionizing Radiation

Lead Institution
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Principal Investigator
Michael Daly
Project type
Exploratory Research
Deinococcus radiodurans is one of the most radiation resistant organisms known to man, yet after a comprehensive analysis of the sequenced genome, the mechanisms underlying this radiation resistance…

Proteomics of Shewanilla Onediensas

Lead Institution
Argonne National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Carol Giometti
Project type
Exploratory Research
One of the most interesting properties of the organisms Shewanella onediensis is its ability to reduce heavy metals in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. For this reason, S. onediensis is a…

Investigation of hydrogen tunneling in tropolone

Lead Institution
Texas Technical University
Principal Investigator
Richard Redington
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of the proposed high resolution study is to determine how much detail occures at 0.0015 cm-1 resolution and what it means concerning the several vibrational transitions underlying most …

Investigation of hydrogen tunneling in tropolone

Lead Institution
Texas Technical University
Principal Investigator
Richard Redington
Project type
Exploratory Research
The purpose of the proposed high resolution study is to determine how much detail occures at 0.0015 cm-1 resolution and what it means concerning the several vibrational transitions underlying most …

Proposal to use the FS66 FTIR to test an optical switch

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Robert MacDonald
Project type
Exploratory Research
Our objective is to use the FS66 FTIR to test an optical switch. The switch will be fabricated at the University of Washington. Because the switch is a MEMS device with a small apurture (less than…

Proteomic Characterization of subprotomes of Shewanella oneidensis

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Margaret Romine
Project type
Exploratory Research
Scientists have extensively investigated the biogeochemical processes controlling the reduction of multivalent-metals, including solid phase Fe and Mn oxides, by metal-reducing Shewanella. Yet,…

Accuate size measurement of bacterium SAR-11

Lead Institution
Oregon State University
Principal Investigator
Stephen Giovannoni
Project type
Exploratory Research
SAR-11 appears to be the dominant microorganism in the upper ocean, and is one of the smallest bacteria. The objective is to obtain an exact measurement of its size, without producing artifacts…

Material Characterization of Fluid-loaded Lycopodium Membran

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Janet Jones-Oliveira
Project type
Exploratory Research
This work is to provide the experimental component for an applied mathematics research proposal, which is being submitted to DOE/MICS. The title of that proposal is, Fluid-Solid Interaction for…

Polymer Characterization

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Linda Sapochak
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed work will involve characterization of cured and/or partially cured monomer mixtures. The study will investigate the effect of using different photoinitiators to promote the…

Functional Genomics and Proteomics of Mitochondria

Lead Institution
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
Wenzhong Xiao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Despite the progress made in deciphering the genetics of the more than one hundred known mitochondrial disease, many cases remain unexplained mostly due to the fact that only 40-50% of the presumed…

Study of secretory and membrane proteins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Lead Institution
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
Wenzhong Xiao
Project type
Exploratory Research
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous Gram-negative bacterium isolated from soil, water, as well as host systems including plants, insects and vertebrates. It is one of the top three causes of…