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.™

Investigating Fog Processing of Aerosol in Amazonia and their Climatic Impacts

Lead Institution

Federal University of Parana

Principal Investigator

Ricardo Godoi

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This study aims to understand the chemical composition, morphology, and hygroscopicity of fog and cloud biological constituents and how they can affect the fog and cloud process. We hypothesize that…

Manipulating Monocot (Grass) Lignin-forming Dirigent Protein Complexes for Optimal Bioenergy/Bioproducts

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Norman Lewis

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The overall objective of this proposal is to establish the (bio)chemical basis as to why monocot (grass) lignocellulosic tissues are significantly less recalcitrant to (bio)degradation than their …

Dinitrogen Activation and Electron and Proton Delivery in the Nitrogenase Complex

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Simone Raugei

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We are requesting EMSL supercomputing resources to tackle the mechanism of electron and proton delivery to dinitrogen (N2) to yield ammonia (NH3) in the Mo-dependent nitrogenase -- biological…

CO2 activation and conversion by the CODH/ACS enzymatic complex

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Simone Raugei

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The purpose of the proposal is to computationally characterize the key biochemical and biophysical features of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) and acetyl-coenzyme A synthase (ACS) enzymatic…

Contaminant immobilization through heterogeneous carbonate growth at mineral/water and mineral/microbe interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Sebastien Kerisit

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The presence of mineral surfaces and microorganisms significantly impacts the nature and composition of mineral phases formed in biogeochemical systems. Despite the importance of these heterogeneous…

A cross-scale modeling framework of organic matter biochemistry in river corridor system: Scaling biogeochemical reaction kinetics from molecular to reach scales

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Peiyuan Gao

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Predicting the decomposition of organic matter in biochemical processes driven by microbes at reach scale remains challenging. These challenges are deeply rooted in the scarcity of rate measurements…

Micro to Macro - Molecular and Spatial Controls on Microbial Function

Lead Institution

Kula Bio, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Darian Smercina

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Establishing a clear and predictable link between the structure and function of soil microbial communities and ecosystem processes remains one of the greatest challenges in soil ecology. Soil…

Investigating Oiliness: Systems Comparison of Photoautotrophic and Heterotrophic Lipid Production in Auxenochlorella protothecoides.

Lead Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Principal Investigator

Jeffrey Moseley

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Auxenochlorella protothecoides is a photosynthetic, Trebouxiophyte alga, with a small, highly compact nuclear genome. Auxenochlorella strains are highly oleaginous, accumulating up to 60% of dry…

Role of Ca in Organic Matter Preservation

Lead Institution

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Principal Investigator

Sharon Bone

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Calcium can play a major role in the preservation of carbon in the subsurface due to its ability to participate in cation bridging. Ca2+ can link together two negatively charged moieties, such as two…

A Colloid is Born: Understanding iron-rich colloid genesis and transformation for improved watershed biogeochemical models

Lead Institution

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Principal Investigator

Kristin Boye

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Interfaces between subsurface layers of floodplains are ‘hot spots’ for thriving biogeochemical activity and exchange, owing to distinct compositional and permeability/porosity differences between…

High-resolution spatio-temporal modeling of root-associated microbial communities

Lead Institution

Boston University

Principal Investigator

Daniel Segre

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The goals of the proposed project is to implement high-resolution simulations of synthetic microbial ecosystems around the roots of plants. Towards this goal, we will use our platform for Computation…

The role of Fe(oxyhydr)oxides in regulating the biogeochemical cycling of the essential micronutrients zinc and copper

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Eugene Ilton

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Elements essential for plant growth and nutritious crops (e.g., Fe, Cu, and Zn) are often strongly associated with Fe (oxyhydr)oxides, particularly in more weathered terrains. For example, Zn…

Connecting the Physicochemical Properties with Ice Nucleation Properties of Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOAs) Formed from Multiphase Chemical Processes

Lead Institution

Texas A&M University

Principal Investigator

Yue Zhang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Organic aerosols (OA), especially secondary organic aerosols (SOA), make up a large fraction of tropospheric fine particulate matter (PM) and up to 80% of the total fine PM in the upper troposphere…

Probing the Martian atmosphere and hydrosphere using micro- and nano-scale analyses

Lead Institution

Royal Ontario Museum

Principal Investigator

Kimberly Tait-Sena

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Mars has long been the primary target in the search for possible life beyond our planet, mainly due to widespread evidence that water once flowed on its surface. Water is an essential ingredient for…

A new approach to protein folding by reducing dimensionality of protein conformational space

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Al Geist

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objectives of this proposal are to develop and implement an efficient method to address the problem of protein folding. Our approach is based on reducing the multi-scale and multi-dimensional…

Identification of the SecB residue that is labeled by methanethiosulfonate

Lead Institution

University of Missouri - Columbia

Principal Investigator

Linda Randall

Project type

Exploratory Research

Aim: To identify the residue of SecB that is labeled by methanethiosulfonate (MTSL), a stable nitroxide spin label. SecB, a small tetrameric cytosolic chaperone in E.coli, facilitates the export…

Sulfur absorbents for emission control

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Liyu Li

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this research is to develop basic understandings for high capacity sulfur absorbents for emission control/

XRD Analysis of Mineral Sample

Lead Institution

Columbia Gem & Jewelry

Principal Investigator

Vincent Rundhaug

Project type

Exploratory Research

A mineral sample from a mining operation initially assayed with exceptional quantities of the platinum metals group. Some samples exhibit some type of surface vapor deposition. Requesting XRD for…

Biogeochemical Heterogeneity in the Subsurface (Long, PNNL scope #16259)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Tom Resch

Project type

Exploratory Research

I need the ion chromatograph for analysis of the injection and calibration solutions for a field bioremediation experiment taking place in Rifle, CO. The injection samples were from the acetate…

Intermediate Flow Cells (PNNL SCOPE #28662)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Tom Resch

Project type

Exploratory Research

I need the ion chromatograph for analysis of solutions of an intermediate-scale flow cell bio-stimulation experiment. The experiment used porous sand media with lenticular shaped inclusions of…

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