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Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (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 EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

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Fluorescent labeling of proteins based on known crystal structures.

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Luis Rodriguez
Project type
Exploratory Research
Protein interactions within living cells are poorly understood, particularly the spatial and temporal associations of ubiqutious proteins like calmodulin (CaM). Here, we propose to utilize computer…

First-Principles Catalyst Design for Environmentally Benign Energy Production

Lead Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
Emmanouil Mavrikakis
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are developing a first-principles approach to the design of novel catalytic materials. A fully parallelized planewave total energy Density Functional Theory (DFT)-based code is used for modeling…

Microcalorimetric Sensors

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Michael Free
Project type
Exploratory Research

Theoretical Studies of Kinetic Processes in Nanoscale Ice Films

Lead Institution
University of Iceland
Principal Investigator
Hannes Jonsson
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will study the sticking probability of a water molecule on the basal plane of hexagonal ice using experiments and theory. The molecular sticking will be studied over a wide range in energy (0.5…

Flourescence measurements

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Manish Shah
Project type
Exploratory Research

Protein Complex Identification using novel affinity resins

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
M. Mayer-Cumblidge
Project type
Exploratory Research
We are validating the use of a FlAsH resin with a dithiol releasing agent for high-throughput protein complex identification We are going to do endogenous pull-downs of protein complexes from S…

ShewFed

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Mary Lipton
Project type
Exploratory Research
Bacterial strains such as Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 are key organisms in the bioremediation of metals due to their ability to enzymatically reduce and precipitate a diverse range of heavy…