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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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Imaging Respiratory Structure and Function In Laboratory Animals

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Kevin Minard
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The goal for this NIH-funded project is to develop Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging for visualizing - 1) airway architecture, 2) lung mechanics, 3) gas flow, and 4) particulate deposition in live…

Mixed Alkali Effect on Oxidation of Si3N4 - A Compositional Study Using RBS

Lead Institution
Stevens Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Henry Du
Project type
Exploratory Research
Silicon nitride ceramics have a significant temperature capability advantage relative to single crystal super-alloys for jet and industrial turbine applications. Vanes and blades made of this…

FRET-Based Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Membrane-Receptor Activation

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Galya Orr
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This proposal is a continuation of research pursued under EMSL User Proposals #6494 and #6493. Membrane receptors are activated upon the binding of small ligand molecules to specific sites in their…

Combinatorial Operando Catalyst Research

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
David King
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This is the continuation of EMSL proposal 21610. The main objective of this proposal is to build and demonstrate a combinatorial operando system for accelerated catalyst research. This system will…

Single Enzyme Nanoparticles

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jungbae Kim
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Enzymes are useful biocatalysts of nanometer scale that regulate the chemistry of cells and organisms. The specificity of enzymes promises great improvements in various applications such as chemical…

Biogeochemistry of Oxidation-Reduction Cycling of Uranium and Iron

Lead Institution
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator
William Burgos
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
This 2007 EMSL User Proposal has been prepared in response to the Science Theme of Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Science. This proposal covers future planned collaborative research…

Preparing specimens for the scanning electron microscope with Jim Young

Lead Institution
Columbia Basin College
Principal Investigator
Jennifer Von Reis
Project type
Exploratory Research
Thanks to Battelle, Columbia Basin College has a scanning electron microscope (SEM). However, we do not have the equipment to prepare biological specimens. I hope that, working with Jim Young,…

Global Proteomic Analysis of Human Ehrlichiosis Agents

Lead Institution
The Ohio State University
Principal Investigator
Yasuko Rikihisa
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Obligatory intracellular bacteria (belonging to Rickettsia): Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum cause potentially fatal emerging zoonoses: human monocytic ehrlichiosis and human…

Ceria Nanomonitors for Trace Oxygen Monitoring in Portable Energy Systems

Lead Institution
University of Texas at Dallas
Principal Investigator
Shalini Prasad
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The overarching research objective is development of a portable electrical sensor for rapid detection of trace gases with enhanced sensitivity and specificity. This pilot project seeks to use EMSL…

Kiln Phosphoric Acid (KPA) Process

Lead Institution
JDC, Inc
Principal Investigator
Joseph Megy
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
JDC, Inc. submitted a successful US Dept. of Agriculture phase I proposal (SBIR-2003-0022) to conduct a basic chemistry and engineering program to forward the KPA process, and carried out the work…