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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. 

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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Influence of Calcium Carbonate Coatings on Contaminant Reactivity

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Timothy Droubay
Project type
Exploratory Research
Determine the effects of carbonate coatings on electron transfer reactions responsible for the reduction of chromate with iron oxides. This program utilizes the following methods or techniques:1)…

Whole genome cloning and expression of Treponema pallidum open reading frames

Lead Institution
Baylor College of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Timothy Palzkill
Project type
Exploratory Research
Treponema pallidum is a spirochete bacterium and is the causitive agent of syphilis. The complete genome sequence of T. pallidum is known. The organism has a genome size of 1.1 Mb and encodes 1031…

Determination of the proteome of drosophila lipid droplets

Lead Institution
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator
Steven Gross
Project type
Exploratory Research
My research goal is to understand the way molecular motors such as kinesin and dynein move cargos in vivo. To investigate this, I have developed a model system, the bi-directional transport of lipid…

Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Nitrate Photochemistry

Lead Institution
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in the troposphere are a major component of particulate matter and hence of interest with respect to health effects, visibility and radiative forcing. However, their…

MITOTIC REGULATION OF THE NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEIN INTERACTION NETWORK

Lead Institution
The Ohio State University
Principal Investigator
Stephen Osmani
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Eukaryotic cells segregate DNA equally to daughter cells during mitosis. Although mitosis is well characterized, it is poorly understood at the molecular level. The most extensive and least…

A proteomic investigation of changes in lipid droplet-bound proteins

Lead Institution
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator
Steven Gross
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Lipid droplets are the body's major location for storing fat to be later used as energy. As such, understanding the regulated function of these droplets is an essential part of understanding…

Mechanisms of Fe Biomineralization Induced By Dissimilatory Iron Reduction

Lead Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Principal Investigator
Colleen Hansel
Project type
Exploratory Research
Iron minerals are ubiquitous in nature and play a critical role in the geochemical cycling of trace elements. In particular, iron oxides serve as potent sorbents and repositories for nutrients and…

Mechanisms of Fe Biomineralization Induced By Dissimilatory Iron Reduction

Lead Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Principal Investigator
Colleen Hansel
Project type
Exploratory Research
Iron minerals are ubiquitous in nature and play a critical role in the geochemical cycling of trace elements. In particular, iron oxides serve as potent sorbents and repositories for nutrients and…

Spectroscopy and microscopy of doped TiO2 nanocrystalline materials

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Daniel Gamelin
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to synthesize and characterize by XRD, TEM, and possibly EPR spectroscopy a series of nanocrystalline ferromagnetic oxide semiconductor materials of direct relevance to spintronics…

Spectroscopy and microscopy of doped TiO2 nanocrystalline materials

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Daniel Gamelin
Project type
Exploratory Research
We propose to synthesize and characterize by XRD, TEM, and possibly EPR spectroscopy a series of nanocrystalline ferromagnetic oxide semiconductor materials of direct relevance to spintronics…

Fuel Reforming Catalyst Characterization

Lead Institution
Innovatek, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Patricia Irving
Project type
Exploratory Research
The objective of the proposed work is to characterize catalyst formulations under development at InnovaTek for reforming hydrocarbon fuels to generate hydrogen for fuel cells. The proprietary…

Determination of Valance Band Offset in Sr2TiO4/SrTiO3 heterostructures

Lead Institution
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator
Jeff Haeni
Project type
Exploratory Research
The ultimate goal of this research is the creation of a 2D electron gas in heterostructures comprised of members of the Sr-Ti-O Ruddlesden Popper homologous series. An understanding of the…

Biomineralization peptides structure and function

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wendy Shaw
Project type
Exploratory Research
My work includes looking at biomineralization peptides on inorganic surfaces to determine their structure and relate that to function. In order to do this, I must confirm that I have a pure peptide…