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Instruments & Resources

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) is home to the user facility’s 150 instruments that can be leveraged for biological, environmental, and computing research needs. The instruments and resources are available to researchers who are awarded funding through EMSL’s open call for proposals. The categories below reflect instrument groups for specific research areas. When selected, the instrument group is filtered by the instruments that fall under that category. By reviewing the instrument pages, researchers can learn how the instrumentation can be applied to research. The instrument and resource pages can also be used to identify the instrument owners and Integrated Research Platform area leads to follow up with questions before submitting an abstract to a call for proposal.

Super resolution structured illumination and Airyscan fluorescence microscope

The Airyscan module, mounted on the confocal fluorescence microscope, provides 3D imaging with a superior detection sensitivity and speed compared when compared to the standalone structured illumination microscopy system or classic confocal microscope. This capability is available at the Environmental Molecule Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) through the EMSL User Program.
Related Instrument Groups
Optical Imaging

Lattice Light Sheet

The Lattice Light Sheet microscope is a tool for imaging living organisms or cells with up to single molecule resolution. This resource is available at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a Department of Energy user facility.
Related Instrument Groups
Optical Imaging

Controlled Combustion System

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's controlled combustion system mimics real-life combustion conditions around aerosols produced and improves understanding of aerosol formation, properties, and the effects on ecosystem.
Related Instrument Groups
Aerosol Characterization
Emerging Capabilities

Size and Time-Resolved Aerosol Collector

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory’s multifunctional size and time-resolved aerosol collector (STAC) is used to investigate how aerosol physicochemical properties evolve.
Related Instrument Groups
Aerosol Characterization
Emerging Capabilities

NanoLive

The NanoLive 3D Cell Explorer CX-A is a microscopy platform available through the EMSL User Program. This platform is designed for repeat observations over time on bacterial and eukaryotic cells.
Related Instrument Groups
Optical Imaging

Graph Identification of Proteins in Tomograms (GRIP-Tomo)

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) is developing a capability that will allow scientists to mine data for patterns using the algorithm of graph identification of proteins in tomograms (GRIP-Tomo), which will improve protein identification and faster structure determination.
Related Instrument Groups
Emerging Capabilities

TerraForms

TerraForms is a group of platforms of custom-designed synthetic environments, microfluidics technologies, and in-house instrumentation to simulate soil properties and visualize soil microbial and plant community dynamics.
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TerraForms (Synthetic Habitats)
Emerging Capabilities

TerraForms: Pore-Scale Micromodels

Pore-scale micromodels simulate soil porosity and aggregate size distribution on a microfluidic platform.
Related Instrument Groups
TerraForms (Synthetic Habitats)
Emerging Capabilities

TerraForms: RhizoChip

RhizoChip provides a microscale soil environment that retains the physical structure of natural soils and can be used to map the molecular environment of roots.
Related Instrument Groups
TerraForms (Synthetic Habitats)
Emerging Capabilities

TerraForms: 3D Bioprinted Synthetic Soil Aggregates

EMSL's three-dimensional bioprinted habitat mimics natural soil and provides a chemically defined, translucent alternative for studying microorganisms.
Related Instrument Groups
TerraForms (Synthetic Habitats)
Emerging Capabilities

Separation and Characterization of Colloidal Mineral-Associated Organic Matter

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) developed a workflow to rapidly separate and characterize MAOM colloids that are <0.45 µm in size and prevalent in soil-water systems, which is is available to the research community through EMSL’s open calls for proposals.
Related Instrument Groups
Emerging Capabilities