Science Highlights
New protein probes find enzymes for biofuel production
Protein probes
Released: February 05, 2013
New protein probes and proteomics tools at EMSL are helping scientists find the best biomass-to-biofuel production enzymes that nature has to offer.
Biochemical studies provide insight into an RNA silencing pathway
The great repression
Released: January 29, 2013
New studies using Arabidopsis thaliana and mass spectrometry tools at EMSL are offering insight about genetic and biochemical processes that govern gene regulation and development in plants—an understanding relevant to biomass-to-biofuel production.
Protein signaling between soybean root hairs, bacteria reveals core cellular processes
Orchestrating change
Released: December 12, 2012
Proteomics tools at EMSL helped characterize soybean root hairs and their responses to symbiotic rhizobial colonization and infection. These studies could help scientists redesign plants and improve crop yields, benefitting both food and biofuel production.
New bacteria, potential carbon cycling, bioremediation roles reported in Science
Brand new genes
Released: November 06, 2012
Proteomics experts and resources at EMSL contributed to a study published in Science centered on the discovery of new bacteria and the metabolic roles, such as carbon cycling, of bacteria in the environment.
In silico, in vivo, in vitro approach opens doors for nanoparticle-based drug discovery
Model health
Released: October 09, 2012
Using computational tools to complement experimental results offers an unprecedented atomic-level understanding of how gadolinium metallofullerenol nanoparticles inhibit the growth and metastasis of pancreatic tumors.
New data suggest bacteria have a direct effect on rock weathering
Microbes move mountains
Released: September 20, 2012
New research shows that in a bid to derive energy from iron, bacteria may be directly responsible for kicking off a cascade of reactions that reduce rocks to soil and free biologically important minerals.
Using an integrated ‘omics approach to study macrophages
Activating macrophages
Released: September 04, 2012
Proteomics research at EMSL contributed to a computational model of macrophage metabolic pathways. This novel work may lead to new therapy options and immunotherapeutic drugs designed to mimic the activation or inhibition of specific macrophage metabolic pathways.
New knowledge about fungi biochemistry opens doors for better bioremediation options
Fungi clean up
Released: August 08, 2012
A new study has revealed the molecule at the heart of what makes fungi excellent cleanup agents for contaminated environments: the highly reactive superoxide, or O2-. The study that gave this insight was led by EMSL users from Harvard University and published in PNAS.
