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Protein probes

New protein probes and proteomics tools at EMSL are helping scientists find the best biomass-to-biofuel production enzymes that nature has to offer.

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The great repression

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.

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Orchestrating change

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.

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Brand new genes

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.

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Model health

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.

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Microbes move mountains

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.

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Activating macrophages

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.

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Fungi clean up

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.

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EMSL's Impact

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  • Biofuels
  • Catalysis
  • Energy Storage
  • Solar Power

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Environment

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  • Contaminant Cleanup
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Vehicle Emissions

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Health

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  • Biomarkers for Disease
  • Nanoparticle Interaction with Cells
  • Radiation Effects
  • Drug Development and Delivery

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National Security

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  • Explosives Detection
  • Advanced Materials
  • Forensics-Related Capabilities

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EMSL is known for its cross-cutting diversity of instruments and expertise available under one roof. Scientists and scientific teams can accelerate new discoveries through a no-cost collaboration with EMSL.

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The William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national scientific user facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory