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Today, EMSL focuses its scientific research in
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Scientists whose proposals are accepted are referred to as EMSL users. Typical user research projects can last a few months to a few years. EMSL users do not have to stay on-site for the duration of their project and can visit the laboratory when needed. Much of the sample processing and analysis can
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In response, then director of PNNL, William R. Wiley, and lab senior managers proposed a center for molecular science that would bring together researchers from the physical and life sciences and theoreticians with experience in computing and molecular process modeling. Wiley envisioned a facility
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uses computational models of protein structure and function, metabolic modeling, and machine learning approaches to associate genotype with phenotype and to understand biological processes that control nutrient flux, and enable predictive approaches to biodesign and biofuel/bioproduct production.
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EMSL is a user research facility whereby scientists, from around the world, can submit project proposals to access the laboratory’s experts and equipment at no cost. Proposals are screened through a competitive peer-review process to ensure the project is scientifically impactful and relevant to
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EMSL celebrated its twentieth anniversary in August 2017, showcasing NWChem computational chemistry software, and advances in subsurface science and foundational biofuel production. Scientific leaders participated in the event, including internationally recognized scientists Thom
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During its first five years, EMSL leaders built capabilities, recruited scientific leadership, and attracted users. The leaders then expanded the scientific focus to include biology, particularly the study of naturally occurring microbes for environmental cleanup, alternative energy, and carbon
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focuses on understanding enzymes and biochemical pathways that connect protein structures and functions to phenotypic responses and interactions within cells, among cells in communities, and between cellular membrane surfaces and their environment for microbes and plants.
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went open source, allowing computer scientists worldwide to contribute to its future development and making it available to more researchers and students. The code has been cited over 3760 times since 2010, according to a Web of
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focuses on the mechanistic and predictive understanding of the environmental (physiochemical, hydrological, biogeochemical), microbial, plant, and ecological processes in above and belowground ecosystems, the atmosphere, and their interfaces.
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that focuses on the biological, biogeochemical, and physical principles to predict processes occurring at the molecular and genomics-controlled smallest scales to the environmental Earth system changes at the largest scales.
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EMSL's early user program focused on single investigator studies that crossed scientific areas and quickly reached more than 1,000 users per year, representing every state and several foreign countries.
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EMSL's user community provides the laboratory’s management team with recommendations for scientific direction and efficient operations through an elected committee of representatives.
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gains structural, biochemical, and dynamic information about proteins, protein complexes, and other biomolecules at nanoscale spatial and temporal resolutions to understand function.
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nearly 100 staff and users PNNL. In early 2012, EMSL opened its Quiet Wing housing a suite of ultrasensitive high-resolution microscopy and scanning instruments.
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Construction began in July 1994 and was completed in August 1997. EMSL opened
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In June 2013, EMSL retired the Chinook computer and welcomed Cascade, a 3.4-petaflops system.
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