Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)

Researchers recently used a new approach to measure thousands of proteins from single plant cells experiencing water deficit stress, revealing new insights into cell-type specific impacts and driving innovations. ⤵️ bit.ly/4ttAwvz

Check out a microfluidic sample preparation platform called nanoPOTS with EMSL chemist Sarai Williams.

Congratulations to senior data scientist Aivett Bilbao for serving as a Presidential AI Challenge judge! 🏆 Learn more about this initiative and how it aims to equip youth with skills necessary to thrive in an increasingly digital society: ➡️ bit.ly/48PsBkZ

Special thanks to the 75 researchers, staff, and students who joined us for the Molecular Observation Network (MONet): Connect and Learn 2026 Meeting! 🌱🤖📊 Attendees explored how machine learning tools can extract predictive insights from MONet datasets: bit.ly/49EaNsJ

Was fortunate to ribbon-cut the first Autonomous Lab as part of the Genesis Mission with @SecretaryWright. Scientists should direct autonomous labs to do their lab work 24/7 in our national labs! This is how the US keeps our lead in science - amazing leadership from @ENERGY, @mkratsios47, @ScienceUnderSec, and @sriramk 🇺🇸 Excited to see how the autonomous labs program expands!

What if we could automate experiments to speed the discovery of new medicines and advanced materials? The Genesis Mission is making this a reality by building AI-driven labs to help scientists accelerate breakthroughs.

We're proud to support the Orchestrated Platform for Autonomous Laboratories (OPAL) project at @ENERGY. Learn how the Anaerobic Microbial Phenotyping Platform (AMP2) at EMSL plays a pivotal role in OPAL's efforts.

Congratulations to Scott Baker for receiving the Charles D. Scott Award from @SIMB_Microbio! 🎉 Scott is the microbial molecular phenotyping leader at EMSL and @PNNLab. This award recognizes his work related to the production of fuels and chemicals. 📲 bit.ly/480rgY3

Is there a faster, less resource‑intensive way of making reliable predictions about soil microbial communities at a continental scale? 🦠 Perhaps! Check out promising findings from a @uwmadison research team. 📲 bit.ly/3PW4TNl

Congrats to Margaret Cheung on being named a @aaas fellow! "I feel honored. I strive to use science to benefit society and serve humanity," she says. "It's a significant part of my work, and this is a recognition of those efforts by my peers." 📲 bit.ly/4uRN95L

The inaugural 2026 EMSL-@jgi Joint User Meeting was a success! 🎉 Check out this video featuring scenes of attendees gathered in rooms big and small to listen to speakers, take part in collaborative discussions, explore research posters, and network.

Join us for an EMSL LEARN webinar and learn how to optimize your biological and omics studies through robust experimental design, from foundational statistical principles to scalable automation. 📅 March 25 🕛 Noon – 1 p.m. PDT 📲 Register: bit.ly/4cFRQsE

We recently welcomed Bindu Nair, associate director of Basic Energy Sciences at @doescience, to our national user facility to discuss our geochemistry work and tour the Anaerobic Microbial Phenotyping Platform (AMP2), an autonomous biological discovery platform.

We're #hiring for two roles within our Instrument Development and Automation Laboratory. All applications are due 4/4/26: Lab Automation & Robotics Engineer 3 📲 Apply: bit.ly/4ruCQS6 Lab Automation Engineer/Scientist 2 📲 Apply: bit.ly/4unQZTN

Join us for an EMSL LEARN webinar on single-cell omics, highlighting our user facility's cutting-edge platforms for exploring transcriptomes and proteomes at the highest level of biological resolution. 📅 March 11 (Wed.) 🕛 Noon – 1 p.m. PDT Register: bit.ly/4r7eq0H

Congratulations to EMSL and @PNNLab bioanalytical chemist Mary Lipton for being named a fellow with @ASBMB and selected to serve as the non-academic representative on the steering committee for the Biological Sciences Section at @aaas! 🎉 bit.ly/4aZyTzH

Join us for an EMSL LEARN webinar on spatial metabolomics, EMSL's suite of capabilities for visualizing metabolic processes and chemical distributions in complex samples! 📅 February 25 (Wed.) 🕛 Noon – 1 p.m. PST Register now: bit.ly/4an5cbP

Want to support the advancement of biological and environmental science? We're #hiring a full-time Project Manager to do just that! The ideal candidate is a great collaborator and committed to continual process improvement. Apps due: 2/24/26. Learn more ⤵️ bit.ly/3MpF6M5

In the last three months, we've made two announcements that have offered a glimpse of the future of lab automation: a new 97-instrument autonomous lab at the @EMSLscience at @PNNLab and our work with @OpenAI's GPT-5 to achieve a 40% improvement over state-of-the-art in cell-free protein synthesis. Today at #SLAS2026, catch Joy Jiao of OpenAI, Todd Edwards of EMSL/PNNL, and our very own Will Serber for a tutorial on designing, deploying, and scaling autonomous labs at 12:00pm | Register at: tinyurl.com/3zv22b72 Then, at 1:00pm watch our CEO @jrkelly and @Nick___Edwards of @readysetpotato share an insider’s view of how leading organizations are deploying automation today at their NexusXp Fireside Chat, "The Road to Self-Driving Labs." Register at: tinyurl.com/4n35fwnx

Letters of intent for the FY27 FICUS Research proposal call are due February 19 at 5 p.m. PST! 📅 Don't miss your chance to utilize staff expertise and resources from multiple institutions through a single project. Submit your letter of intent ⤵️ bit.ly/4awBAsm