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• ORNL researchers to attend and exhibit at 2013 ICMGP, July 28 - August 2, 2013. 11th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (05/23/13)
• Microbes, Mercury, and Risk. US Department of Energy, Office of Science (03/25/13)
• ORNL-led team hails breakthrough in mercury research; could have global implications. Knoxville News Sentinel (02/07/13)
• ORNL scientists solve mercury mystery, Science reports. ORNL News Release (02/07/13)

Highlights

• The Genetic Basis for Bacterial Mercury Methylation (02/07/13)
• Cluster-Continuum Calculations of Hydration Free Energies of Anions and Group 12 Divalent Cations (01/08/13)
• Study Revealed Changes in Mercury Binding Affinity with Dissolved Organic Matter (11/15/12)
• Photoexcitation Calculations of Benzoic Acid Derivatives as Model Natural Organic Ligands (11/15/12)
• Development of a Universal System to Close Microbial Genomes (11/15/12)
• Mercury Methylation Growth State and Potential Hg Transporters Identified (04/13/12)
• Potential Mercury Methylating Bacteria Identified in Contaminated Streams (04/12/12)
• Benchmark Interaction Energies for Biologically Relevant Noncovalent Complexes Containing Divalent Sulfur (04/12/12)

American Geophysical Union 2008 Fall Meeting

Abstracts

Comparison of Two Mercury Contaminated Surface Water Bodies. Brooks, S.C., G.R. Southworth, R.R. Turner, and R. Jensen.

Roles of Dissolved Organic Matter in Aqueous Speciation of Hg(II) and CH₃Hg⁺ in East Fork Poplar Creek (EFPC), Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dong, W., L. Liang, G.R. Southworth, and B. Gu.

Hydrocarbon Dissociation Pathways in MerB Catalysis: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Guo, H.-B., J.M. Parks, H. Guo, S.M. Miller, L. Liang, and J.C. Smith.

Biomolecular Aspects of Mercury Transformations. Johs, A., L. Shi, S.M. Miller, A.O. Summers and L. Liang.

The Influence of Kinetics on the Formation of Complexes Between Mercury and Dissolved Organic Matter. Miller, C.L., B. Gu, S.C. Brooks, and G.R. Southworth.

An Evaluation of Microbial Community Structure and Function in Mercury Contaminated Stream Sediments. Palumbo, A.V., S.D. Brown, T.A. Vishnivetskaya, M.M. Drake, M.K. Kerley, S.C. Brooks, L.A. Fagan, B. Gu, M. Rodriguez, and C.C. Brandt.

Posters

Comparison of Two Mercury Contaminated Surface Water Bodies. Brooks, S.C., G.R. Southworth, R.R. Turner, R. Jensen, and D. Ketelle.

Roles of Dissolved Organic Matter in Aqueous Speciation of Hg(II) and CH₃Hg⁺ in East Fork Poplar Creek (EFPC), Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dong, W., L. Liang, G. Southworth, and B. Gu.

Hydrocarbon Dissociation Pathways in MerB Catalysis: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Guo, H.-B., J.M. Parks, H. Guo, S.M. Miller, A.O. Summers, L. Liang, and J.C. Smith.

Biomolecular Aspects of Mercury Transformations. Johs, A., L. Shi, S.M. Miller, A.O. Summers, and L. Liang.

Presentations

Kinetic Controls on the Formation of Complexes Between Mercury and Dissolved Organic Matter. Miller, C., B. Gu, S. Brooks, G. Southworth, and L. Liang.