Imaging FlowCytobot

MBARI Using Real-time IFCB Data to Forsee Imminent HABS Events

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) recently updated their Wave-Energy Buoy with a new Imaging Flowcytobot (IFCB). The IFCB is expected to dramatically improve water-quality managers’ ability to predict when  harmful algal blooms (HABs) events are imminent. This IFCB is part of an instrument network deployed from California piers and offshore moorings to capture hourly
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7 Quick Links to Learn if IFCB Fits your Science

Sometimes instrument research is time consuming.  How would you find out if this instrument is appropriate for your science? Here are 7 quick links to learn about the IFCB. Start with our IFCB Vimeo channel which has a number of short videos on the IFCB  in multiple languages. Want to learn more and have a
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Shipboard IFCB Enhances Ecosystem Modeling

Shipboard Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) sampling was successfully conducted onboard the NOAA ship Bell M. Shimada for the 2019 Integrated Ecosystem and Pacific Hake Acoustic-Trawl Survey (the “Summer Survey”). The IFCB was installed to determine whether automated imaging flow cytometry could provide phytoplankton community structure metrics while the ship was underway. These metrics are a key
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ESP and IFCB Deployed Together in Maine

In collaboration with McLane, the Anderson Lab of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Roesler Lab in the Department of Earth and Oceanographic Science at Bowdoin College,  a McLane Environmental Sample Processor  (ESP) and an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) were deployed in the flowing seawater laboratory at the Bowdoin College Schiller Coastal Studies Center on Orr’s island.  The project will track
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Phytoplankton Coloring Page for World Oceans Day 2019

In celebration of the 2019 theme “Greening the Blue” McLane has created this year’s coloring page for World Oceans Day 2019 featuring a parade of phytoplankton sampled by the IFCB (not to scale). Phytoplankton are the original “green” of our blue oceans.  Enjoy, as you take some time to pause, learn, change your perspective, and
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McLane IFCB in study to protect aquaculture from Rust Tides

(Falmouth, MA) – McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. announces that its Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) is part of a NOAA Fisheries Saltonstall-Kennedy funded program to study rust tides of Cochlodinium polykrikoides and protect aquaculture from its impacts. This project will allow researchers to build upon IFCB’s proven capability as a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)  monitoring tool.  The
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Live McLane Instrument Data from 5 Field Projects

What does McLane instrument data look like?  How are the instruments used in the field?  Check out our new reference sheet and experience live McLane instrument data from 5 active projects at sea from your smartphone or computer. QR codes provide direct navigation to project web sites where current and real-time data includes: Live Imaging
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IFCB Awes Young Learners

The Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) mesmerized a group of elementary and middle school students recently during a McLane classroom visit and IFCB demo. GM Jon Mogul brought the IFCB to the Bay Farm Montessori Academy in MA where he spoke with students and helped them experience first-hand how the smart underwater microscope captures phytoplankton images from
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McLane Testifies Before US Senate

McLane recently had the honor of providing testimony to the US Senate on emerging technologies that detect and mitigate Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS). Click here to watch the Senate hearing. McLane’s testimony begins at 25:45. On August 28, Director of Special Projects Ivory Engstrom spoke to the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
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World Ocean Day 2018 and a downloadable Plankton Coloring Page

Friday June 8 is World Ocean Day!  World Ocean Day is global day of ocean awareness and collaboration.  In honor of this celebration, McLane has created a plankton coloring mosaic of images collected in local Cape Cod waters by our Imaging FlowCytobot. Download your coloring page here and see if you can recognize the plankton
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