Imaging FlowCytobot

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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IFCB in September issue of ECO

The Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) is featured in September’s ECO Magazine. An IFCB deployment at Ward Aquafarms, a Cape Cod based business that farms oysters, quahogs, scallops and kelp is highlighted in the feature story. Within an hour of installation at the aquaculture farm, C. polykrikoides cells were imaged in great abundance. “If IFCB wasn’t deployed”, commented Ward Aquafarms owner
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McLane named to the 2017 MTR 100 list

McLane is honored to announce it has been named to the 2017 Marine Technology Reporter (MTR) Top 100 list. We extend our sincere appreciation to the editors and staff at Marine Technology Reporter for this honor. McLane was previously named to the MTR 100 in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016. MTR is the world’s largest audited circulation magazine
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IFCB in new Long-Term Ecological Research Site

Imaging FlowCytobot samplers (IFCBs) manufactured by McLane will be installed in a new Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site off the Northeast coast of the United States. LTER programs focus attention on specific sites representing major ecosystem types, and undertake long-term assessments of populations, communities, and the physical environment. Dr. Heidi Sosik, Woods Hole Oceanographic
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Lasers! Killer algae! Robots!

The prospect of interacting with a “laser robot that finds killer algae” was a draw with local kids at the Woods Hole Science And Technology Education Partnership’s (WHSTEP) Family Science Night, Thinking Big by Looking Small at the Marine Biological Laboratories.  McLane used the Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) to image phytoplankton from local water collected in Eel Pond.  The
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McLane Heads Back to School

Marine biology students at St. John Paul II high school on Cape Cod, MA, saw science in action when McLane engineers visited with an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) and other instruments. In the hands-on presentation, the fifty 10th and 11th graders collected a water sample from a local harbor and then watched the IFCB capture images of suspended particles. McLane
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Limited edition IFCB T-shirt

Introducing our limited edition IFCB T-shirt available in unisex sizes in Denim, Grey, Black, and Light Grey to our IFCB users– contact us for more details.
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Five post-deployment best practices for your instrument

Proper post-deployment equipment maintenance extends the life of your instrument and prepares it for your next cruise. Post-deployment care varies by instrument so refer to the instrument user manual, which can be accessed in our Library.  Some universal best practices include the following: Run the data offload option, confirm that the data was recorded, and
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IFCB and the ESP at NOAA Emerging Technologies for Observations Workshop 

At a recent NOAA Emerging Technologies for Observations Workshop convened by the NOAA Observing Systems Council, McLane IFCB and ESP were highlighted as part of NCCOS efforts to provide early warnings as well as effective monitoring and forecasting of harmful algal blooms.
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