Imaging FlowCytobot

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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IFCB at Innovators’ Forums

The Imaging FlowCytobot IFCB was part of two recent Cape Cod, MA events where diverse audiences exchanged ideas about marine innovations and discussed growth in rapidly emerging marine innovation businesses. McLane GM Jon Mogul spoke at the Cape Cod Commercial Fisherman’s Alliance International Trade event as part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) technology innovations segment.
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June 6-10 McLane at IAGLR in Ontario

June 6-10, Tim Shanahan, McLane's Engineering Manager, will be with our Canada Sales Rep ROMOR in Booth 17 at IAGLR. Fresh water researchers from the Great Lakes regions and around the world will convene at IAGLR, held this year at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario for this international freshwater research conference. An IFCB sampler will be running in the booth
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IFCB in NAAMES Expeditions

An Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) was among the ship-board laboratory instruments deployed in a recent North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) cruise. University of Maine scientists Emmanuel Boss, Lee Karp-Boss and graduate student Nils Haentjens used an IFCB to collect over 1.4 million high resolution images of individual chlorophyll containing particles. The NAAMES goal
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March 15-17 McLane at Oceanology International

March 15-17, McLane Engineering Manager Tim Shanahan and UK Sales Rep Kelso Riddell will be at OI London in Stand P120. McLane Sales Reps from Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Portugal, and Spain will also attend this event at the Excel Exhibition Centre. We look forward to answering your questions. Our IFCB sampler demo will be running  a live feed to
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Eighth Symposium on Harmful Algae: Long Beach, CA, November 15-19

November 15-19, 2015, McLane’s Director of Special Projects, Ivory Engstrom, will be attending The Eighth Symposium on Harmful Algae in Long Beach, California. This year’s conference will be held aboard the Queen Mary. McLane’s booth will feature a demonstration unit of the IFCB, including a live feed to images from a local water sample. McLane will
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International Guests Train at McLane

Customers from Germany, China and Norway recently completed instrument training at McLane facilities with our 15m test tank. Profiler and sampler training included mechanical, electronic and deployment programming components, and recovery/data offload procedures. If you own a McLane profiler or sampler or are thinking of purchasing from our product line, hands-on product
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April 2015 Newsletter

In the April 2015 Newsletter learn about our live demonstration of an Imaging FlowCtyobot (IFCB) at Ocean Business '15, Sediment Traps in an Iron Fertilization Study, Microbial Populations Studied with the ESP, WTS-LV Training, and Preparing Glass for Summer Deployments. Subscribe to our newsletter in electronic format. We publish our electronic newsletter only a few
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McLane IFCB Sales

McLane Research Laboratories has reached a milestone with the sale of an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) to Michigan based company PhycoTech. While McLane has been selling the IFCB to academic institutions since 2013, the sale to PhycoTech marks the first to a commercial entity. PhycoTech, an environmental consulting company located in St Joseph, MI specializes in
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