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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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Summer Hands-On Learning at McLane

School may be out, but hands-on learning is the summer theme here at McLane. Customers from Alaska, Canada, and Oregon have traveled to our office for the product training included at no charge with their instrument purchase. As customers have prepared for IFCB, RAS, PPS and ITP, deployment success, our summer interns have gained first-hand
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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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New! Surface to 500m Profiling: Wave Hello to Prawler

April 4, 2019 (Falmouth, MA) – McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. announces that the Prawler, a low cost, shallow profiling vehicle is now available as part of the McLane Profiler product line. The Prawler collects and transmits sensor data from the surface to 500 m of the water column, traveling the mooring wire using wave actuated
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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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McLane facilities closed due to MA Gov Baker’s order, but Instrument Support Available

In compliance with Massachusetts Governor Baker’s order of March 23, 2020 regarding COVID-19, McLane facilities will be closed from Tuesday, 24 March at 12 noon until Tuesday, 7 April 2020. Although our building will be closed, our team remains available via remote work to support our customers. The best way to reach us is to
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MMP/ITP Customer Notification

January 9, 2020 – All MMP and ITP customers have been emailed an important notification regarding a serious firmware bug. Download  Technical Support Bulletin-2020-01 for details if you did not receive the email.
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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 Announces New WTS-LV Deep

(Falmouth, MA) – McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. announces a new a 7,000m (23,000ft) deep option for WTS-LV samplers.  The WTS-LV Deep option is available on the Standard, Dual Filter, and High Capacity WTS-LV models, and can also be retrofit to existing WTS-LV systems. “The LV Deep option provides 35% greater depth capacity and has been
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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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