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Successful IFCB Deployment at the Isle of Shoals

Isle of Shoals, Maine, July 2023:  In a significant development for the detection and monitoring of harmful algal blooms (HABs), a research team led by Dr. Michael Brosnahan at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has successfully deployed an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) phytoplankton sensor at the Isle of Shoals. This cutting-edge instrument, equipped with AI-based image
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McLane joins URI on unique PPS deployment

McLane GM Jonathan Mogul recently accompanied University of Rhode Island (URI) researchers to deploy a Particle and Phytoplankton sampler (PPS) on a custom-designed buoy in Quonset Bay, RI. Researchers from URI’s Davies Lab utilized a relatively small boat and two scuba divers to hang the PPS on the side of the buoy just below the
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McLanePro Training Opportunity at OB’23

Live at OB’23 in Southampton 18 April! Learn McLanePro, the NEW GUI for McLane Gen3 electronics, with Engineering Director Tim Shanahan 11:30am – 12:30pm in the Ray Beverton Classroom 044/11. See how McLanePro and Gen3 electronics improve the user experience for Sediment Traps, RAS and PPS samplers and WTS-LV pumps. Sign-up for the OB McLanePro
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McLane at OSM 2024 New Orleans 18-23 Feb

Join McLane 18-23 Feb at OSM’24 in New Orleans. Visit Booth 632 and see our innovative technologies! Discuss your science and projects with our team and experience our newest eDNA sampler the Robotic Cartridge Sampling Instrument (RoCSI) and our automated, submersible Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB). On 21 Feb from 12:45 – 1:45 CST don’t miss our
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IFCB enables WHOI’s first real-time detection of unprecedented toxic bloom in warming Alaskan waters

(January 2023) Read how WHOI’s use of the IFCB detected an unprecedented toxic algal bloom in warming Alaskan waters.  Early discovery was key for warning residents not to consume shell fish or marine animals due to toxicity risk.                  
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7 Tips for Sampler Post Deployment Maintenance

Maintaining your sampler from deck to lab is critical for long instrument life. After instrument recovery, a few basic steps can avoid  emergency service before the next deployment: After removing sample bottles, sample bags, or filter holders, rinse sampler with fresh water. Connect the COM cable and offload all data from memory. Open the controller
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Winners Announced! World Ocean Day Giveaway

Congratulations to Chloé Baumas (CNRS-MIO), Vincent Clementi (Rutgers University), and Wen-Hsuan Liao (NIOZ), winners of McLane’s World Ocean Day giveaway! Chloé, Vincent, and Wen-Hsuan and will each receive an EcoBag with a t-shirt, McLane instrument LEGO® brick kit, jigsaw puzzle, stickers and more goodies. Remember, we trade t-shirts for instrument photo posts so tag us
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New SABL Sediment Trap World Premiere at OI London

The NEW Signal Activated Bottom Lander (SABL) Sediment Trap is now available for customers! SABL is ready for our World Premiere at OI’22 London 15-17 March in Stand A525. The newest addition to our flagship Sediment Trap product line, SABL is a low-profile sediment sampler ideal for for studies in stormwater discharge, dredging, sediment disturbance
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In Situ Pumps vs Collection Bottles: Study on Marine Particle-Attached Microbes Finds Pump Samples More Diverse

Large volume sampling by in situ pumps appears to recover a more broad community of particle-attached microbes than traditional bottle sampling, according to a unique study published in Frontiers in Microbiology. During an East Antarctica deployment aboard the R/V Aurora Australia, both an in situ pump and 12L Niskin bottles collected samples from the same location
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World Ocean Day Giveaway – Enter to Win

June 8 is World Ocean Day and McLane is spreading some ocean cheer. Enter to win! Three lucky people will be randomly chosen from entries received. Winners will get an EcoBag with a t-shirt, McLane instrument LEGO® brick kit, jigsaw puzzle, stickers and more goodies. Have LEGO® Bricks and a creative flair? Build your own
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