{"id":283,"date":"2023-06-20T19:08:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T19:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:29:57","slug":"imaging-flow-cytobot-ifcb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/imaging-flow-cytobot-ifcb\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaging Flow Cytobot (IFCB)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The OSU Seascape Ecology Laboratory proudly operates two McLane Imaging Flow Cytobots (IFCBs). Our first IFCB, nicknamed &#8220;Luci&#8221;, is primarily land-based and used for the analysis of preserved phytoplankton samples. Our second IFCB, &#8220;Pandora&#8221;, is regularly deployed on research cruises conducting in-situ sampling of phytoplankton populations, primarily along the Northern California Current off the West Coast of the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical2-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical2-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical2-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical2-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical2-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical2-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3957\/files\/2023\/06\/IFCB_Infographic_Vertical2-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Credit: Crystal Barnes (2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OSU Seascape Ecology Laboratory proudly operates two McLane Imaging Flow Cytobots (IFCBs). Our first IFCB, nicknamed &#8220;Luci&#8221;, is primarily land-based and used for the analysis of preserved phytoplankton samples. Our second IFCB, &#8220;Pandora&#8221;, is regularly deployed on research cruises conducting in-situ sampling of phytoplankton populations, primarily along the Northern California Current off the West &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/imaging-flow-cytobot-ifcb\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Imaging Flow Cytobot (IFCB)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10714,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10714"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mariakavanaugh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}