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Rob Olson (in blue shirt), Alexi Shalapyonok and Heidi Sosik.

Rob Olson (in blue shirt), Alexi Shalapyonok and Heidi Sosik.
Rob Olson (in blue shirt), Alexi Shalapyonok and Heidi Sosik.
Rob Olson (in blue shirt), Alexi Shalapyonok and Heidi Sosik.
Rob Olson (in blue shirt), Alexi Shalapyonok and Heidi Sosik.
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Kleindinst, Thomas N.
Rob Olson (in blue shirt), Alexi Shalapyonok and Heidi Sosik.
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Research associate Alexi Shalapyonok (foreground), and plankton biologists Heidi Sosik and Rob Olson load the FlowCytobot onto the coastal boat Mytilus. Based on the principles of the biologist's flow cytometer, the Cytobot is an automated underwater microscope that detects and counts tiny plants and animals in the ocean. In March 2008, a newer version of the instrument unexpectedly detected the toxic alga Dinophysis acuminata in the Gulf of Mexico. WHOI biologists Olson and Sosik developed the instrument as a basic research tool, but they are now helping to design and buid a version for commercial use.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 46, No. 3, Pg. 6:
The Imaging FlowCytobot is an automated underwater microscope that reveals tiny plant and animal life in the ocean.
Caption from Down to the Sea for Science, Pg. 159: The Ocean Life and Coastal Ocean Institutes are jointly sponsoring an interdisciplinary fellowship for Heidi Sosik, center, to examine the physical and biological processes affecting phytoplankton over the inner continental shelf. Here, along with colleagues Rob Olson, right, and Alexi Shalapyonok, she launches a custom-built, submersible, autonomous flow cytometer that measures the properties of individual cells in seawater as they flow through laser beams. The Ocean Life Institute also supports Sosik and Olson's development of a new imaging system for the submersible flow cytometer.
Photo by Tom Kleindinst
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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