An advanced equipment option, FlowCam, was recently purchased from Fluid Imaging Technologies and installed in the MRI's environmental laboratory. The basic unit of the device is a microscope and a high-definition camera, which produces particles that flow past the lens in a special flow cuvette. The flow is controlled by a built-in computer, which also uses software to analyze and classify digital images according to a selection of defined images.
The purchase of equipment was funded by the Director of Infrastructure Rannís. The equipment is useful for the analysis of floating algae in a collaborative project between the Marine Research Institute and Matís, Microbes in Icelandic waters (MIME).
This news first appeared on the website of the Marine Research Institute.