IFCB Naming Contest
The Alaska Ocean Observing System supports two Imaging Flow Cytobots (IFCBs) for use by the Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Network to monitor for HABs in the state of Alaska. These IFCBs are automated microscopes that take water samples and produce real time images of individual phytoplankton, which can then be used to detect harmful species, such as Alexandrium, Pseudo-nitzschia, and Dinophysis. Data collected by the IFCBs are used for research projects and to alert communities around the state of potential blooms. Click here to read more about IFCBs and how they work.

IFCBs will be deployed on various ships this upcoming summer and it's time we gave them names so we can follow their journeys!

Submit your ideas below - you can submit this form as many times as you'd like. If you want to provide your name and location (city and state), we will give you credit if your suggestion is chosen!
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An IFCB inside and out - the inner workings of the IFCB (left) and an IFCB that is packaged and installed to start sampling flow-through seawater (right)
Name Idea for IFCB #1
Name Idea for IFCB #2
Your Name & Location (Optional, if you want to be credited if your suggestion is chosen)
Next Steps: Final names and deploying the IFCBs!
Thank you! 

The list of suggestions will be reviewed and voted upon by the Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Network. 

The final names will be shared, and will be used this summer as the IFCBs travel the oceans around Alaska so everybody can follow their journeys! 

Have any questions? Reach out to Thomas at: farrugia@aoos.org
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