Happy New Year, and welcome to the January FlowCam Current. Beginning with our January edition, we will start publishing our newsletter monthly across the wide range of applications for FlowCam over the past 20 years – be it in aquatic sciences, biopharmaceuticals, cells, or materials. We hope that you will find learning about the possibilities of flow imaging in these diverse areas as fascinating as we do.
Below you will discover news and articles on imaging submicron particles with the just-released FlowCam Nano and its applications for biopharmaceuticals, zooplankton from the Gulf of Maine and how it relates to our company history, how FlowCam is integrated into environmental stewardship of water supplies in Oregon, and best ways to get in touch with us.
Enjoy reading!
Your FlowCam Team
PRODUCT NEWS
Meet FlowCam Nano!
We are excited to launch the next generation FlowCam Nano. With its unique ability to capture images and analyze particles from 300 nm to 2 µm in diameter, FlowCam Nano is ideally positioned for the detection of early aggregation in biotherapeutic formulations.
Early Detection of Aggregation in Formulations: FlowCam Nano for Submicron Characterization of Biotherapeutic Formulations
In our new white paper, we demonstrate the analysis capabilities of FlowCam Nano for biotherapeutic formulation development. This study compares the results from FlowCam Nano with those from FlowCam 8100 when analyzing samples containing protein aggregates, sucrose particles, and bacteria.
Sea lice, (left) with area based diameter of 2500 µm, and Green crab larvae (right) with area based diameter of 1500 µm.
Zooplankton from the Gulf of Maine are some of the largest organisms detectable by FlowCam Macro. Various species of sea lice are found in the Gulf of Maine, causing problems with both the commercial and recreational fisheries, as well as in finfish aquaculture. Green Crabs are an invasive species in Maine that are now causing significant problems with the soft-shell clam industry, which represents Maine's third most valuable marine species.
Confederated Tribes Integrate FlowCam into Environmental Stewardship Programs
The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI) recently received long-awaited funding to purchase a FlowCam Cyano instrument, after first learning about FlowCam at an east coast workshop a few years ago. CTCLUSI makes up three tribes (4 bands) who all reside in close proximity to one another along the Coos River Tributaries in Oregon.
Currently, CTCLUSI is interested in the Tenmile Lakes basin because of its persistent visible and malodorous algae (pictured above).
The review highlights applications for FlowCam in differentiating between protein aggregates, extrinsic particles, and container-closure associated particles in protein formulations as well as counting and characterizing cells in cell-based medicinal products.
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