Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies

01/23/2026

Bonjour! 🇫🇷 This week, members of the team traveled to the Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), home of the Quantitative Imaging Platform of Villefranche-sur-Mer (PIQv) and .

EcoTaxa is an online platform that combines machine learning and WoRMS taxonomy to support classification. 🔬 We were especially excited to attend this workshop since recent updates to FlowCam’s software now allow users to export data and images in EcoTaxa’s required format. We look forward to the many new and exciting collaborative possibilities with EcoTaxa.

Highlights from the week included:

✔️ Interacting with the amazing PIQv team
✔️ Touring the historic LOV facilities
✔️ Connecting with wonderful FlowCam users from across Europe
✔️ Learning tips & tricks for using EcoTaxa

Bonne imagerie! 📸

01/23/2026

Bonjour! 🇫🇷 This week, members of the team traveled to the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), home of the Quantitative Imaging Platform of Villefranche-sur-Mer (PIQv) and .

EcoTaxa is an online platform that combines machine learning and WoRMS taxonomy to support classification. 🔬 We were especially excited to attend this workshop since recent updates to FlowCam's software now allow users to export data and images in EcoTaxa's required format. We look forward to the many new and exciting collaborative possibilities with EcoTaxa.

Highlights from the week included:

✔️ Interacting with the amazing PIQv team
✔️ Touring the historic LOV facilities
✔️ Connecting with wonderful FlowCam users from across Europe
✔️ Learning tips & tricks for using EcoTaxa

Bonne imagerie! 📸

01/16/2026

We love hearing how FlowCam is used in the real world! We caught up with Charles Walsh last week at the Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition in Portland, Maine.

📽️ In this short video, Charlie shares his experience using FlowCam while working with algae bioreactors and how flow imaging microscopy supported their day-to-day work. From gaining clearer insight into cell populations to making decisions with more confidence, it’s a great example of the impact that high-speed image-based data can have in practice.

01/12/2026

Register for a FlowCam Workshop at OSM 2026! 🌊

We're excited to be hosting an upcoming workshop that’s perfect for plankton ecologists who want to explore if FlowCam is the right fit for their lab.

🧪 Flow Imaging Microscopy in the Plankton Researcher’s Toolbox
🗓 Sunday, 22 February 2026, 10:00–12:00
📍 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland

This session—designed for those new to flow imaging microscopy (FIM)—will introduce how FlowCam can be integrated into analytical workflows spanning freshwater to marine ecosystems. Attendees will see a live FlowCam demonstration and hear user examples showing how FIM complements other techniques like eDNA, fluorometry, AI, and cytometry to characterize plankton type, abundance, size, shape, and distribution.

Learn more and register via the workshop page!
🔗 https://info.fluidimaging.com/osm-2026-flowcam-workshop-registration

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Register for a workshop on Flow Imaging Microscopy for Plankton Research.

12/22/2025

Our FlowCam team wishes you a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year! ❄️

Can you spot the particles hidden in the image below?

Look for: human cells, shellfish larvae, drug delivery vehicles, silicone oil droplets, a tomato cell, and phytoplankton, including Tabellaria, Cochlodinium, and diatom frustules.

12/18/2025

🎆 As we wrap up 2025, our new blog post highlights some exciting progress and what’s on deck for the year ahead at Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies.

From expanding global support and enhancing customer research to advancing software like VisualSpreadsheet 6.1, it’s been a year of collaboration, innovation, and community engagement.

If you’re interested in how flow imaging microscopy is evolving and how FlowCam plans to support researchers across industries in 2026, check out the full blog post: https://www.fluidimaging.com/news/looking-toward-2026

12/18/2025

Tessa is our Flow Cam expert here at the Downeast Institute! You can see the internal workings of the Flow Cam and some of the pictures it captured from a water sample collected here in our backyard.

12/16/2025

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to see at CERF! We loved engaging with students who are passionate about estuarine science and love using FlowCam—including Sarah McCaffrey, the winner of our FlowCam raffle!

Sarah is an NSF-RaMP BOATS intern at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab under Dr. Brian Dzwonkowski. While on a semester away at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, she used FlowCam to investigate distribution patterns in the South Atlantic Bight.

Her favorite phytoplankton to see in the samples were Akashiwo sanguinea: “They just look so cute even though they can be harmful,” Sarah said. Next steps for Sarah include applying for graduate opportunities in marine ecology.

Congratulations, Sarah!

11/07/2025

We're excited to be exhibiting at CERF this year! FlowCam Aquatic Sales Manager, Leah Anne Gibala-Smith, will be in Richmond next week to tell you more about our new export feature for plankton community analysis along the freshwater to marine continuum.

Visit us in Booth 301, and you'll be entered to win a raffle for an LL Bean backpack, a FlowCam sweater vest, a dinoflagellate figurine, and some other fun goodies!

📆 November 9 – 13, 2025
📍 Greater Richmond Convention Center, Booth 301

We look forward to hearing your insights, questions, and ideas—the best progress happens when we collaborate.

https://conference.cerf.science/

Please join us at the CERF 2025 conference on 9–13 November 2025 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. We come together in an inclusive and welcoming space to network, celebrate our work, learn from each other, and grow within our amazing field as we endeavor to connect science and society in the collective...

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from the team at ! 👻

Our spooky spider is spun from real microscopic particles captured by FlowCam.🕷️🔬

10/29/2025

Will we see you next week at ?

If you’re attending the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Symposium, stop by Booth #1 to see FlowCam in action. 💧

Bring a water sample from your lake or study site, and we’ll analyze it live at our booth—so you can see your sample’s microbial community in action, including algae and cyanobacteria

We’re looking forward to connecting with lake managers, researchers, and anyone passionate about understanding what’s in their water. See you there!



https://www.nalms.org/

10/27/2025

🌿 Exploring the hidden world of freshwater plankton 🌿

From upland peat bogs to tiny puddles, every drop of water holds a unique microbial story. In our latest blog post, FlowCam Field Application Scientist Daniela Sturm takes readers into England’s upland bogs to reveal how imaging technology helps uncover the diversity of microscopic life in these overlooked ecosystems.

Using FlowCam, Daniella captured thousands of plankton images in minutes, showing how small shifts in water clarity or vegetation can completely change community structure.

It’s a reminder that microbial ecology doesn’t just happen in the lab—it starts in the field, with curiosity, a sample bottle, and the right tools.

Read the story: https://www.fluidimaging.com/blog/freshwater-plankton-microbial-ecology-flowcam

Come along on a hike to explore freshwater plankton and microbial ecology with FlowCam—rapidly capture diverse plankton communities in upland bog habitats.