Bio-Rad Laboratories Engineer checks equipment needed to process samples in order to keep it working in top shape!
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Eastern Ecological Science Center images.
Bio-Rad Laboratories Engineer checks equipment needed to process samples in order to keep it working in top shape!
Lab sample from one of the facilities sitting patiently on the table, waiting to be extracted in the lab.
Lab sample from one of the facilities sitting patiently on the table, waiting to be extracted in the lab.
USGS field team member runs cleaning solution through the autosampler installed at one of the wastewater facilities in Ohio as part of a QA test to see if cleaning procedures affect sample results.
USGS field team member runs cleaning solution through the autosampler installed at one of the wastewater facilities in Ohio as part of a QA test to see if cleaning procedures affect sample results.
Caitlin Beaver (WARC) setting up plates to run ddPCR in the Biosafety-level 3 lab in Leetown, WV.
Caitlin Beaver (WARC) setting up plates to run ddPCR in the Biosafety-level 3 lab in Leetown, WV.
Image of a flow-based composite sample being collected at one of the wastewater facilities to represent a 24-hour sample.
Image of a flow-based composite sample being collected at one of the wastewater facilities to represent a 24-hour sample.
A USGS field team member retrieving the sample bottle from a time-based sampler onsite at a wastewater treatment facility.
A USGS field team member retrieving the sample bottle from a time-based sampler onsite at a wastewater treatment facility.
Field team member Laura Hubbard shows off a sample in the field after pickup from the wastewater facility.
Field team member Laura Hubbard shows off a sample in the field after pickup from the wastewater facility.
Picture of Travis Smith at a wastewater facility filling out paperwork for samples collected that day in the lab van before shipping the same samples to the Leetown, WV lab.
Picture of Travis Smith at a wastewater facility filling out paperwork for samples collected that day in the lab van before shipping the same samples to the Leetown, WV lab.
Red biohazard bag, sealed bags with samples in bottles and a sample box on the ground.
Red biohazard bag, sealed bags with samples in bottles and a sample box on the ground.
Julie Dietze vs. Jonathon Cohl in a Rock/Paper/Scissors showdown that you'd have to see to believe!
Julie Dietze vs. Jonathon Cohl in a Rock/Paper/Scissors showdown that you'd have to see to believe!
Temperature recording tag being surgically implanted into brook trout
Temperature recording tag being surgically implanted into brook troutAnthropogenic factors coupled with increased stochastic weather events (e.g., flood and drought) has caused stream temperatures to increase. Due largely to increased stream temperature, brook trout currently occupy only 70% of their historical distribution and regional models predict further range contraction as stream temperatures continue to increase.
Temperature recording tag being surgically implanted into brook trout
Temperature recording tag being surgically implanted into brook troutAnthropogenic factors coupled with increased stochastic weather events (e.g., flood and drought) has caused stream temperatures to increase. Due largely to increased stream temperature, brook trout currently occupy only 70% of their historical distribution and regional models predict further range contraction as stream temperatures continue to increase.
Anthropogenic factors coupled with increased stochastic weather events (e.g., flood and drought) has caused stream temperatures to increase. Due largely to increased stream temperature, brook trout currently occupy only 70% of their historical distribution and regional models predict further range contraction as stream temperatures continue to increase.
Anthropogenic factors coupled with increased stochastic weather events (e.g., flood and drought) has caused stream temperatures to increase. Due largely to increased stream temperature, brook trout currently occupy only 70% of their historical distribution and regional models predict further range contraction as stream temperatures continue to increase.
The de-watered Turners Falls power canal taken from the S.O. Conte Lab intakes. Juvenile lamprey were collected in the drained water canal via fyke-type traps seen in the lower left.
The de-watered Turners Falls power canal taken from the S.O. Conte Lab intakes. Juvenile lamprey were collected in the drained water canal via fyke-type traps seen in the lower left.
USGS EESC water intake at Conte Research Laboratory
USGS EESC water intake at Conte Research LaboratoryCanal drawdown and cleaning of water intake at USGS EESC Conte Research Laboratory
USGS EESC water intake at Conte Research Laboratory
USGS EESC water intake at Conte Research LaboratoryCanal drawdown and cleaning of water intake at USGS EESC Conte Research Laboratory
Luke Iwanowicz and Clay Raines patiently watching samples filter through zymo columns inside the Biosafety Level-3 lab at the Leetown, WV facility..
Luke Iwanowicz and Clay Raines patiently watching samples filter through zymo columns inside the Biosafety Level-3 lab at the Leetown, WV facility..
Luke Iwanowicz putting samples into manifold inside the Biosafety Level-3 lab at the Leetown, WV facility.
Luke Iwanowicz putting samples into manifold inside the Biosafety Level-3 lab at the Leetown, WV facility.
Justin Krahulik, Logan Neal, Moussu Guira & Julie Dietze finish packing the last shipments for the field.
Justin Krahulik, Logan Neal, Moussu Guira & Julie Dietze finish packing the last shipments for the field.
Luke Iwanowicz conducts RNA extractions in the Biosafety Level-3 lab at Leetown, WV
Luke Iwanowicz conducts RNA extractions in the Biosafety Level-3 lab at Leetown, WV
Rachel Atkins retrieving and packaging samples from each facility, which must be stored on ice during shipment to the Leetown, WV lab
Rachel Atkins retrieving and packaging samples from each facility, which must be stored on ice during shipment to the Leetown, WV lab
1x filtered samples processed via vacuum manifold RNA column filtration. Photos take in the BSL-3 lab are often fuzzy due to phones being kept in sealed plastic for safety.
1x filtered samples processed via vacuum manifold RNA column filtration. Photos take in the BSL-3 lab are often fuzzy due to phones being kept in sealed plastic for safety.
Chelsea Delsack snaps a selfie in sample pickup PPE after packaging samples for shipment to Leetown, WV
Chelsea Delsack snaps a selfie in sample pickup PPE after packaging samples for shipment to Leetown, WV