# Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) Community Focus Group

**URL:** <https://discourse.oceanobservatories.org/t/imaging-flowcytobot-ifcb-community-focus-group/903>\
**Category:** Opportunities\
**Created:** [April 15, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.oceanobservatories.org/t/imaging-flowcytobot-ifcb-community-focus-group/903 "2025-04-15T15:53:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.oceanobservatories.org/t/imaging-flowcytobot-ifcb-community-focus-group/903/1 "2025-04-15T15:53:46Z")

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The NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board (OOIFB) will host an **Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) Community Focus Group** from **June 18-20, 2025,** at the **University of North Carolina, Wilmington’s Center for Marine Science.** The OOIFB would like to convene ~ 25 members of the IFCB community to engage in:

- An introduction and overview of the OOI-IFCB instrument and its data, demonstrating how users can access and download OOI data (example IFCB data products will be shared).
- Guided tutorials and hands-on exercises working with use-case scenarios.
- Key conversations about IFCB community expectations for the NSF OOI (infrastructure and data), and what the NSF OOI expectations may be for the community.

Click here for more information: [Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) Community Focus Group – Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board – OOIFB](https://ooifb.org/imaging-flowcytobot-ifcb-community-focus-group/)