Update: check out these schematics of our "cooler-sampler"!

Dec 05, 2024

Update: check out these schematics of our "cooler-sampler"!In the interest of making it as easy as possible for our colleagues to re-create this system, I have commissioned this set of drawings that shows the integrated components from different vantages. These will also be included in a PDF document that will list the components necessary and offer some guidance on system assembly. 
I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.
 
Illustration of the "cooler-sampler" with the lid open.
 
Top view of the "cooler-sampler" showing the internal components.
 
A closer look at the interior arrangement.
 
A translucent illustration of the interior components, including the power pack, the Arduino (or equivalent) controller, the peristaltic pumps, and the sampling bags.
 
A closer view of the interior arrangement of the components. The electrical connections have been purposefully left out to reduce clutter.

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David LangBacker

LOVE this. Congrats team!

Dec 05, 20240

About This Project

Do seawater microbes help oysters cope with ocean acidification?

Peter Girguis

Oysters are critical members of our coast, but today they live in more acidic environs thanks to increasing ocean carbon dioxide (CO2). Some marine microbes can combat acidity, and those microbes may be oysters' "secret weapons" in combatting the challenges of acidity. We will build a new sensor/sampler to gently "sip" water from inside oysters to measure microbial composition, chemistry, and acidity inside the oyster, and to see if/how the internal microbiome helps manage acidity.