Archive for the ‘Feature Stories’ Category 
Instrument Training Workshop in Brazil
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
LI-COR scientists recently returned from South America where, together with prominent Brazilian scientists, they conducted a week long workshop covering photosynthesis, soil gas exchange, and eddy covariance flux measurements. The workshop was organized with the help of Dr. Ricardo Oliveira and LI-COR’s distributor in Brazil, Alem Mar Comercial e Industrial. Over sixty participants from universities…
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From Student to Teacher with the LI-6400
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
Dr. Doug Aubrey, plant ecophysiologist, understands first-hand the importance of using research-grade instrumentation while an undergraduate. As a student who had the opportunity to use the LI-6400 Portable Photosynthesis System in his undergraduate education, Aubrey is now switching roles from student to teacher in hopes of providing undergrads the same hands-on learning and research experience…
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Closing the Methane Gap: Scaling up from the ecosystem to the globe
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Direct measurements of methane flux from wetlands are critical to our understanding of the global methane cycle. Due to the difficulty of deploying sophisticated sensors in wetlands, however, these data have been collected from relatively few locations around the planet. Nevertheless, they are are needed to improve global climate models. Dr. Karina Schäfer, Assistant Professor…
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Undergraduates Learn with the LI-6400XT, Thanks to LEEF Grants
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is a rare but important plant species that is renowned for its medical uses. Collection from the wild, however, has placed the species at risk throughout its native range. Therefore, research that improves the quality of cultivated ginseng plants has value, both for the commercial product and for conservation of the…
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