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      <image:title>Technology: All - The Autonomous In-Situ Biogeochemical Sensor System (ABISS) - The ABISS lander deployed at Pt. Dume, California seep sites. (Peter Girguis / Schmidt Ocean Institute)</image:title>
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      <image:caption>The deck crew of R/V Falkor successfully deploys the ABISS Lander from the aft deck. (Mary-Linde Parker)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our high-pressure recovery vessel, or HPRV, that allows us to recover animals and microbes without de-pressurization. (Peter Girguis)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our high-pressure recovery vessel, or HPRV, at the deep-sea vents in the South Pacific. (Peter Girguis / WHOI)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The in situ mass spectrometer (ISMS) is an “open-source” instrument that can measure dissolved gases at depths down to 5000 meters. (Peter Girguis)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The iSMASH in situ preservation system was used to collect and preserve carbonate samples from the Southern California seafloor. (Peter Girguis / Schmidt Ocean Institute)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The in Situ MAcerator and Sample Homogenizer (iSMASH) is an open access tool that allows us to preserve gene and protein expression in situ. (Peter Girguis)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The in situ stable isotope analyzer, nicknamed the “laser spec”, was developed in the Girguis Lab in collaboration with LGR Inc. It measures the carbon isotope ratios of methane and carbon dioxide. (Peter Girguis)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The in situ stable isotope analyzer, nicknamed the “laser spec”, was developed in the Girguis Lab in collaboration with LGR Inc. It measures the carbon isotope ratios of methane and carbon dioxide. (Peter Girguis)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Girguis Lab’s high-pressure mobile facility, which is a one-of-a-kind portable research lab that allows us to keep deep-sea animals and microbes alive at in-situ conditions. (Peter Girguis)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our latest high-pressure mobile lab. (Steel Giraffe LLC)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Girguis Lab, in collaboration with McLane Labs and the Stewart lab @MSU, have developed a low-cost RNA sampler for use on any Niskin bottle rosette. Our goal is to make in situ preservation accessible to a broader community of ocean scholars. (Ivory Engstrom)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A beautiful microbial landscape in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. The sharp lines between different-colored microbial mats suggest these different microbes fighting and collaborating in this hot, harsh, environment. (Peter Girguis)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Riftia pachyptila are mouthless, gutless deep-sea worms that form symbioses with bacteria. They thrive at deep-sea hot vents in the Eastern Pacific. (Peter Girguis / MBARI)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our research on microbial eco-physiology has led to a deeper understanding of how microbes shape mineral deposition, in particular iron-sulfur minerals. (Aude Picard)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our latest benthic microbial fuel cell deployed off the coast of Oregon. (Clare Reimers / WHOI)</image:caption>
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