Alternaria Solani pathogen – causal agent of Early blight fungal diseases in tomatoes. #Indiqfoldscopephasel
Our Second Workshop On the Awreness Of The Foldscope.
Our purpose behind the school visit is that make every rural student aware about the foldscope.Students are very exiting to learn about the foldscope. with the help of students we prepare different slides.
Invited talk and Demonstration of Foldscope
Invited talk and Demonstration of Foldscope to students of Alagappa University, Department of Microbiology on 15 October, 2018. Dr. Poonam Singh/ Srinivasa Sundara Rajan R CSIR-CECRI Karaikudi
Pollen of Malvastrum Coromandelianum under foldscope
Commonly called as three lobe false mallow .It is an annual to short perennial plant.It spreads by seeds ,often carried by animals.Common weed for roadside ,dump site.It is a drought resistant plant.
Pollen of Combretum Indicum observed under foldscope
Commonly called as Rangoon Creeper and also known as Chinese honey suckle.It is a vine with red flowers clusters and is found in Asia.It can reach from 2.5 to 8 mt.The flowers are fragnant and tubular and their colour varies from white to pink to red .It is used as herbal medicine .The flowers change…
Petals of different flowers under foldscope
I am thrilled to observe these colored cells under foldscope. The Persian blue, yellow, red and orange colored cells are from Shankapushpi, marry-gold, Rose and Chrysanthemum. This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.
Pollen of Datura observed under foldscope
It is an annual shrubby plant that typically reaches a height of 0.6 to 1.5 mt .It’s stems and leaves are covered with short and soft grayish hairs,giving the whole plant a grayish appearance.The flowers are trumpet shaped.
Pollen of Pomegranate observed under foldscope
It is a fruit bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing 6 to 10 mt hight.It has multiple spiny branches and is extremely long-lived.The flowers are bright red with 3 to 7 petals.
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Onion cells observed under fold scope onion cells were stained with methylene blue and iodine
Twinning program between Foldscope teams of The D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai and Bijni College, Assam.
On sixth day i.e. 1st October 2018 we conducted a session on “Foldscope: Assembly and Applications” in Bijni College, Assam. The Professors of different Departments participated in the session. The session included assembly of foldscope and observation of pre-prepared slides. Two foldscope were given to the Departments of Botany and Physics for future…
Twinning program between Foldscope teams of The D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai and Bijni College, Assam.
On fourth day i.e. 29th September 2018 we conducted a National Workshop on “Foldscope: Assembly, Hands-on Training and Applications” in Basugaon Higher Secondary School, Chirang District, Assam. The workshop included an interactive talk with the students which was given by Dr. Sewali Pathak- Principal Investigator Assam and Junior Research Fellow- Ms.Priti Dubey, Mumbai. This was…
FOLDSCOPE introduced to TIFR Fellow and the team at CUBE (collaboratively Understanding Biology Education) Hub at S P Hr.Sec School Srinagar J and K
*MODEL ORGANISM: HYDRA* The sample was brought by Dr Gagan TIFR Mumbai Fellow but the sample was decayed during the transit from Mumbai to Kashmir but any way when Foldscope was introduced and demonstrated live Microbes were seen under Foldscope. _* Protocol:*_ In a 250 ml beaker add 200 ml DC water. DC waterborne can…
Twinning program between Foldscope teams of The D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai and Bijni College, Assam.
On third day we dissected four more freshwater fishes namely Epidocephalicthys gunthea, Psilorhyncus balitora, Acanthocobitis botia and Borioa darieo. We learned the taxonomic method of identification through foldscope. We prepared slides of different parts of body of fishes which included Mouth parts, Fins, Gills, and Scales. We observed all the slides through foldscope. We also prepared…
Twinning program between Foldscope teams of The D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai and Bijni College, Assam.
On second day under Twinning Program, we explored the campus of Bijni college and collected botanical and water samples. the samples were of different kinds of leaves, flowers and water samples. We prepared slides of the collected samples and observed them under fold-scope. We observed different kind of stomata, pollen, spirogyra and mosquito larvae. We…
One Day Workshop at High School Agraharam Chennai
Introducing Foldscope at our nearby Govt High School conducted on 16-10-2018
the students first time looks through foldscope
During the session on workshop Manuprakash Sir’s video about Foldscope was playing .
Foldscope workshop
Higher secondary students of Lakshmipuram Chennai were highly excited to see the Foldscope .
Foldscope workshop
Introduction of foldscope at our neighbouring school .
FOLDSCOPE TRAINING PROGRAM AND WORKSHOP
I HAVE CONDUCTED FOLDSCOPE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 100 STUDENTS IN MUNUCIPAL MIDDLE SCHOOL KADAYANALLUR IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT TAMILNADU.
FOLDSCOPE TRAINING PROGRAM
I have conducted foldscope training program for 80 students in Nalla Mani Yadava College Of Education at kodikuruchi Tirunelveli district. Tamilnadu.
FOLDSCOPE TRAINING PROGRAM
I have conducted foldscope training progrom for 100 students in Ratna high school at kadayanallur Tirunelveli district Tamilnadu. #
Hunting microfossils: a failed experiment
Work brought me to Jaipur, Rajasthan. It is located in Aravali mountain range, the oldest in Indian subcontinent. I thought it is a best time and place to look for microfossils. While traveling to work, I spotted exposed sedimentary rock. It was exposed due to road construction (see photo). I scrapped done surface deposit and…
periphyton diversity of river periyar
different algal images taken using foldscpe
#IRTC – PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON DRINKING WATER QUALITY USING FOLDSCOPE
An awareness programme conducted regarding the microworld in drinking water by checking the presence of planktons in the water sample using foldscope. The programme was coordinated by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (Kssp) activists of Keralassery Panchayath as part of “The complete health village programme”. It was conducted As a 1st step of the complete…