Category: Biology

Anything biological

Colloid Goitre

The section shows thyroid macro follicles filled with eosinophilic colloid as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Prostate

The section shows prostate tissue showing prostatic acini and surrounding stroma as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Thyroid

The section shows thyroid tissue showing follicles lined by flat cuboidal epithelium and filled with colloid as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Product of Conception

The section shows chorionic villi lined by cytotrophoblast and haemorrhage as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Endometrium

A section from endometrium shows cystically dilated atrophic endometrial glands and stromal tissue as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Exocervix

A section from exocervix shows hyperplastic, hyperkeratotic covering squamous epithelium as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Copepods

The structure observe under the foldscope contains one centrally located compound eye, two pair of antennae, transparent body (exoskeleton) etc by the students.

Variation in different varieties of Portulaca

In our college garden variously colored  Portulacas are blooming. I was fascinated by the various colours and types and observed their behaviour closely. They are a typical case of Photoperiodism (day length). Commonly called as the Time Flower (Dopahar Khidi in Punjabi), as the flower opens and closes at specific times of the day. Portulacas…

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Endometrium

The section shows atrophic endometrial glands along with stromal tissue as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

moongdhal granules

               Today ZPHS .Rallabuduguru school students came to lab they collected moongdhal after that taken motor and fisten than grained   after that kept the under fold scope  saw the granules structure we are very happy to this type of instruments used nicely visible .  

Fibroadenoma

The section shows breast tissue showing both intra and pericanalicular pattern of Fibroadenoma as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Appendix

The section shows appendiceal mucosa along with lymphoid cells and RBCs as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Nasal Polyp

The section shows polyp lined by covering epithelium along with oedematous stroma and inflammatory cells as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Exocervix

Section show covering stratified squamous epithelium and underlying stromal tissue as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Adenocarcinoma

The section from biopsy lungs shows malignant cells forming acini embedded in stromal tissue as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Fibrokeratoma

Section from biopsy thumb shows fibro-collagenous stroma lined by stratified squamous epithelium as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Monosodium glutamate crystals

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is responsible for the umami or “savoury” taste of many of our foods. I was able to buy a tiny amount at a bulk food store for only a few pennies….can’t recall the last time I bought something so interesting for only a few pennies!

Moss in my garde

I located some moss plants growing in a shady corner of my garden.  On foldscoping, I could make out these were moss protonema (i.e. juvenile moss plants). On germination spores of mosses form green filamentous leafy structures that usually lak midrib. These are called Primary protonema. These then give way to slightly big leafy structures called…

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Help me identify these

I’m totally new to the world of microcosmos. My formal academic background in biology ends at 10th grade(In India). This is a drop of puddle water, and looks like someone’s having breakfast! Can someone help me identify this predator and the prey? (I have probably misunderstood the scene. Experts suggested this is probably a mating…

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Flat worm

The sample is collected from an unused pond by our students and observed under foldscope. The following structure is obtained by attaching cellphone to the foldscope.

Raw Honey – polarizing light clip

Raw Honey often contains pollen and tiny bits of beeswax. I think the structure at about 4 o’clock maybe wax, but am not sure if I can say so confidently. As you watch the clip under polarized light, you can see the sugar (primarily glucose and fructose) crystals shimmering. Ambient room temperature is quite high…

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Raw Honey (Unpasteurized)

Raw Honey plane polarized light.  You can see some of the crystalline structure of the sugars here.