Hifas Aspergillus niger
Hifas Aspergillus niger - Conídios y conidióforos
Category: Biology
Anything biological
Cloroplastos de espinaca
Cloroplastos de Spinacia oleracea (espinaca)
Hongos y esporas
Hongos y esporas
Bacteria Staphylococcus
Bacteria Staphylococcus en cultivo de agar-agar
Antera con polen
Antera con polén Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Cucarda)
Huevos de Emerita analoga
Huevos de Emerita analoga (muy-muy)
Microscopy in Kenya.
On 4th February we visited schools we collaborate with to implement science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths (STEAM) programs. One such school is St John Fisher’s Mbui Njeru Secondary School in Embu County. This school has been using Foldscope microscopes to unlock unseen worlds. According to their Biology teacher Ephantus Mutiga Schrodinger, this kind of…
Grape Skin and Cacao Beans
These images were submitted in class as part of a foldocsope project where students research about interesting things they can find at home. See more details about it here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1p-gRcXSQNZoegfeIZJn_BXM83JXyuTx-7jXVwQPiKEY/edit?usp=sharing
Pollens of Baobab tree of Tanzania
On my recent visit I got to see the incredible Baobab trees. They are the known flowering plants with longest life span. The genus is Adansonia and family is malvacae
Epazote
La observación de hoy fueron las hojas de un epazote. Corté una hoja y la coloqué en el portaobjetos. Observé muchos círculos de color verde. En esta otra muestra coloqué otra hoja del epazote pero esta hoja tenía algunas manchas rojas. La coloqué en el portaobjetos. Observé algunos círculos blancos. Aquí tomé una semilla del…
Citronela
La observación de hoy fue la citronela de mi casa. Corté una rama pequeña de la citronela. Tomé una pedazo de la hoja y la coloqué al portaobjetos. Pude ver círculos y una línea que cruza. En esta otra muestra corté un pedazo de tallo y la coloqué en el portaobjetos. Pude darme cuenta que…
Plasmodium Falciparum Ringstages – How can I see them more clearly?
I stumbled upon Foldscopes and was interested whether they are really able to detect Malaria. Therefore i bought some Foldscopes as well as malaria parasite samples. However I am not sure if the magnification is enough to clearly detect Malaria and even distinguish different strains. The best thing i could do was zooming in on…
Invasive Beauty
I am an undergraduate student at Princeton University, studying ecology. Princeton is a beautiful place, complemented by the range of native and exotic plants planted around the campus. In the fall, these trees and bushes burst into bright reds, oranges, and yellows. With my foldscope, I examined a leaf of a Winged Burning Bush (Euonymus…
Chia seeds
Dense structure of the chia seed which germinated in water for a week. One the left is the chia seed which germinated in water for a week and on the right is a picture of a dry chia seed. I use chia seeds on a regular basis for my smoothies, oatmeal and chia puddings. A…
Bolsa de jabón
La observación de hoy fue una bolsa en la que se envuelve el jabón de baño. Corté un pedazo de la bolsa y la coloqué en el portaobjetos. Logré observar unas líneas grises y círculos negros. En esta otra muestra corté un pedazo abultado. Observé algunas líneas y en el centro de la muestra unos…
A fuzzy, white blanket
There is nothing that compares to a bite of fresh, vibrant fruit on a gentle spring day. Yet even during the chilly months, my sweet tooth never stops. So you could imagine my excitement when my roommate gifted me with an armful of blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries. I stashed them in my fridge only…
Autumn Autopsy
Living in the Mid-Atlantic means living through 4 distinct seasons, every single year. 4 different lives, 4 different climates, and 4 different times, complete with their own characteristics and narratives that shape every year as they pass. I’ve been thinking a lot about the anthropocene, and what life looks like because of human intervention; what…
Leaf Life
I conducted this project as part of Professor Pringle’s EEB321 class at Princeton University. I had never used a fold scope before, and was excited to see clear, interesting images through the lenses. One of my best images was the one shown here, which shows a small leaf that I found on the Princeton University…
A tiny, ancient tree
While walking to lab last week, a stunning sight caught my eye. It was a young gingko tree, covered in bright green-yellow leaves. This tree was interesting to me because I knew that all other tree of this species have dropped their leaves by this point in the season. Their fan-shaped leaves had fluttered silently…
Spotted lanternfly wing
As spotted lanternflies began to ravage the Princeton campus, students were encouraged to stomp them out if found. The student body has responded to this call: a brief stroll through the paved campus walkways reveals the carnage inflicted upon the adult lanterfly population. But few students have taken the time or had the curiosity to…
Effie’s Amazing Discoveries
These are the samples that I found at my house. The first one is grape skin, which is purple in colour. Next, in the middle is fiber from a T-shirt. Lastly, at the right is a type of vegetable.
My Microcosmos Soil Sample
This is a sample of soil that is used by the foldscope. Extra: This is a sample of a fiber from a shirt. (You can distinguish the fiber sample by the long strips.)
Cytoplasmic streaming in spiderworts – part 1
It’s been such a ping time I uploaded some of my foldscope data; so happy to bring my regular habit of writing my observations openly for the foldscope community Today, we will explore a surprising cel type which is so accessible – you can watch some remarkable processes that make cells work. These are “trichomes”…
Online Webinar on Foldscope and its Applications by Dr Parul Gurjar
Online webinar on Foldscope and its applications organized by Dept. of Microbiology, Seth Kesarimal Porwal College, Kamptee, Nagpur in Collaboration with Dept. of Botany Arvindbabu Deshmukh Mahavidyalaya Bharsingi, Narkhed, Nagpur where the expert talk was given by Dr. Parul Gurjar, Former Junior Research Fellow, Indo-US DBT Foldscope.
Mystery of empty shell on tree trunks
I have been spotting empty shells of white colour on many tree trunks in Mumbai. I didn’t know what organism made them. This post is summary of journey I took to find out. The mystery remained unsolved for more than a year, but today another person made similar observation and posted on twitter and an…
Piel de manzana
La observación de hoy fue la piel de una manzana. Corté un pedazo de manzana. Le quité con cuidado una parte de la piel. La coloqué en el portaobjetos. Logré ver solo unos círculos grises con manchas de color café. Aquí nuevamente corté un pedazo delgado de la manzana. Lo coloqué en el portaobjetos. Logré…
Foldscope workshop for primary school students in Tanzania.
Foldscope session conducted at St. Joseph primary school , as part of rising stem star session conducted by projekt inspire team . Students were able to explore micro-world , to capture new knowledge related to science of living things and they saw how microworld appeared under 140x magnification using foldscope.
My Dictyostelium story
It was some 33 years almost to the date. There were three of us, partners in science; Srinivas V., Vinay T, and myself. We had just read this wonderful book on slime molds by William Loomis and we simply had to see this form of life. The Ruia college microbiology department is an unusual one….