Place: The Wangoi Higher Secondary School, Wangoi, Manipur Audience: High school students Samples studied: Dissected insect part microstructure Green leaf slice microstructure
Category: Biology
Anything biological
North-East Twinning Program: Hands-on-Demonstration of Foldscope and Its Practical Application in Education-#Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: Mayai Lambi College, Imphal-West, Manipur Audience: High school students Samples studied: Dissected insect part microstructure Green leaf slice microstructure
North-East Twinning Program: Hands-on-Demonstration of Foldscope and Its Practical Application in Education-#Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: The Little Master English Hr. Sec. School, Shamurou, Imphal-West, Manipur Audience: High school students Samples studied: Microstructure leaf structure Flower petals microstructure
North-East Twinning Program: Hands-on-Demonstration of Foldscope and Its Practical Application in Education-#Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: Khuman Maheikol School, Imphal-West, Manipur Audience: High school students Samples studied: Microstructure leaf structure Flower petals microstructure
North-East Twinning Program: Hands-on-Training and Demonstration of Foldscope and Its Practical Application in Agriculture and Allied Fields- #Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: Local Farmer’s Club, Imphal West (Manipur) Audience: Farmers and others (8 members) Samples studied: Diseased paddy leaf- microstructure
North-East Twinning Program: Hands-on-Demonstration of Foldscope and Its Practical Application in Education-#Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: Brilliant Public School, Shamurou, Imphal-West, Manipur Audience: High school students Samples studied: Leaf structure Flower petals microstructure
North-East Twinning Program: Hands-on-Training and Demonstration of Foldscope and Its Practical Application in Agriculture and Allied Fields- #Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: Taothong Multipurpose Development Farmer’s Club, Lamsang Bazar, Imphal West (Manipur) Audience: Farmers and others Samples studied: Mould infested paddy sample Diseased paddy leaf Pond water sample
North-East Twinning Program: Hands-on-Demonstration of Foldscope and Its Practical Application in Education-#Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: Praja High School, Langjing, Imphal, Manipur Audience: Head master and students of Class 9 and 10. Samples studied: Green leaf microstructure Insect microstructure
North-East Twinning Program: Lecture and in-hand demonstration of Foldscope and Its Applications for Farmers on the event of “World Soil Day” (5th December 2018), organized by Krishi Vigyan Kendra- Imphal West, Manipur-#Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: Krishi Vigyan Kendra- Imphal West, Manipur Audience: Farmers (more than 80) Samples studied: Flower petal Diseased plant leaf
North-East Twinning Program: Hands-on-Training workshop on Assembling Foldscope and Its Various Applications in Food safety, Agriculture and Allied fields-#Indiafoldscopephase 1
Place: National Training on “Advancement in Seed Testing for North Eastern Hill Region”, KVK-Imphal (Manipur) Audience: ICAR researchers, experts and scientists (30) Samples studied: Flower petals Leaf microstructure
Foldscope Demonstration to School Students
Higher secondary school students from ‘Santosh Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tambaram East, , Chennai, Tamil Nadu’ visited our laboratory on 07th Jan, 2019. We demonstrated the assembly and use of foldscope microscope to students. Students excited on seeing the foldscope microscope. Students enjoyed the live documentation and digitalization of various samples.
Foldscope Demonstration to School Students
Higher secondary school students from ‘P.A.K. Palanisamy Higher Secondary School, Old Washermenpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu’ visited our laboratory on 07th Jan, 2019. We demonstrated the assembly and use of foldscope microscope to students. Students excited on seeing the foldscope microscope. Students enjoyed the live documentation of various samples.
Paramecium
Unicellular protozoan commonly called as Slipper Animal
Euglena
Single celled protozoan with a flagellum
Zooplankton
zooplankton
Rotifers playing as a team
Rotifers playing
Name this Zooplankton
I spotted this in a water sample moving very quickly
Fungi everywhere -3
Sample 3 is of dried cake of Henna paste. Henna powder is applied as a natural dye to greying hair in our country (India). The powder is soaked overnight and then applied on hair. Somehow my friend did not get time to apply it and the paste dried up. When she noticed it after 3-4…
Fungi everywhere -2
Sample -2 is of juice, which we normally relish at juice corners roadside. But never have seen whether the vendor washed the utensils or the juicer. The old juice left in the jar normally starts to ferment within a few hours. You can see the thick sporangia isolated from beet and carrot juice left overnight…
Foldscopes with science teachers and students from Tribal Ashram Shalas of Maharashtra
A team from the TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences (TCIS), Hyderabad, conducted Foldscope sessions for science teachers of the Tribal Ashram Shalas (residential schools) from the Amravati District of Maharashtra. The training sessions were attended by 64 teachers of middle to high school, which were carried out in four batches. The sessions were part of…
LARGE CARDAMOM RUST
The section showing rust spores under foldscope from leaves of large cardamom from, ICAR-NOFRI, Sikkim
RUST IN CARDAMOM
The section showing cardamom rust spores caused by Phakospora elettaria observed under foldscope from ICAR-NOFRI, Sikkim
Fungi everywhere
Fungi are the organisms that can find a place to grow anywhere. They can cause rotting of fruits, vegetables or juices. I have now starting exploring all such substrates that are suitable for fungal growth. Sample -1 is from a juice corner, where I could spot roughage being thrown as waste serving as an easy…
Planktons of Sabarmati – Is it Commensalism?
Are these creatures exhibiting some sort of commensalism behaviour ??? I am not sure, but some sort of behavioral interaction can be seen.
Planktons of Sabarmati river, Ahmedabad through foldscope
Sabarmati water was collected from the river front from different sites. One of the areas that had planktonic growth was strained through the mesh and sample fixed on a slide to view through the foldscope to find some mobility of planktons that is being shared with the community. Please help identify the organism……. Sample -1…
Periphyton diversity of periyar river kerala
Images of algae Pediastrum taken using foldscope