On the 1st of December, we visited the Tamphasana Girls Higher Secondary School(T.G Higher Secondary School), an all-girls school named after a Manipuri princess. It was established in the year 1935 and so it had a vintage charm to it. The girls were all wearing the traditional phanek as their uniform and were very jovial and friendly. The…
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T.S. of Petiole of Mango , without staining , 13.11.2018, ( sample collected from farm of ICAR, Meghalaya).
T.S. of Petiole of Mango , without staining , 13.11.2018,( sample collected from farm of ICAR, Meghalaya). It is clear that there is spectrum of light or light reflection which is near to epidermis, How we can explain it ? We have seen it in some other T.S. images of petiole even inside the cell...
Presentation and demonstration of Foldscope in workshop @Imtech, Chandigarh
A 5 day long workshop was conducted at MTCC, CSIR-Imtech. Attending the workshop at Institute of Microbial Technology, Imtech, Chandigarh, was a wonderful experience for me, as not only I got a chance to learn about new techniques in the field of microbial systematics, but also got a chance to meet the academic and industrial…
Foldscope workshop for undergraduate students
In Dayalbagh Educational Institute, we have a compulsory half-course to be taken up by first year undergraduate students. The half-course is an interdisciplinary course, which can be opted from any other department other than your own. Foldscope workshop was conducted in the Environmental Sciences class which is a half-course attended by students from a wide…
T.S. of petiole of leaf sample
T.S. of petiole of leaf of peepal, somple collected from ICAR, Umiam, Meghalaya under twinning programme with North-east region.
Workshop Arranged and Demonstration done in an Exemplary way
LAKES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHIMTAL again arranged an interactive session regarding the Foldscope. The Enthusiasm and excitement is ascalating among the students. Today, we had this prodigious opportunity to demonstrate the students who never ever knew the Foldscope or its usage and never had Access to it. They were seen delighted, Sunny, glowing and beatific. Well,…
T.S. of Petiole of Bamboo leaf
T.S. of Petiole of Bamboo leaf (sample collected from ICAR,Meghalaya), Staining with safranin
T.S. OF Petiole of Bamboo leaf
T.S. of Petiole of Bamboo leaf (sample collected from ICAR,Meghalaya)
T.s. of Petiole of Bamboo Leaf
T.S. Petiole of Bamboo leaf (sample collected from ICAR,Meghalaya),without staning
Workshop successfully conducted and the foldscope experiments were really appreciated
Workshop successfully conducted in SARASWATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BHIMTAL | INDIAN MODERN SCHOOL, MEHRAGAON, BHIMTAL | BROOKDALE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, SATTAL, BHOWALI | Workshop began with the introduction to Foldscope followed by displaying some images of the experiment clicked by our school LAKES INTERNATIONAL like Pollen grains, Algae ; etc, to awaken the excitement within the students….
Exposing the microfauna on unwashed clothes through Foldscope
Health and hygiene are two important interlinked parameters, for example, It is obvious that clothing picks up dirt from the environment and work areas. In fact, a human shed about 500 million skin cells and a liter of sweat every day. Our clothing absorbs this sweat and other secretions from our body. The body heat…
COTTON FIBRE
S ABHIK EKYA SCHOOLS, ITPL The fibre taken here is cotton. the fibre is made of cellulose and the fluffy hair like extension are seen.
Workshop on use of Foldscope for observing various nano materials
College : CMR National PU College ITPL Bangalore Students involved: II PU (grade 12) Description: Workshop on use of Foldscope to view various nano materials was conducted in our college campus today. Students were explained about foldscope and its use. They made slides to observe different nano materials as well as pollens, insects, chemicals etc. …
T.S. OF Petiole of Carica papaya
We have seen the light reflection in the T.S. of Petiole of papaya.
Stomata seen in the T.S. of wild plant leaf
T.S. OF leaf of wild plant its leaf look like a leaf of Ficus religiosa (peepal). The leaf blade of this plant becomes slightly thick than the Ficus religiosa. It has two more sharp corner besides the main Sharp end of leaf. The number of stomata present under the surface of leaf are found to...
Open and closed stomata in the wild plant leaf. # India Foldscope Phase I
Open and closed stomata in the wild plant leaf.
Creating slides by graduate students for Foldscope
In continuation to our previous post, we decided to show individuals a wide range of parasites and bacteria that could reside on clothes. For this, we have picked few soiled clothing, unwashed clothes for more than a month and used them for preparation of slides. We anticipate that these slides when inserted in foldscope…
Miranda House, University of Delhi
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One Day Workshop on Foldscope- It’s assembly and applications. Conducted by Madras Veterinary College
DBT Foldscope scheme – ” Foldscopes for diagnosis of rumen acidosis and parasitic infections in cattle”. A one Day Workshop on Foldscope’- It’s assembly and applications was conducted on 14.11.2018 at Student day care centre- seminar hall of Madras Veterinary college by the Dept. of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Madras Veterinary College Chennai – 07….
Foldscope Utilisation for detection of pebrine disease in muga silkworms
#Indiafoldscopephase1#DBTfoldscope#Muga#Farmers#Assam To eliminate a rigid disease like pebrine (Nosema assama) in muga silkworms, muga mother moth protocol is an urgent need to be adopted in sericulture practicing areas especially in the remote areas where such practices are skipped due to financial issues. Foldscope can do wonders in this concern. It is cost effective as well…
Foldscope workshop with students of commerce
Institute name: CMR National PU College,ITPL, Bangalore Students: Commerce students of I PUC Description: A workshop was conducted with students studying commerce to inculcate interest in studying science using foldscope. Students were fascinated to see various samples of nano materials, mosquitoes and other insects as well as chemicals under the foldscope. They analysed the samples…
Structural changes in the different plants (Poster Presentation)
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DBT Twinning Program: Miranda House, University of Delhi & Division of Crop Production, ICAR RC NEH, Umiam Meghalaya.
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T.S. of Petiole of Ocimum tenuiflorum(Tulsi) collected from ICAR,Umiam, Meghalaya.
T.S. of Petiole of Ocimum tenuiflorum(Tulsi) collected from ICAR,Umiam, Meghalaya.
Observation of Stomata of Colocasia through Foldscope.
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Schools Kids getting involved in the Innovation of Foldscope.
Stomata of Brassica oleracea (Cabbage) seen in the T.S. of leaf of cabbage under the foldscope ( sample collected from farm of ICAR, Meghalaya).
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Nort-East Twinning Programme: One day workshop on Foldscope: Experience/ Curiosity of a child (Utkarsh Kataria, IVth Class student, Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar, New Delhi) about the Foldscope shared with 7th-10th Class students @ MeECL Secondary School, Barapani, Umiam, Meghalaya during the workshop held on 3rd November, 2018.
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