Class – 7 A Date – 18/1/2019 When hot oil spills on the skin,it becomes black and dry after few days and the dry skin comes out as new skin develop after cell division.When the same happened on my hand, I thought why not explore the dry dead skin under the foldscope.The dead skin was…
Calcium chloride – polarized
This salt is used to give fireworks their orange colour, as a de-icer, desssicant and in heating pads. Not only is it hygroscopic, taking water from the atmosphere, but it is also deliquescent — absorbing so much water from the atmosphere as to form an aqueous solution. I made this slide with a glass slide…
Rhodophyta under Foldscope with Twinning North-East Partner
Polysiphonia is a red alga that are usually well branched and are attached by rhizoids or haptera to a rocky surface or other algae. The thallus (tissue) consists of fine branched filaments each with a central axial filament supporting pericentral cells. At the jetty not only Polysiphonia was found to be entwined with the other…
Algal Biodiversity
21/01/2019, 17:25 pm. F005- Tandulwadi Spirogyra, PI: Dr. T. Borse.
Student orientation programme in Chilika Sarkari Upra Vidyalaya, Injanpur.
On 21ST January 2019, Foldscope Team of Wetland Research and Training Centre, Chilika Development Authority, Balugaon, visited Chilika Sarkari Upra Vidyalaya, Injanpur, Odisha to educate the students of 6th to 8th standard on Seagrass biodiversity of Chilika and use of Foldscope. Around 70 students of school took an active participation in the interactive programme to know about…
Foldscope workshop with II PU students
College name: CMR National PU College, ITPL, Bangalore Students involved: II PU (grade 12) A workshop on Foldscope use and research was conducted in our college involving II PU students to develop scientific and research aptitude. The students were divided into groups and were explained about the importance and ease of use of Foldscope. They…
Round micro organism at Dimulgaon area.
Yesterday on field visit I got this micro organism at Dimulgaon area near Kokrajhar (Assam). Please identify this organism. Thanks.
WORKSHOP ON FOLDSCOPE-APPLICATIONS OF FOLDSCOPE IN BIOSCIENCE
College – Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous) Prinicipal Investigator – Dr. S. Sharmila Project Assistants – E.K. Ramya and S. Mownika The PG and Research Department of Botany organized a Guest lecture Programme on the topic entitled “Applications of Foldscope in Bioscience and Ecosystem Biomonitoring through Environmental DNA Metaborcoding approach” on 10.01.2019 under DBT –Foldscope…
Chromatin Condensates
Mixing a bacterially expressed chromatin binding protein with a large piece of DNA results inthe formation of chromatin droplets that separate themselves from the surrounding liquid, like oil in a puddle. If you look carefully, you can spot a merging event of 2 droplets from the above picture The droplets flow and interact with themselves...
Citrus blackfly (Aleurocanthus woglumi) viewed under foldscope
Nymph Head region Dark brown in color with numerous spines covering the body
Workshop on “Use of Foldscope for Farmers to Identify Crop Pest and Diseases “on 28.11.18 at Anaicut village, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu.
Groundnut Rust (Puccinia arachidis) Brown spot of Rice (Helminthosporium oryzae) Grey blight of Guava (Pestalotia) Red rust of Guava (Cephaleuros virescens)
Popularisation of Foldscope
On July 10, 2018Popuarisation of Foldscope: Indian Council of Agricultural Research Complex - NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib
Microstomum lineare ?
This is another giant flatworm from the same habitat. It was really incredible to see the feeding behavior of this worm under the foldscope. I consider it as Microstomum lineare after consulting the available information on the species. I request @ Manu sir, to validate the identification. Cheers,
A GIANT CILIATE
In the same location from my last post I have spotted this giant ciliate in action. The movement of the organism is awesome. The location almost filled with rotten hydrophytes that making it a treasure trove of microorganism. After hours of observation when it gradually slowed down its movement, the ciliated frontal parts were found…
लहान शास्त्रज्ञांना मिळाली फोल्डस्कोपची माहिती
सामाजिक जाणीव म्हणून सत्यविजय SRA संस्थेतील लहान मोठ्या विद्यार्थी ना मक्रोस्कोपी च्या माध्यमातून जसे संशॊधन करता येते तसेच संशोधन foldscope च्या माध्यमातून हि करता येऊ शकते व त्यांना कमी खर्च व कमी वेळेमध्ये चांगले संशोधन करता येऊ शकते याची जाणीव व्हावी व आवड निर्माण व्हावी म्हणून त्यांना मिक्रोस्कोपी व फोल्ड स्कॉपी यांची माहिती देण्यात आली…
Phacus Sp.
Micro-algae always render my fascination whenever I got chance to observe them under foldscope. This time after viewing the collected sample, this Phacus species have concerned my observation. This unicellular alga has beautiful ornamentation. It exhibits certain features by its flat, leaf like structure. This Euglenozoa species also indicate the organic pollution level of the…
Zoo Plankton
This is a kind of zooplankton, which is collected from the mudflat of Pazhaiyar tidal flat, Tamil Nadu, India.
Testing water droplets
How can I check water droplet using the foldscope?
Amazing World of Planktons – An Experimental study on Waterbodies of Puducherry
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Foldscope introduced in NEPAL.
THE MAGNIFIED IMAGE OF CAESELPINEAE PETAL
THIS IS THE MAGNIFIED IMAGE OF THE CAESELPINEAE PETAL.
MAGNIFIED IMAGE OF AN ASTER PETAL
This is the magnified image of an Aster Petal at Ekya School J.P Nagar.
மடிப்பு நுண்ணோக்கியில் பதிவு செய்தது
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cycas cone
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One day Training program on Foldscope
Students from Govt. Middle School – kelakorkkai – Thiruthuraipundi Basic construction and working of foldscope explained and hands-on Training to prepare microscope slides #foldscopeindiaphase1 #ssn