Cells were first discovered by Robert Hook in 1665, who described the building blocks of life as little rooms in which monks lived. Robert Hook witnessed dead plant cells present in cork; it took many years and numerous studies to describe the internal structures of the cell and define Cell Theory. Cell Theory states all…
TURCICUM LEAF BLIGHT OF MAIZE
The section showing Conidia of Exserohilum turcicum which cause turcicum leaf blight in maize. Observed under foldscope from ICAR-NOFRI ,SIKKIM
A Tour through Nature
The image is a blade of grass viewed under a foldscope. The sample of grass was obtained on the grass field near the wedding cake building (adjacent to Baxter) on Wednesday May 15, 2019 at 3:02 pm. The blade of grass was obtained by carefully plucking it off the field. A small part of the…
Observation of pollen in the bee body parts
leg partleg partleg partleg partleg partwing of bee wing of bee wing of bee
Human Skin Cell Observation Using Foldscope.
The human skin is the outer covering part of the body. The human skin has up to seven layers of ectodermal tissue. Human skin is similar to the mammals skin. Human skin plays an important role in protecting the body against pathogens.
CORNEAL SCRAPING
New comment on your post “CORNEAL SCRAPING IVE VIDEO” Author: Manu Prakash (IP address: 205.154.255.130, 205.154.255.130) Email: manup@stanford.edu URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~manup Comment: Dear @Erolab, Thanks for sharing the video. Can corneal scrapings be done in the field? What classes of eye infections are often detected this way? A few tips on slide making for foldscope. in…
Foldscope Observations: Plants and Insects
1: This is a picture of the magnified image seen from the foldscope of a dead leaf. The leaf appears brownish. The sample was obtained from a fallen leaf from a tree outside of Dabney courtyard at 13:10, May 16. We picked up the leaf from the grass and cut off a fragment to use…
Cape Town Science Centre (CTSC) Foldscope Workshops
This Saturday at the Cape Town Science Centre I held the first in a series of workshops for hands-on STEM workshops at the Cape Town Science Centre. Young students and their parents were invited to join in on the DIY origami fun, exposing kids to a low-cost tool to which they were able to see…
Buttermilk under Foldscope
Buttermilk under Foldscope
Extra Foldscope Photos
Collaborators: Happy Chang (Wenjun Chang), Catharine Long (Xiaoqi Long). Tip of an oak leaf On May 16th, 13:10 PM, we collected an oak leaf under the oak tree outside Dabney Hall at California Institute of Technology. We cleaned the leaf, took the tip of this fallen, brownish-yellow tree, and made it into a sample. The…
Foldscope Extra Credits
What: Tip of a fallen, brownish-yellow leaf When: May 16th 13:10 PM Where: under the tree outside of Dabney courtyard How: grabbed it from the grassSpecies: Quercus agrifolia 2. What: Petal of a white flower Time: May 16th 13:10 PM Where: lawn between Parson and Dabney How: grabbed it from the grassSpecies: Geranium wilfordii Maxim…
Pollens of Indian Almond (Terminalia catappa)
Pollens of Indian Almond (Terminalia catappa), the tree is my neighbour. I just have to open my window and its there. Pollens look rectangular, approximate size is 30 microns.
Infected coconut spores
Dry coconut shows fungal infection.it is seen under foldscope.
Oscillatoria Observation through Foldscope
Oscillatoria is a cynobacteria found in watering as blue green or brown green. This Oscillatoria is observed through Foldscope.
Anthracnose of Green gram identification through Foldscope
Anthracnose disease of Green gram is caused by Colletotrichum. This Colletotrichum can be identified using foldscope.
Aspirgillus niger spores through foldscope
Aspirgillus niger is a fungi, which causes diseases in plants. This fungi is cultured and made up slide. This slide is observed and studied through Foldscope.
Trichomes of Vinca leaf
Trichomes and stomata of Vinca leaf
Foldscope made it to a big family meeting
We used to gather in every opportunity to meet and share the love and enjoy the good time all together with delicious meals. But this time’s reason was different! I wanted to change the routine and take advantage of being part of this big family. Guess what the topic was FOLDSCOPE 🙂 So I called…
Nematodes seen in Post harvest rot of Orange from Tripura
Orange Nematode
Micro-organisms associated with Pomegranate found in Market condition of Tripura
Pomegranate Fruit Fungi associated with Pomegranate Penicillium spp.
Cyanobacteria
Sample no.19 observed under foldscope.
Pollen of Albizia lucidor
Albizia lucidorPollen
Cassia alata a plant having anti-dermatophytic activity
Cassia alata pollen of Cassia alata
BEAN RUST
French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris )
Popularisation of Foldscope among college students (14/03/2019)
As part of extenction activity of foldscope for students we organised a one day hands-on workshop for I-M.Sc students regarding the popularisation of Foldscope. Dr. Tamil Selvi. K. S., Principal investigator of the project explains about assemblage and usage of foldscope. Students enthusiastically participated in the workshop. And the students observed various slides using Fold…