School Survey for Foldscope
Foldscope workshop organized in Government Higher Secondary School in Bichhdod in a rural area of Ujjain district by Foldscope team of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain
Foldscope Assembly & Usage Workshop -3 at Govt. College for Women(A), Guntur
One day Orientation Workshop on “Foldscope Assembly and Usage” sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India was conducted on 13.07.2018 at Government College for Women(A) , Guntur to create awareness on Foldscope for faculty and PG students. 40 faculty members from the following 10 colleges and 20 PG students from GCW(A), Guntur participated…
Methotrexate – short movie clip with polarizers
Here is a short clip of the Methotrexate crystals under polarizing filters. Methotrexate was one of the first chemotherapeutic agents (and still used), and was discovered by Yellapragada Subbarao, who also had major contributions in elucidating the role of ATP and earliest antibiotics.
ALGAE – V
As a part of foldscopic field survey, we have chosen different rice field in our area. Rice is an exclusive crop plant of aquatic habitat, largely raised in an anaerobic or partially anaerobic submerged environment. Diversity of rice fields provides favourable environment for the growth of various group of algae with respect to their requirement…
Mosquito larva
It is the head of mosquito larva. It was found in stagnant water.
Zooplankton in a water puddle
It was a foot-deep puddle near the boundary of our large housing complex. For months no-one gave it a second look — till its wealth of gliding, writhing animal life was revealed by our foldscopes. Only then we found out that the water in this permanent puddle came from a rusty, leaking one-inch metal pipe…
Spirogyra shape
Today in a stagnant water in our local area( Charaikhola,Assam) I found this spirogyra.l
Fungal growth on sheath of corn cob
I had gone for roasted corn cob (called Bhutta in my native language), when I landed on this foldscope adventure. Corn cobs are a delicacy in monsoons, however, before the vendor could roast it on charcoal fire, I noticed black moldy growth on the outer layer of the corn husk. Surprisingly, another fungal disease…
Mosquitoes through foldscope view
Culex mosquitoes
Spirogyra
Testate amoebae from non irrigated soil ( Cotton field)
Testate amoebae are tiny microscopic single-celled organisms found in soil, water, wetlands etc. The amoeba secretes the siliceous or calcareous shells themselves grow, and that shell called a ‘test’, hence the name. Testate amoebae. Testate amoebae have one aperture, or hole, in its shell out of which it projects itself to move around and feed. The…
One Day Workshop on Foldscope & its applications
RAMAKRISHNA MISSION RESIDENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL,MYLAPORE,CHENNAI One day workshop on Foldscope & its applications Ramakrishna Mission Residential High School had organized one day workshop on 30-06-2018 in which 36 teachers from various institutions like Sarada Vidyalaya, Vivekananda Centenary School, Minit, Sri Ramakrishna Centenary Primary School, Ramakrishna Mission Residential High School and Ramakrishna Mission Polytechnic College participated….
FOLD SCOPE REGISTRATION
RAMAKRISHNA MISSION RESIDENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL MYLAPORE, CHENNAI – 600004 ——————————————————————————————————————- Since the our students do not have individual E-Mail account, I kindly request you to join the those account in rkmschool S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENTS FOLD SCOPE REGISTER NO 1 CORRESPONDENT 000284E1090E 2 M.R. DHIRAVIDANITHI 000264FF1C31 3 S.NATARAJAN 00023DEFBFOE 4 M.MARIMUTHU 00025A5E988E 5 M.NAVEEN…
Pashmina fibre sample
Pashmina fibre sample observed under Foldscope. SKUAST-K Name(required) Email(required) Website Message Pashmina fibre sample
periphyton diversity – images of diatom
Images of gomphonema water sample collected from site 3 Aluva- diversity of periphyton periyar river
periphyton diversity periyar river
Scytonema , micro algae observed – samples collected from site 2 kuttambuzha
periphyton diversity periyar rivers
Images of Rotifer -water sample taken from site 4 varappuzha
FOR A TWINNING PARTNER FROM NER INSTITUTES
Hello everyone Prof (Retd) B. M. Musthafa, Integrated Rural Technology Centre (IRTC), Mundur (PO), Palakkad, Kerala. Project Title: Participatory Microbial count Assessment and Water Conservation Training in Malampuzha Block, Palakkad, Kerala and Water Quality Profiling. Please contact me on foldscope.dbt@irtc.org.in, those who are working in the similar area from NER for the twinning program as per DBT…
Methotrexate – an under appreciated drug discovered by an underappreciated scientist.
The first image shows crystals of methotrexate under plane polarized light. The vial containing them was to be discarded as it had expired 9 months prior. The second image is the same image with slightly higher magnification and under plane polarized light.
Gossypium herbaceum
Gossypium herbaceum Gossypium herbaceum
Antennal Morphology of Various Stored Product Insect Pests
Antennal Apex of Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)
Foldscope assembling and hands-on session at CMR PU college, ITPL campus, Bangalore
We at CMR PU college ITPL Bangalore had a foldscope assembling and hands-on session today. Students from I and II PU (grades 11 and 12) were a part of this session. Our already existing foldscope team students led this session and guided their fellow college mates in assembling foldscopes. Students made slides and observed various…
Chronic Inflammatory Lesion
Chronic inflammatory lesion comprising of lymphohistiocytic infiltrate as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain
Endocervix
The section shows endocervical glands lined by columnar epithelium as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain