workshop on foldscope and its application
workshop on foldscope
Foldscope session with Afghan friends
We learnt to make a Foldscope and also observe the natural world around the Tata institute of social sciences.
Central Vacuole
The Central Vacuole of onion peel
Green planthopper nymph photographed with the 10x Foldscope lens
Spotted this green planthopper nymph on leaf of a creeper. I wanted to find more about it but had to rush to office. Second pic is to add some context and also show how small it saw. Can you spot it in second pic?
one day National Twinning programme on Use of the Foldscope as a Research & Education Tool
The one day National Twinning programme on Use of the Foldscope as a Research & Education Tool was held at Don Bosco college, Maram on August, 13th, 2019.The 07 students and two teachers namely by Mr. Subramanian the principal investigator (PI) Foldscope Project Work & Mr. M.Pregash the Assistant principal investigator (API) Foldscope Project Work,...
one day Guest lecture programme on “Foldscope for Rumen protozoa biodiversity and parasitic infections
The one day Guest lecture programme on “Foldscope for Rumen protozoa biodiversity and parasitic infections was held at Don Bosco College, Maram, Manipur on August 12, 2019.The two Assistant professors namely by Dr.Meignanalakshmi the principal investigator (PI) Foldscope Project Work & Dr.R.Edith the Assistant principal investigator (API) Foldscope Project Work, Madras veterinary college, Chennai and...
One Day National Level interaction session on Foldscope as a research and educational tool
Mr.S.Rajkumar (principal Investigator(PI) –Foldscope project work) HOD, Department of Biotechnology,Don Bosco College,Maram conducted a “One Day National Level interaction session on Foldscope as a research and educational tool on 24th June,2019 at CSIR,Karaikudi.
One Day National Level Workshop On Use Of The Foldscope As A Research And Education Tool
Mr.S.Rajkumar (principal Investigator(PI) –Foldscope project work) HOD, Department of Biotechnology,Don Bosco College,Maram conducted a “ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL WORKSHOP ON USE OF THE FOLDSCOPE AS A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TOOL” on 20th June,2019 at Maraimalai Adigalar Higher secondary school, Puducherry-605 106
One Day National Level Workshop On Use Of The Foldscope As A Research And Education Tool
Mr.S.Rajkumar (principal Investigator(PI) –Foldscope project work) HOD, Department of Biotechnology,Don Bosco College,Maram conducted a “ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL WORKSHOP ON USE OF THE FOLDSCOPE AS A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TOOL” on 19th June,2019 at PG & Research Dept of Life science ,Muthyammal college of Arts & Science,Rasipuram,Tamil Nadu-637 408
One Day National Level Twinning programme On Use Of The Foldscope As A Research And Education Tool
Mr.S.Rajkumar (principal Investigator(PI) –Foldscope project work) HOD, Department of Biotechnology,Don Bosco College,Maram conducted a “ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL Twinning programme ON USE OF THE FOLDSCOPE AS A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TOOL” on 18th June,2019 at Dept of Biotechnology, Faculty of Basic sciences, Madras veterinary college ,Chennai-600 007.
How does Cuscuta a parasitic plant feeds?
A post about this Sunday’s exploration: You must have seen greenish yellow threads/wire like structures on many plants. What are they? Are they part of plant or a seperate plant or creeper? If you go closer you’ll see that they definately not part the plant. And if you try to check if it is creeper…
One Day National Level Twinning programme On Use Of The Foldscope As A Research And Education Tool
Mr.S.Rajkumar (principal Investigator(PI) –Foldscope project work) HOD, Department of Biotechnology,Don Bosco College,Maram conducted a “ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL Twinning programme ON USE OF THE FOLDSCOPE AS A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TOOL” on 17th June,2019 at Adiparasakthi college,Vellore,Tamil Nadu.
National Twinning Programme on Use of the Foldscope as Forensic science by Vivekananda college, Namakkal at Maram, Manipur.
The one day National level Twinning programme on “Use of the Foldscope as Forensic Science “ was held at Don Bosco College, Maram, Manipur on April 08 th , 2019.The Assistant professors Dr.B.Prakash the principal investigator (PI) Foldscope Project Work from Vivekanandha college ,Namakkal, Tamil Nadu and 85 students, 04 teachers of DBC, Maram attended...
One Day National Level Workshop On Use Of The Foldscope As A Research And Education Tool
Mr.S.Rajkumar (principal Investigator(PI) –Foldscope project work) HOD, Department of Biotechnology,Don Bosco College,Maram with his students 04 of them conducted a “ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL WORKSHOP ON USE OF THE FOLDSCOPE AS A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TOOL” on 23rd March,2019 at Vivekanandha college,Namakkal,Tamil Nadu.
ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL WORKSHOP ON USE OF THE FOLDSCOPE AS A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TOOL
Mr.S.Rajkumar (principal Investigator(PI) –Foldscope project work) HOD, Department of Biotechnology,Don Bosco College,Maram and his 04 students conducted a “ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL WORKSHOP ON USE OF THE FOLDSCOPE AS A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TOOL” on 22nd March,2019 at Depat of Biotechnology ,Anna University, Chennai.
The one day National Level Guest lecture programme on Use of the Foldscope as a tool for harmful algal identification
The one day National Level Guest lecture programme on Use of the Foldscope as a tool for harmful algal identification was held at Don Bosco College, Maram, Manipur on January ,21th 2019.The Assistant professor Dr. Shyamkumar the principal investigator (PI) Foldscope Project Work from Maharaja’s college, Kerala and 82 students, 04 teachers of DBC, Maram...
Train the trainers @ DGVC on 27, Aug & 5, Sep, 2019
Train the trainers workshops were conducted this year after the I years got inducted and settled in their classes. Ten Students from I B.Sc.Physics and I B.Sc. Maths attended these training 27, August and 5, Sep after College hours. These students mainly took samples of pollen and parts of flowers from our campus and water…
DBT Foldscope Workshop @ CTTE College, Chennai, on 22, Aug, 2019
Under DBT Foldscope scheme, One Day Workshop on DBT Foldscope- Assembly & Usage was conducted at CTTE College, Chennai on 22, Aug, 2019. Nearly 50 students from various classes of B.Sc. Physics participated in this workshop enthusiastically. Our volunteers who guided the participants belong to four different generation of Foldscopers of our College. This is…
Workshop for Ramakrishna Mission group of schools, Chennai
Under DBT Foldscope project, we could reach out to nearly 90 students and 10 Science teachers and Science activity room staff of Ramakrishna Mission group of Schools, Chennai. Students and teachers from their three different schools participated in this workshop on 13, Aug, 2019.
Conquistando el microcosmos con Foldscope
En esta breve nota los invitamos a conocer el microcosmos. Promovamos los talleres de aprendizaje de la microciencia y conozcamos el tejido que une la vida en nuestro planeta.
ONION
The onion layer cell
Disappointed with foldscope function
I have tried to observe Helminthosporium (fungai) condia through foldscope… unexpected thing was that the clarity was too poor than the expected. The magnification of compound microscope 10xwas found to be superior than foldscope 140x
Pollen from a Spider Lily flower
Slide was made using cellotape and paper slide. I cut part of anther and placed it on piece of cellotape. Then placed another piece on top of it and removed it. Then used one of the tapes that just had a layer of pollen grains for observation. Found this technique very effective and convinient.
Foldscope’s science engagement project in Iraq recognised to participate in Falling Walls Engage program in Berlin.
In 2018 Foldscope helped us to enable, launch and bring science experience to the local community in Iraq. As a young undergraduate student, I really like the idea of Frugal science and have many wow moments every time I use Foldscope. As a result, this passion has been driven from only a hobby to become…
Foldscope in the science popularisation drive_Cotton University #Indiafoldscopephase 1
On invitation by colleague (Zoology, Cotton University) and coordinator of ASTEC, Assam funded science populerisation drive there in a school at Tihu, Nalbari, Assam, Foldscope was taken to add in their endevour in igniting young minds.
Papilio demoleus
Students name : Shilpa , Bharathi, Leelavathi College name:CMR National PUcollege, ITPL, Bengalore Specimen: Papilio demoleus(lime butterfly) Parts observed under foldscope: Proboscis, Wing dust, scales on wings& antenna Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropods Class: Insect Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papilionidae Genus : papilio Species: P. demoleus Description: The lime swallowtail, Papilio demoleusLinnaeus, is sometimes called the chequered…
Exploring the Microcosmos with Foldscope at Khalna, West Bengal
Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta and Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya Vigyan Prasar Samity jointly organized a workshop in collaboration with Howrah Vigyan Chetna Samannaya on 19th October 2019 at Khalna, Howrah, West Bengal. Introductory Session- In this session, a brief idea about the origami microscope and its applications were demonstrated by the Foldscope team,…
Fern Rizome
Images of a fern rizome (from a prepared slide that I purchased along with Foldscope). Please don’t hesitate to correct the image captions in case I got them wrong !
Dirty water
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