Zack LaGrange

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 This is kind of nasty but i had a hang nail on my thumb so I thought what better to view under the microscope than my very own cells? So i placed this piece of dead skin on the slide then put couple drops of water on and put a cover over it. The skin itself seems to have multiple coloration and I think that maybe I can see individual cells. What amazed me is mark in the middle that looks like some sort of organism. It looks like it has a tail and a body but this could just be a shadow some external variable. Very cool though
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My dead skin from my thumb Bio60_2019

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 I was interested in what one of my hair follicles looked like so I took one of my eyelashes and placed it on a slide. It is lighter than originally expected, more brown than black, but that makes sense considering that it is being flooded with light. I am interested in what the smaller black markings inside are. There is also a lot of dust in this sample which can be seen in the back.
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Eyelash Bio60_2019

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 I have always heard of you gross human finger nails are and I was hoping that I could see some colonies of bacteria growing. It isn’t clear to me what is here, but there is a large dark line in the middle that is likely dirt.
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Human fingernail Bio60_2019

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 This is the mold that was on one of the samples given to us. I took just one cue tip swab and there is definitely a lot here. It seems that there are multiple colonies of bacteria, and they seem also to be different types. There are different colors (some just might be dust/dirt) and different shapes.

Mold from class petri dish Bio60_2019

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 I think that these large sections are just broken pieces of dirt and rocks. Frankly there isn’t much interesting here, in the middle we can see a piece of grass, or a root. But I was hoping for some small organism that we could see moving.

Zack LaGrange

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Eyelash Bio60_2019

Human fingernail Bio60_2019

Mold from class petri dish Bio60_2019

Dirt from dorm yard Bio60_2019

My dead skin from my thumb Bio60_2019

Eyelash Bio60_2019

Human fingernail Bio60_2019

Mold from class petri dish Bio60_2019

Dirt from dorm yard Bio60_2019

My dead skin from my thumb Bio60_2019

Eyelash Bio60_2019

Human fingernail Bio60_2019

Mold from class petri dish Bio60_2019

Dirt from dorm yard Bio60_2019

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