The students of Botany Department, Gauhati University were oriented on foldscope use by a team from CEE North East in February 2019. Students were taken to the Deepor Beel wetland to collect water samples to study using foldscope.

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 Students also studied permanent slides made by them. The above photograph is of a stained sample of the freshwater algae – Oedogoium.

Observing Freshwater Algae

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