Good old red onion
Oct 30, 2016 • 10:32 AM UTC
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AngelikaAndLiam
I was born and grew up mostly in Germany. I studied biology and did my PhD in parasitology, exploring the malaria liver stage. Work and love made me move to Melbourne, Australia, where I spent 7 fantastic years as a postdoc – still working mainly on malaria. In 2015 I brought my family with me back to Europe and we are now living in the Netherlands. We have a 4-year-old son who already enjoys nature and wants to know everything. Now, with the foldscope I can show him a whole new world that he was, until now, unaware of.
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Hi everyone,
We are new here and this is our first post. My son and I have been experimenting for the first time with the foldscope. We have looked at dust and fluff, which was very abstract for him. Then I thought we would start easy and look at some red onion skin – nothing new for anyone who has done microscopy at school, however incredibly exciting for a 4-year-old! He was running around shouting “I can see the red, I can see the red!” I was also really impressed by the quality of the picture I was able to take, which is why I wanted to share them. I did however take these directly as the magnet strip is not working for me (possible because with an iPhone the camera is not easy to cover with the strip).
We are new here and this is our first post. My son and I have been experimenting for the first time with the foldscope. We have looked at dust and fluff, which was very abstract for him. Then I thought we would start easy and look at some red onion skin – nothing new for anyone who has done microscopy at school, however incredibly exciting for a 4-year-old! He was running around shouting “I can see the red, I can see the red!” I was also really impressed by the quality of the picture I was able to take, which is why I wanted to share them. I did however take these directly as the magnet strip is not working for me (possible because with an iPhone the camera is not easy to cover with the strip).
I am looking forward to many more fantastic experiences together with my son and the foldscope!
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