Foldscope

🔬 Free microscopes + teacher training!

This fall we’re relaunching our Fast & Curious tour — bringing free Foldscopes (paper microscopes), workshops, and lesson plans to educators across the United States.

Each educator will receive free training, a Foldscope to keep, plus extra Foldscopes for their students and communities, FOR FREE 🌎✨

📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit foldscope.com or scan the QR code in the video.

⚡ This program is a partnership between the Prakash Lab (Stanford University) and Foldscope Instruments, with coordination led by Paola Moreno-Roman, and is open only to schools and organizations in the US.

✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com

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Empowering educators, one Foldscope at a time! 🔬💚

📍 Bethlehem Elementary School | Taylorsville, NC

Our Fast & Curious Tour made another exciting stop! Throughout the workshop, educators got hands-on with Foldscope's portable paper microscopes, exploring how they can make microscopy more accessible, engaging, and exciting for their students. 🔍

We're excited to see how these teachers bring their new skills and tools into the classroom to inspire curiosity and discovery!

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Meet our September Foldscoper of the Month, Dr. John Burns! 🔬🌿

An evolutionary cell biologist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine, Dr. Burns studies how cells evolve, behave, and adapt across diverse microorganisms.

Recently, while exploring the outdoors with his Evolutionary Cell Biology students at Colby College, he used his Foldscope paper microscope to capture an unexpected discovery... stomata on an aquatic plant! 🌱

He also captured a fascinating image of filamentous algae from Railway Village Pond in Boothbay, Maine!

His discoveries remind us that no matter how experienced you are, there's always something new to uncover in the microscopic world! 🌎💚

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Our Fast & Curious tour has brought free Foldscopes (paper microscopes), workshops, and lesson plans to educators across the United States! These photos are from recent stops in NC and SC. 🙌🔬

Each educator received training, a Foldscope to keep, plus extra Foldscopes for their students and communities, all for FREE!

To apply, go to this link: forms.gle/mg8XdQQQyJXXkS…

✨ This program is a partnership between the Prakash Lab (Stanford University) and Foldscope Instruments, and is open only to schools and organizations in the US.

Any questions? Go to foldscope.com for more info or email poala@foldscope.com

🥳 Our August Foldscoper of the Month, Avani Kaur, is a Richmond Scholar at the University of Richmond studying Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Health Studies on the pre-medical track.

🔬 Avani’s fascination with microscopy began in 6th grade during the COVID-19 pandemic. Curious about the unseen biological processes behind life and disease, she received her first microscope from her parents and began exploring histological slides, cells, and tissues.

🧬 Her research journey began in 9th grade with a project on gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), followed by research on oxidative stress, Alzheimer’s disease, and, most recently, cancer.

✨ Avani first used a Foldscope during a Fast and Curious training session, where she was impressed by how such a simple, portable tool could make microscopy more accessible. The experience inspired her to incorporate Foldscope into Osmosis STEM, an initiative she co-founded to bring hands-on science experiences to young learners.

🧑‍🔬 Today, Avani uses Foldscopes in her Cellular Magic: Human Systems Under the Microscope series, where students learn about human body systems before observing real tissue and cell samples themselves. Through her work, she hopes to bridge the gap between learning science in a textbook and experiencing it firsthand.

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