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A small group of pupils have gathered around a low table. In front of them, a wild mix of metal parts, electronic devices, optical equipment, and a laptop are scattered around. Fingers are pointing, hands are moving individual parts, strategies are being discussed and dismissed a moment later. The teenagers are about to build their own fluorescence microscope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see how quickly they\u2019re figuring out how things can be put together to make up a microscope,\u201d says Agnes Szmolenszky, Head of EMBL\u2019s European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS). Together with EMBL group leader Robert Prevedel, Agnes and her team have devised the teaching programme \u2018Microscope in Action\u2019. At the centre of it is a modular fluorescence microscope simple enough for teenagers to assemble, yet delivering research-grade images of biological specimens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea for the do-it-yourself microscope dates back a few years. Robert had recently joined EMBL and was discussing novel educational approaches with Agnes. He showed her the modular microscope he had developed for teaching microscopy to PhD students, and was excited by Agnes\u2019s suggestion to extend the concept to a younger audience. With help from Giulia Paci, then a PhD student in the Lemke group, and Ling Wang, who works with Prevedel, the ELLS team figured out how to adapt the microscope so that it could be used by teenagers from the age of 15 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A star is born<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The pilot phase took the microscope to workshops at a school in Heidelberg. The teenagers were fascinated. \u201cIt inspires even pupils who have not been involved in experimental biology before. The unique experience is putting together the microscope by yourself \u2013 not seeing it being put together for you,\u201d Agnes explains. Word about the microscope spread among EMBL scientists, and Agnes started receiving requests for it to be made available for courses and scientific retreats as well. \u201cThat was when we realised its full potential,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preparing specimens for microscopy. Image source: European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First tests in the field were encouraging, too. The microscope travelled to an outreach event in Rome and became part of a microscopy workshop held in Medell\u00edn, Colombia. \u201cThe pupils there were super-creative and suggested new activities for the microscope,\u201d Agnes recalls. \u201cThe biggest challenge was to get it through customs as carry-on luggage,\u201d she adds with a laugh. Further plans involve making the microscope available across EMBL\u2019s sites and in the EMBL member states, where it could be used as an educational resource in schools and universities, or be involved in outreach activities. \u201cWe will take it forward step by step,\u201d says Agnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Into the great wide open<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, Agnes and her team have even more ambitious goals. A new programme is in preparation, which will allow local teachers to borrow a microscopy kit for use in their classes, free of charge. The team regularly offers on-site training courses at EMBL Heidelberg in both German and English, to familiarise teachers with the microscope project. Additionally, all technical and educational material will be made available on the ELLS website<\/a>. The microscope will come with a set of prepared biological specimens and instructions for learners on how to prepare further samples. Agnes hopes to make the kit available later this year. \u201cWe want to make sure we have a scheme that makes the microscope accessible to as many schools and pupils as possible,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fluorescence microscopy is such an important technique in the life sciences that everybody should have an opportunity to see and use it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Development does not stop here. Agnes hopes that teacher and pupil communities will form to develop the approach further. Together with experts at EMBLEM, EMBL\u2019s technology transfer partner, the ELLS team is planning to make the microscope widely available to schools and universities for purchase. \u201cI\u2019d like our microscope resource to become a common classroom activity,\u201d Agnes concludes. \u201cFluorescence microscopy is such an important technique in the life sciences that everybody should have an opportunity to see and use it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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