{"id":5679,"date":"2015-11-12T17:36:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=5679"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:57:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:57:06","slug":"1511-science-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/events\/1511-science-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlightening experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-video\" style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59XcD4i_Bcc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.embl.de\/training\/scienceforschools\/teacher_training\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS)<\/a>, activities at the stand were united by the motto \u2018Using light to learn about life\u2019, and showcased the many different wavelengths EMBL scientists use to shed light on biological questions. Crafty visitors could build a foldscope \u2013 a fully functional microscope made by folding paper and adding a simple glass lens. Designed by Manu Prakash and colleagues at Stanford University, who kindly granted the ELLS team permission to use it, this deceptively simple microscope enabled visitors to zoom in on small specimens such as single-celled organisms swimming in a water droplet. More complex microscopes were on hand for observing zebrafish in which specific organs had been dyed with fluorescent labels. Visitors could also discover how X-rays are used to \u2018see\u2019 a molecule\u2019s structure, or get hands-on in an experiment demonstrating the effects of cigarette smoke on cells. And anyone with an eye for a prize could complete a quiz involving several of the stand\u2019s challenges \u2013 to earn the right to spin a wheel of fortune for a chance at an EMBL mug or USB stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A particular highlight came when Anna Steyer, a PhD student in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/cbb\/schwab\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schwab team<\/a>, established a live connection to the microscope she uses at EMBL\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.embl.de\/services\/core_facilities\/em\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electron Microscopy Core Facility<\/a>, enabling visitors to obtain detailed images of a cancer cell. 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