Events

Foldscope is joining a host of organizations that compose the alliance to present our products through their exhibit hall.

Foldscope will have a booth at the annual Bay Area Science Festival on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus at Gene Friend Way and the Koret Quad. The event will be from 11 am to 4 pm.

Bring your kids and see what science opportunities are available for their future!  Get them interested in all things scientific.

We'll have Foldscopes to purchase and maybe some fun giveaways (come and see!)

Learn more: https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/

Foldscope will be featured at Science Friday Live in Redwood City Thursday September 18, 2025.

Join us at Fox Theatre – 2215 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063

See you there!

Ready to head to Woods Hole?  We'll have an exhibit table at the NE Regional Society for Developmental Biology and be demonstrating all our latest offerings. See you there.

Dates: April 25-27, 2025

Location:  Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

July 28 - August 1, 2024

We're heading to beautiful Cleveland to bring low-cost microscopy to the microscopists.  See us in our booth in the Exhibit Hall.  We're also sponsoring the programs.  

See you there!

March 4, 2024
Arthrex One Center
Naples Florida

Manu Prakash, Foldscope's co-founder, was a speaker at this year's Imagine Solutions conference in Naples, Florida. Dr Prakash spoke on his work in Frugal Science and bioengineering and gave demonstrations to participants showing the Foldscope.

December 2-6, 2023
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210

We're back, baby! After a bit of a hiatus (y'know, Covid and such) we're heading to Boston to be part of Cell Bio 2023. Our own Manu Prakash is a keynote speaker - another reason to attend!

Check out our booth and see our latest products and offerings. 

Can't wait to see you there!

Visit the ASCB CellBio2023 website.

Introducing Foldscope's Fast & Curious Tour, where our Director of Strategic Partnerships, Dr. Paola Moreno-Roman will be traveling around the US conducting FREE Foldscope demos.

These are 90-minute demos with a maximum amount of 10 attendees. Each participant will receive a free assembled Foldscope and will learn how to use it, prepare samples, and couple it with their phones.

The following dates are where Paola will be for August and September. If you are in any of the corresponding areas and are interested in scheduling a free demo email training@foldscope.com.

DATES

Washington, D.C. Trip on Roadtrippers

Date: September 12–15, 2022
Time: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A new conference for Foldscope - ASTC will be a great place for us to connect with Science & Technology Center professionals - as always, we'll have Foldscopes to demonstrate and that you can purchase.  We're looking forward to meeting in Pittsburgh and showing off our low-cost microscope.  Join us!

Date: Nov 10-13, 2022
Location: JW Marriott Indianapolis, Indiana

We're heading to Indiana for the annual National Association of Biology Teachers Conference for 2022.  As usual, we'll be exhibiting our products and showing off the amazing features of the one-and-only Paper Microscope.  Come see us in Indianapolis this November.

Date: June 15-18
Time: 5:00 PM June 15, Exhibits Open
Location: Ontario Convention Center,
2000 E Convention Center Way, Ontario, CA 91764

Excited to be hitting the Homeschool convention circuit and demonstrating Foldscopes to a whole new cadre of teachers and parents.  Be sure to visit us at our booth and pick up some giveaways and see our latest finds under the Foldscope microscope.  We will have Foldscopes for sale as well.