Squid (Simplifying Quantitive Imaging Development and Deployment) microscopes

After reading the article about 31 New species discovered in 2 weeks of exploration [https://lemmyverse.link/slrpnk.net/post/43551463], it was mentioned that they used a microscope, known as Squid,which is an open-source, confocal microscope From their site: > What is Squid? > >Squid is a quantitative imaging platform with a full suite of hardware and software components and configurations for deploying facility-grade widefield microscopes at a fraction of the cost of commercial solutions. Developed with the goal of helping translate the rapid advances in the field of microscopy and microscopy-enabled methods, including those powered by deep learning, we envision Squid will simplify roll-out of microscopy-based applications - including at point of care and in low resource settings, make adoption of new or otherwise advanced techniques easier, and significantly increase the available microscope-hours to labs. > >Significance > >Manual microscopy has served as a bedrock for the diagnostics of various infectious diseases, although at a cost of tedious labor and human errors. Imagine looking for 1 to 5 parasites amongst 5 million red blood cells. Currently, microscopists can take up to 10-15 minutes to review a single slide. Automated robotic microscopes are poised to enable a new era of smart field microscopy but current platforms remain cost prohibitive and largely inflexible, especially for resource-poor and field settings. github repos [https://github.com/orgs/prakashlab/repositories] CAD models linked available here [https://hongquanli.notion.site/Squid-Simplifying-Quantitive-Imaging-Development-and-Deployment-7bad36b7a9b44cacb1fe1580b39e05d8] (a lot of google links there (docs, drive, etc)) tags frugal science microscopy tracking fluorescence excitation patterned illumination instrumentation frugal science malaria