Introduction

Upon being asked to find the number of bacteria in a given sample, the response from members of our iGEM team has invariably been a long sigh and a plea to the realms of the supernatural. That most human quality - laziness - and flaws in traditional techniques, which we will revisit below, have led to us designing a potential solution in the form of a Digital Inline Holographic Microscope (DIHM). To learn more about the challenges we aim to overcome and how the DIHM does so, click here: Learn More