DIY spectrophotometry: Rapid, low-cost RGB approach for vis-spectroscopy, OD600, and fluorescence quantification in profiling nosocomial antibiotic resistance (MRSA)

• Main Author: Wong, Darren Yong Sehng
• Other Authors: Yap Peng Huat Eric
• Format: Student Research Poster
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Spectrophotometry; RGB
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107548; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41632
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Problem: Existing spectrophotometric assays are prohibitively expensive and incompatible with resource-limited settings (i.e. developing countries, citizen science and field testing), thereby necessitating a viable, economical alternative capable of yielding accurate and reproducible results. The in...