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Open Labware Workshop in Addis successfully concluded
We are excited to conclude this (probably) first ever workshop on 3D printing and electronics for building lab equipment in Ethiopia. After 2 weeks, we built 7 3D printers from parts you can simply buy in a hardware store, designed electronic control circuits from...
Open Labware course in Addis Ababa has kicked off!
We are excited to announce that we have successfully completed day 1 of our VolkswagenStiftung-sponsored two-week course on "Building your own Lab equipment" at the Department of Physiology and Anatomy, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All 23 participants from 7...
Outreach Mania
Over the past few days we have done some truly global outreach - in Germany (Tübingen Fenster für Forschung, "TÜFFF"), Switzerland (Lausanne LS Career day) and Nigeria (Maiduguri University and schools)! Thanks to all who made this possible, in particular: Germany:...
Open Source Workshop and SONA conference in Durban
We have just returned from Durban (SA) where we organsied a symposium at SONA on the power of Open Source Approaches in (Neuro)science. See our publications tab for all powerpoints and the speaker list. Just before SONA, we also held a short IBRO-sponsored workshop on...
“Open Labware: 3-D Printing Your Own Lab Equipment”
On March 20th, together with Backyard Brains, we published our latest paper in PLoS Biology - an article discussing the advancements and versatility of 3D printing technology, and how these technologies may be used by research scientists to customise existing lab...
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