Welcome to Open Source Malaria

The Open Source Malaria project is trying a different approach to curing malaria. Guided by open source principles, everything is open and anyone can contribute. This Landing Page aggregates the most recent activity in Open Source Malaria. Action items are on the To Do List and experiments from all contributors are recorded in the Lab Notebooks. Most current research is on a very promising set of molecules known as Series 4. If you’d like to get involved, go right ahead, or get in touch with a member of the consortium (click on “Join the Team” below). In open source research all data and ideas are freely shared, anyone may participate as an equal partner and there will be no patents - think “Linux for Malaria Research” (FAQ).

Resources

Open source Antibiotics molecules Google Sheet

Activity

Github activity here.

Join the team

How to get involved:

If you like the sound of open research and curing malaria, then join in! Here’s how:

Open research is where anyone can take part at any level of the project, that all data and ideas are shared and there are no patents. You are welcome, whatever your expertise.

At the moment the main focus is on finding a new medicine by improving some molecules originally discovered by Big Pharma and put into the public domain, something called open source drug discovery. Much of what we need is based in science (chemistry and biology), but there are important things you can do if you’re outside those fields.

You just have to adhere to the Six Laws:

First Law: All data are open and all ideas are shared. Second Law: Anyone can take part at any level of the project. Third Law: There will be no patents. Fourth Law: Suggestions are the best form of criticism. Fifth Law: Public discussion is much more valuable than private email. Sixth Law: The project is bigger than, and is not owned by, any given lab.

The default licence for everything in the OSM project is CC-BY, meaning you can use whatever you want for any reason (including to make money) provided you cite the project.

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