Clik here to view.
How to get involved?
Open Insulin is always looking for new volunteers! How to get started? Join us for own on our monthly New Member Info Session every last Sunday of the month at 10:30 AM. Next New member meeting:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A case for open-source diabetes testing supplies
The market for unused test strips – bought from those with insurance and on-sold to those without. Photo credit Devin Chalmers, East Oakland 2020 Imagine your drinking water supply was safe some days,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fighting back: Round table discussing tactics to get affordable insulin the US
The panel will be a discussion between groups that are taking different approaches to tackle insulin affordability. They will share about the work they’re doing, discuss ways to support each other, and...
View Article2021 Internship Program
Apply now to the 2021 Open Insulin Summer Internship for High School and Undergraduate Students! To help grow the project and give opportunities to those interested in learning about our work and...
View ArticleOpen Hardware Project: Interview with Vadim Kimlaychuk
Open Insulin is working to make an open source protein purification system (FPLC), which is a key piece of equipment for manufacturing insulin, and one that is currently very expensive. Avery McLain...
View ArticleOpen Insulin featured on Freethink
We’re honored to have hosted the team from @freethinkmedia at @BUGSSlab for a look at what we’re doing! The video above discusses the high and rising costs of insulin and how it frames our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring 2021 Progress Report for Open Insulin
Introduction It’s been a busy past few months at Open Insulin! We’ve had significant progress on all fronts, especially in moving the engineering of our organisms forward towards the point where...
View ArticlePatents, Open Source, and Open Insulin
Three pharmaceutical companies control the patent rights for the majority of insulin products on the market. These companies have over the past decade raised the price of insulin egregiously. As a...
View Article2023 Recap
With apologies for a long hiatus from regular public communications, we have much news to share as the holidays approach and we reflect, celebrate, and prepare for the new year. We have not had regular...
View ArticleOpen Insulin France Founded
Over the past year and a half, two alumni of our Oakland and Baltimore chapters, Louise Lassalle and Yann Huon de Kermadec, have been working to establish a French chapter of the Open Insulin...
View ArticleDevelopment of strategy to screen for insulin glargine production in...
One of the primary scientific aims of the Open Insulin Foundation is to engineer a strain of microorganism that can produce sufficient quantities of insulin glargine for downstream purification and...
View Article