Open Insulin Foundation

We’re a team of biohackers with a variety of backgrounds, and skills, and relationships to insulin and diabetes from many cities and countries around the world, including Oakland, California; Baltimore, Maryland; and Paris, France. We’re working to develop the first practical, small-scale, community-centered model for insulin production to make insulin accessible to all. We are working towards the goal of communities in need having local sources of safe, affordable, high-quality insulin, and where diabetics and their communities can own and govern the organizations that produce the medicine they depend on to survive.

Our work would not be possible without the support of volunteers, interns, and community advisors. We welcome people of all backgrounds from all over the world to bring their enthusiasm, time, connections, and experiences, both in life and in work. Our volunteers promote us on social media, build equipment, run experiments, write reports and blog posts, facilitate meetings, connect with other organizations and groups, meet with experts in the field, run virtual events, and contribute in designing tools, resources, and methods of all sorts. Volunteering is mainly through our participating labs, which are currently located in Oakland, Baltimore, and Paris. Contact us if you are interested in volunteering.

We welcome collaboration with other groups that share our mission―community labs, academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, and NGOs.

Your donation will help us get closer to our goal. With a healthy financial situation, we can pay for lab supplies, acquire lab equipment, recruit scientists, and pay for consultation fees for regulation and manufacturing experts.