I remember, about 1.5 years ago, a friend and me brainstormed about an open biolab accessible for everyone. We came across Open Insulin and were inspired by the vision. It contributed to the start of ReaGent in the summer of 2015. Today, we have joined Open Insulin to combine forces in research Open Insulin is […]

The following is a guest post by Jean Peccoud, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Colorado State University. Jean hosted Anthony’s talk at CSU in September of 2016, and remains engaged in the broader movement to make open insulin. Jean writes: In 2008, I received an invitation to attend a meeting organized by the FBI. […]

Hi all, our computational protein modeling expert Noel is running the San Francisco marathon this weekend to raise funds for the project! He’s made a mini-documentary about the project as well which you can view here: https://youtu.be/479ktsKM4sU You can donate to his marathon fundraiser here: https://www.crowdrise.com/open-insulin-project-at-counter-culture-labs Coming soon: more updates about Open Insulin collaborations in […]

Maria Chavez with Anthony Di Franco and Catherine Soneda It has been over a year since we launched the Open Insulin Project on Experiment.com. Not only has this year brought us closer to our goals – it’s highlighted to us the impact of insulin monopolies on society and welfare. Despite being a non-profit, volunteer, ever-in-flux […]

It’s been quite a busy summer with many developments outside of the lab that have given us a lot of new avenues to explore as we get back in the lab this fall. First, I was invited by Scott to join him on the Juice Box podcast at Arden’s Day to speak about our project. […]

Progress in the lab Things are getting really exciting here! We just finished designing our new proinsulin construct, and have successfully been growing cultures that contain the new construct. We are now moving on to expressing the proinsulin. If this succeeds, we’ll have accomplished our first milestone of expressing and purifying proinsulin. For background, a […]