This repository collects tutorials, slides, and codes developed and maintained by the Open Labware Group, a special group that aim to build equipment using open source technologies. This group is based on the grouping made during BioRTC Summer School Training held between 18th July 2022 to 28th July 2022 at the College of Medical Sciences, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria. Details about the group. We were introduced into the world of Open Science and are empowered with the knowledge needed to create our own solutions for research needs in our local institutions. Details of the learning experience could also be found here and here. We learned:-
- How to design objects for 3D printing using OpenScad and how to conduct 3D printing
- How to put together electronic circuits using Arduino nano
- How to leverage open source knowledge to develop our own tools.
Andre Maia Chagas is an open science and open source hardware expert with a background in Neuroscience who has been developing affordable open science hardware and teaching others to do so via various workshops, talks and outreach events. He started Open Neuroscience, and is a volunteer at Trend in Africa as an open source advisor and resource person in Open Labware workshops. Andre Maia Chagas is an open science and open source hardware experts with a background in Neurosciences who have been developing affordable open science hardware and teaching others to do so via various workshops, talks and outreach events. He started Open Neuroscience and volunteer at Trend in Africa as an open source adviser and by organizing and running Open Labware workshops.
Andre currently works at the Department of Neurosciences in the University of Sussex, where he develop equipment to support research labs. For more details on those projects check the Open Sussex Neuroscience page
On his spare time he offer consultancy services around open science hardware through Prometheus Science. If you need to replicate a methods paper, or if you’d like something custom built for your lab, get in touch!
If you would like to get in touch, drop me a line using the contact form at the end of this page!
The group that contributed to this repo and who built the open source hardware using 3D printers are listed in the Contributors list,
Use the table below to key in your name and programming language used during the electronics circuits class. If there are dependencies (in the language used), please kindly mention it in the table too.
| Name | Language | OS |
|---|---|---|
| Umar Ahmad | Arduino | MacOS |
| Adam Saleh Adam | Arduino | Window OS |
| Adamu Abdullahi | Arduino | Window OS |
| Garba Isah | Arduino | Window OS |
| Halima Usman | Arduino | Window OS |
| Aishatu Umar Mohammed | Arduino | Window OS |
| Murtala Bindawa Isah | Arduino | Window OS |
The content of the tutorials and website are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This repo is free to use and re-use, under under the MIT License
Contributions, suggestions, and bug reports are extremely welcome - please create an issue.
We would like to thank all contributors, especially those mentioned in the Contributors list, the BioMedical Research Centre (BioRTC) and its founder Dr Mahmoud Bukar Maina, College of Medical Sciences, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria, Wellcome Trust, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Francis Crick Institute, University of Sussex, TReND in Africa and Yobe state government for their support and funding for this Summer School Training Programme.