Open labware is the lab equipment equivalent of open software, i.e. lab equipment which designs are openly shared and that everyone can build for a fraction of their commercial cost.

We collaborate in a number open labware projects (see publication tab), and use these designs for research in the lab, teaching in Africa, and for public outreach. Here are some of the many useful websites on the topic:

• PLoS Blog on Open Hardware
• PLoS Open Hardware collection
• Open Labware
• Open Neuroscience
• Open Behaviour
• OpenPCR