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A hub for global efforts in open source drug discovery for malaria. If you are interested in open source drug discovery and would like to do something to combat malaria, then:
Open Source Malaria (OSM, pronounced "''awesome''") is aimed at finding new medicines for malaria using strictly open source principles, embodied in the [[Open_Source_Research | 6 Laws of Open Research]].


* Get an OpenWetWare account
This wiki describes where the project is up to, and summaries of relevant data. For other aspects of the project, see the main [http://opensourcemalaria.org/# Project Landing Page].
* Edit this and other pages.
* Contribute to current projects or even start new ones!


=== Current Projects ===
If you would like to improve these wiki pages, you will need to get an OpenWetWare account ([[OpenWetWare:How_to_join |which is easy]]).


There are lots of things needed, but the main thing is experimental input. If you're a scientist with access to a lab, open source drug discovery needs you in particular. If you want to know what open source drug discovery is, go [[OSDD:Huh%3F|here]].
== About the Malaria Project ==


Currently there is an active project on-going for the synthesis of [[OSDDMalaria:GSK_Arylpyrrole_Series|GSK arylpyrrole series]]
A human-friendly summary of the science to date can be found in [[OpenSourceMalaria:Story_so_far|'''The Story So Far''']].


=== Discussion ===
A description of what open research is can be found in the [[Open_Source_Research|'''Open Research Page''']].


This is a wiki, meaning it's meant as a site for how projects are going. For discussion try [http://www.thesynapticleap.org/malaria/community The Synaptic Leap], and for feeds try the [http://twitter.com/#!/osddmalaria Twitter feed]. If you would like access to the Twitter account, in order to help post updates about malaria projects, please email OSDD.Malaria@gmail.com.
Aggregated data on various branches of the project so far can be found on the [[OpenSourceMalaria:Compound_Series|Compound Series Page]].
 
See publications from the project and what other people have written about it on the [[OpenSourceMalaria:Links|'''Links''']] page.
 
== What's Happening and What's Needed ==
 
Daily updates (including the To Do list) can be accessed through [http://opensourcemalaria.org/# the project's main hub].
 
At the moment (July 2013) there is most activity on [[OpenSourceMalaria:GSK_Amino-thienopyrimidine_Series|'''Series 2''']], with the raw data in [http://malaria.ourexperiment.org/aminotpseries this lab notebook].
 
The main resources needed in the OSM project are '''experimental input''', particularly chemical compound synthesis and help with chem/bioinformatics. Anyone can make compounds, get them tested and contribute data. You don't have to be a research scientist - maybe you're an undergrad doing a lab.
 
If you have no access to a lab, there are a number of important other things needed, labelled as such on the [https://github.com/OpenSourceMalaria/OSM_To_Do_List/issues?state=open To Do List].
 
==Licence==
 
The OSM project's licence unless otherwise stated is [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY-3.0] meaning you can use whatever you want for whatever purpose, provided you cite the project.

Revision as of 16:19, 8 July 2013

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Open Source Malaria (OSM, pronounced "awesome") is aimed at finding new medicines for malaria using strictly open source principles, embodied in the 6 Laws of Open Research.

This wiki describes where the project is up to, and summaries of relevant data. For other aspects of the project, see the main Project Landing Page.

If you would like to improve these wiki pages, you will need to get an OpenWetWare account (which is easy).

About the Malaria Project

A human-friendly summary of the science to date can be found in The Story So Far.

A description of what open research is can be found in the Open Research Page.

Aggregated data on various branches of the project so far can be found on the Compound Series Page.

See publications from the project and what other people have written about it on the Links page.

What's Happening and What's Needed

Daily updates (including the To Do list) can be accessed through the project's main hub.

At the moment (July 2013) there is most activity on Series 2, with the raw data in this lab notebook.

The main resources needed in the OSM project are experimental input, particularly chemical compound synthesis and help with chem/bioinformatics. Anyone can make compounds, get them tested and contribute data. You don't have to be a research scientist - maybe you're an undergrad doing a lab.

If you have no access to a lab, there are a number of important other things needed, labelled as such on the To Do List.

Licence

The OSM project's licence unless otherwise stated is CC-BY-3.0 meaning you can use whatever you want for whatever purpose, provided you cite the project.