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Please let us know via this survey about your background and interests. We will be in touch as capacity permits about how you can get involved.

Name * Email Address * What drew you to Open Insulin? What about the project is exciting or interesting to you? *

Which areas of our work interest you? * You can select multiple options. We listed here the skills that are a high priority for now, but our work is always evolving! Wet lab work: Microbe engineering, protein production and purification, yield optimization, scale-up
Open Hardware: Engineering of open source protein production and purification systems
Production and Distribution: Documentation, quality assurance, good manufacturing practices, establishing franchise / cooperative models for production, legal support
Internal / Organizational: Project management, digital services, grant writing, fundraising

What skills, experience, and/or resources do you have that would benefit Open Insulin? * If you would need to learn any additional skills to contribute in your area(s) of interest, what are they, how long do you estimate learning them will take, and how much time do you have to dedicate to learning them? * Do you have contact with other organizations or individuals who can support or contribute to Open Insulin? We are looking to expand our network and connect with allies. Elected representatives, non-profits, individuals knowledgeable in FDA and medicine regulations would be especially valuable currently. Where are you located? * The wet lab and hardware development teams need a local presence in Oakland, CA or in Baltimore, MD. Otherwise, much of the work for the Open Insulin can be done remotely. How many hours per week would you like to spend volunteering for Open Insulin? * A heads-up for wet lab work: most experiments involving microbial cultures require multiple consecutive days of work in the lab for a few hours each day. Protein purification protocols can take all day. If you already have full-time molecular biology/biochemistry lab experience, we estimate that 10-20 hours per month of work in the lab is necessary to move experiments forward. If you do not have much lab experience, we have very limited capacity for training but we can make it work if you are committed to contributing a significant amount of work (~100 hours over the first 3 months). Can you commit to working with Open Insulin for at least six months after your onboarding is complete? How long do you foresee your involvement with Open Insulin lasting? * What do you hope to learn at Open Insulin? How did you find out about Open Insulin? Anything else we should know about you? Comments or questions for us? Are you at least 18 years of age and also at least the age of majority (a legal adult) where you live?

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