Open-Labware.net

3-D print your own lab equipment

Open-Labware.net is a collaborative spin-off project of TReND in Africa, OpenNeuroscience and the Baden lab. Here, we present our designs and modifications of Free and Open Source Hardware projects specifically intended to be used in a scientific lab or research setting.

Peer reviewed designs

2P microscopy

Non-Telecentric Two-photon Microscopy for 3D Random Access Mesoscale Imaging.Janiak FK§, Bartel P, Bale M, Yoshimatsu T, Komulainen EH, Zhou M, Staras K, Prieto Godino LL, Euler T, Maravall M, Baden T§.
Nature Communications (2022) 13:544. pdf.

FlyPi

The 100 Euro Lab: A 3-D Printable Open Source Platform For Fluorescence Microscopy, Optogenetics And Accurate Temperature Control During Behaviour Of Zebrafish, Drosophila And C. elegans.Chagas AM§, Prieto Godino LL, Arrenberg AB and Baden T§.
PLoS Biology. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2002702. pdf.

 

Spatio-Chromatic Visual Stimulator

An arbitrary-spectrum spatial visual stimulator for vision research.Franke K*, Chagas AM*, Zhao Z, Zimmermann MJY, Bartel P, Qiu Y, Szatko K, Baden T, Euler T§.
eLife 8:e48779. pdf.

Pressure-injection system

Openspritzer: an open hardware pressure ejection system for reliably delivering picolitre volumes.Forman CJ§, Tomes H, Mbobo B, Burman RJ, Jacobs M, Baden T§, Raimondo JV§.
Scientific Reports 7:2188. pdf.

LED controller

LED Zappelin’: An open source LED controller for arbitrary spectrum visual stimulation and optogenetics during 2-photon imaging.Zimmermann MJY§, Chagas AM, Bartel P, Pop S, Prieto Godino LL, Baden T§.
HardwareX e00127. pdf.

In silico neuron model

Spikeling: a low-cost hardware implementation of a spiking neuron for neuroscience teaching and outreach.Baden T§, James B, Zimmermann M, Bartel P, Griseels D, Lagnado L* and Maravall M*.
PLoS Biology. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2006760. pdf.

Natural imaging

A low-cost hyperspectral scanner for natural imaging above and under water.Nevala NE§ and Baden T§.
Scientific Reports 9:10799. pdf.

3D printed manipulator

Open Labware – 3D printing your own lab equipment.Baden T§, Chagas AM, Gage G, Marzullo T, Prieto Godino LL, Euler T.
PLoS Biology 13(3):e1002086. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002086. pdf.

3D printed pipettes

Open Labware – 3D printing your own lab equipment.Baden T§, Chagas AM, Gage G, Marzullo T, Prieto Godino LL, Euler T.
PLoS Biology 13(3):e1002086. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002086. pdf.

Want to learn more?

  • Check out our classic review paper on the subject. With ~100k hits, this review currently ranks in PLoS’ most accessed article of all time.
  • Also check out our PLoS Open Hardware Collection which lists many more open labware projects collected from all over the place (now discontinued)!
  • Finally have a look at OpenNeuroscience, a free-for all repository for Open Source Hardware solutions in Neuroscience