Other Open Initiatives

• Crowdfight COVID-19

  • https://crowdfightcovid19.org/

  • An initiative from the scientific community to put all available resources at the service of the fight against COVID-19

• Open-Source Covid19 Detection kits

  • http://app.jogl.io/project/118

• COVID-19 Resources Canada

  • https://covid19resources.ca/

  • Resources for researchers and clinicians fighting COVID-19 in Canada.

  • Supporting our COVID-19 R&D community with access to human resources, expertise, reagents and equipment.

• Moriarty Lab, University of Toronto, Call for Scientists

  • https://moriartylab.org/covid-19-volunteers/

• Pipette Jockey:

  • http://pipettejockey.com/

  • Has created "Mashup RT" available to academics and healthcare providers as a open-source / non-commercial reverse transcriptase, with protocols, plasmid sequences

  • They also have a DNA polymerase and more. For more details visit their site.

• Ottawa Bioscience

  • http://specyal.com/diybio/bioreactor.html

• • "We have a project started and I'm still looking for collaborators. The team is getting pretty strong. I thought you might be able and interested to contribute."

  • Under that we linked our general document, the slack address, the JOGL address, the proposal document etc.

  • One Ring to rule them ALL

Examples of Lab-Derived Tests

• Search Results from bioRxiv ("COVID-19 and RT-PCR) (bioRxiv) - 98 results as of 16/04/2020

  • E.G.: Analytical Validation of a COVID-19 qRT-PCR Detection Assay Using a 384-well Format and Three Extraction Methods (bioRxiv)

• Basque scientists validate alternative RT-PCR test for COVID-19 detection (Link)