Technology

Open-Source Technologies

Open-source and open-design are movements that promote broader, unrestricted access to software and designs. It promotes subsequent improvements by anyone, with the understanding that these, too, will be open source. Peer to peer collaboration is a principal tenet of open-source developments.

The Girguis Lab is an open-source/open-design facility. We strongly believe that an “open source” approach to disseminating technologies enables more rapid discovery and more efficient use of our community’s limited financial resources. When partnering with commercial entities, we make every effort to encourage “open source” approaches to development, and to ensure that any co-developed technologies are—at the very least—available to academic scientists at a reasonable price.