Haves and have nots must find a better way: The case for open scientific hardware

André Maia Chagas

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000014

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Haves and have nots must find a better way: The case for open scientific hardware

André Maia Chagas

* E-mail: a.maia-chagas@sussex.ac.uk

Affiliations Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neurosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Graduate School for Neural and Behavioural Sciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, TReND in Africa gUG, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2609-3017

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Haves and have nots must find a better way: The case for open scientific hardware

André Maia Chagas

Published: September 27, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000014

About the Authors

André Maia Chagas

* E-mail: a.maia-chagas@sussex.ac.uk

Affiliations Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neurosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Graduate School for Neural and Behavioural Sciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, TReND in Africa gUG, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2609-3017

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the author of this manuscript has the following competing interests: Editor of the Open Source Toolkit Channel for PLOS.

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