Open Insulin Project
The Open Insulin Project is a production system and online service that allows users to produce medical-grade insulin at home for a fraction of market cost.
Using a starter kit and supporting digital platform, Open Insulin translates the process of bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing into an informative, easy-to-use package. The aim of the project is to decentralise the production of insulin, redressing the balance between the scientific community, private enterprise and the general public.
Open Insulin Project
The Open Insulin Project is a production system and online service that allows users to produce medical-grade insulin at home for a fraction of market cost.
Using a starter kit and supporting digital platform, Open Insulin translates the process of bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing into an informative, easy-to-use package. The aim of the project is to decentralise the production of insulin, redressing the balance between the scientific community, private enterprise and the general public.
About the
Designers
Jing Yu
In one life prior, Jing was a cancer research scientist developing pharmaceutical drugs for real people. Pre-CIID she worked in both academia and industry experimenting/playing with biotechnologies such as CRISPR/Cas9 and neural implants for BCI. You can read more on her work in page-turners such as: “IDBR: A modular system for high-density, multi-scale electrophysiology” and “Bim is required for T-cell allogeneic responses and graft-versus-host disease in vivo.” As a reformed scientist, she believes there is great potential buried at the intersection of science/design and practices design at that intersection in Oakland, CA. These days, she spends a lot of her time thinking about emerging technology, DIY and using biology as a material for designers. Jing is very enthusiastic about making beautiful, useful artifacts out of messiness.
UNIVERSITY
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
CATEGORY & YEAR
The Human, 2019
About the Designer
Jing Yu
In one life prior, Jing was a cancer research scientist developing pharmaceutical drugs for real people. Pre-CIID she worked in both academia and industry experimenting/playing with biotechnologies such as CRISPR/Cas9 and neural implants for BCI. You can read more on her work in page-turners such as: “IDBR: A modular system for high-density, multi-scale electrophysiology” and “Bim is required for T-cell allogeneic responses and graft-versus-host disease in vivo.” As a reformed scientist, she believes there is great potential buried at the intersection of science/design and practices design at that intersection in Oakland, CA. These days, she spends a lot of her time thinking about emerging technology, DIY and using biology as a material for designers. Jing is very enthusiastic about making beautiful, useful artifacts out of messiness.
UNIVERSITY
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
CATEGORY & YEAR
The Human, 2019
