MycetOS is a science project aimed at discovering new medicines for the treatment of a terrible fungal infection, eumycetoma. The project uses open source principles, meaning that you can get involved as a full partner.
We started on February 6th 2018. Press release. One-page description of the whole idea. The first paper that serves as a launchpad. The first newsletter is here and you can sign up for more.
Everything is online. You're looking at the Github community. There's also a Reddit community. There's a Twitter account.
You can go to the Wiki to find out the background of the project, or jump straight to looking at the series under investigation. Each series functions a little differently depending on what stage they're at, but in general we communicate through issues, while the Wiki acts as a more permanent storage for relevant links and data.
The molecules related to the project are all in a spreadsheet.
You can find online lab notebooks from various members of the MycetOS group here, or have a look at journal articles and theses published by the group here.
Take a look at the open issues on the repository here and join the conversation. This is a collection of ideas, suggestions and questions that we're looking for help with.
Or just come along to a monthly meeting - the 2024 roster can be found here.
Alternatively take a look at the Reddit community. If things aren't clear, get in touch on Twitter (vastly preferred, since it's public) or email (non-preferred, because private. It's [email protected]).
Anyone can be an equal partner. It was started by Wendy van de Sande (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam), Ben Perry (@MrBenGP) and Jean-Robert Ioset (Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Geneva) and Matthew Todd (The University of Sydney, @mattoddchem). Contact person on Github is @mattodd.
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