Summary of OCN’s Terms of Use and Participation

Participants agree to follow the OCN’s Terms of Use and Participation, the core features of which are summarized below:

SGC contributes biochemistry, structural biology, and cell biology in-kind.
Participants will provide chemistry in-kind. There is no additional funding for projects. All contributions to projects from participants and SGC will be made open source - no patents or other intellectual property rights may be filed on contributions.
Contributions made to OCN will be open for sharing and used by others in real time. Users will be expected to provide the appropriate credit to the individual who made the contribution, refer to the OCN Terms of Use and Participation when sharing, and adhere to legal and ethical standards of use.
Participants are likewise free to use contributions of the SGC and others under the same terms. For example, participants are welcome to use project data generated with their compounds in any grant applications or scientific presentations of their choosing, subject to providing appropriate credit, but without the need to seek further permission.
Participants can determine the publication strategy for their chemistry. Each project will also have its own ‘living paper’ jointly authored by contributors as the project moves forward. Manuscripts will be submitted to pre-print servers at select milestones and ultimately for final publication in peer-reviewed, open access journals.
Compounds that meet the criteria established for a project (e.g., potency, selectivity, cell permeability, etc.) along with associated project data may be selected for inclusion in SGC’s chemical probes program, through which SGC may make the compounds available to the research community, either directly or through third-party vendors. Neither the organization that contributed to the chemistry nor the SGC will receive any financial benefit from distribution of compounds.
Materials that are transferred from one participant to another during a project must only be used for research purposes according to applicable legal and ethical standards and may not be used in human subjects. Those providing materials to a project must disclose known hazardous properties and risks.
Participants will be expected to acquire approval for their involvement with OCN from their academic institution/employer, where such authorization is required. If you are unsure if consent is required by your academic institution/employer, you can inform your supervisor about the project and the Terms of Use and Participation. Each participant is responsible for ensuring proper organizational approval.

The above summarizes some of the key features of (and is not a substitute for) the full Terms of Use and Participation. Participants should carefully review the full Terms of Use and Participation before participating in or using information from, an OCN project. Should you have any questions regarding these conditions, please send enquiries to Professor Mat Todd at matthew.todd@ucl.ac.uk.