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Volunteer contributors welcome

Share your expertise. Help curiosity go further.

Open Study Shelf

We welcome professors, retired faculty, educators, researchers and qualified professionals who would enjoy contributing to accessible peptide and amino-acid education.

A focused first contribution

Review one explanation

Choose a short lesson, figure caption or research summary in your area. Comment on scientific scope, terminology and how clearly it distinguishes evidence from inference.

Teaching and learning

Strengthen a learning resource

Suggest an explained question, worked example, reading companion or printable exercise. We welcome expertise in biochemistry, chemistry, biology, pharmacology, physiology, medicine and science education.

Research literacy

Walk through a paper

Help learners understand a study's question, methods, results and limitations. The contribution is education, not prescribing advice, a treatment protocol or product promotion.

Permission-based recognition

Receive a contributor profile

For an agreed and completed contribution, we can offer a website profile with an approved biography, relevant qualifications, a public professional link and the exact resource contributed to. Recognition is optional and requires your approval.

A clear, low-pressure process

  1. Send your subject area, relevant background and the kind of contribution you would enjoy.
  2. We agree a small scope, expected output, approximate timing and whether your name will be public. There is no minimum ongoing commitment.
  3. We confirm relevant qualifications, authorship permissions and any competing interests before publishing a credit.
  4. You approve the final credited wording and biography. We identify the specific page and scope rather than implying endorsement of the entire website.

This is an unpaid volunteer opportunity. Website recognition is an acknowledgment of a contribution, not payment, an appointment or an endorsement requirement; contributions do not require purchasing anything.

What to include in your first message

Your name, subject area, relevant background, a possible contribution and approximate availability are enough. A public professional-profile link is optional; do not send patient records, student information, passwords or confidential institutional material.

The button opens a draft in your own email app. Nothing is submitted or sent automatically, and contacting us does not commit you to participate.

Transparent credits, specific contributions

We are inviting contributors, not announcing appointments. No volunteer is listed as a reviewer or collaborator without acceptance, a completed agreed contribution and permission to publish the credit.