Two New TOOLS in the Game – Lab Report 37

We've completely rebuilt the Foldit website and added two amazing new tools to the game. Plus, we think Foldit is ready to compete with the big dogs.

0:00 - welcome!
0:23 - NEWS: two new tools
4:03 - PUZZLE UPDATE: it's on!
5:30 - DOTM by dcrwheeler
8:07 - step into the lab

In the lab:    • From DNA to protein (Part 1) – Lab Report 34  

You don't have to be a scientist to do science. Download and play Foldit and you can help researchers discover new drugs for cancer, antivirals, and more. The most promising solutions are being manufactured and tested at the University of Washington Institute for Protein Design in Seattle.

Foldit is FREE and not-for-profit: https://fold.it/​​

This video features Foldit scientist Brian Koepnick, PhD. It was produced by Ian Haydon.

Note: Foldit is an interactive computer game and not a distributed computing project. If you would like to donate spare CPU cycles to science, please check out the Rosetta@Home project on BOINC at https://boinc.bakerlab.org/