protein-folding

Just like any other game, "Foldit" rewards gamers who collaborate and compete to come up with ingenious solutions to protein-folding problems.

Following the Crowd to Citizen Science Matt Ridley 2012

Rosetta and other protein-folding algorithms do much better than simple trial and error; they incorporate all the rules and "tricks" that we know about.

Why Crowdsourcing Works 2010

Axe 2004 has performed site directed mutagenesis experiments on a 150-residue protein-folding domain within a B-lactamase enzyme.

The Panda's Thumb: Arthur Hunt Archives 2010

Rosetta and other protein-folding algorithms do much better than simple trial and error; they incorporate all the rules and "tricks" that we know about.

Why Crowdsourcing Works 2010

Even if we could solve protein-folding, the next stage would be to predict the structure of cells on the basis of the interactions of millions of proteins and other molecules.

Lewis Wolpert & Rupert Sheldrake Make a Wager William Harryman 2009

PHOTO (COLOR): THE NEXT BIG THING: Peter Kim grapples with the 'protein-folding problem'PHOTO (COLOR): MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: The Milky Way and other visible bodies make up less than 10 percent of the cosmosGENECHIPS, AHOY!

Uncovering Secrets, Big And Small 2008

Axe 2004 has performed site directed mutagenesis experiments on a 150-residue protein-folding domain within a B-lactamase enzyme.

Axe (2004) and the evolution of enzyme function - The Panda's Thumb 2007

Axe 2004 has performed site directed mutagenesis experiments on a 150-residue protein-folding domain within a B-lactamase enzyme.

The Panda's Thumb: January 2007 Archives 2007

HOUSTON, Oct. 3, 2005 – In unprecedented new research, scientists at Rice University have combined theory and experiment for the first time to both predict theoretically and verify experimentally the protein-folding dynamics of a large, complex protein.

Protein folding -- a step closer? - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Millions of people have contributed their desktop computers when they are not using them to link together through the internet into supercomputing collectives that help solve the protein-folding problem for medical researchers.

Howard Rheingold on collaboration 2005