How does Foldit work?

How does Foldit work?

Foldit is a popular online citizen-science game, in which players are scored on the structure of proteins that they’ve folded. In Foldit puzzles, for example, players are rewarded for solving clashes and voids, places where the protein is not consistent with known biochemical patterns.

How many people play Foldit?

Now close to 200,000 registered players around the world are playing Foldit and tackling thorny problems in protein folding that stump even a supercomputer.

Who created Foldit?

David Baker, a protein research scientist at the University of Washington, founded the Foldit project. Seth Cooper was the lead game designer.

How do you cite Foldit?

If you use Foldit Standalone in your work, please cite: Robert Kleffner, Jeff Flatten, Andrew Leaver-Fay, David Baker, Justin B. Siegel, Firas Khatib and Seth Cooper. Foldit Standalone: a video game-derived protein structure manipulation interface using Rosetta.

What are the 4 levels of structure in a protein?

Proteins fold into stable three‐dimensional shapes, or conformations, that are determined by their amino acid sequence. The complete structure of a protein can be described at four different levels of complexity: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure.

What are the benefits of being a citizen scientist?

Citizen science offers many opportunities, for researchers as well as for citizens. A top 10 list of benefits.

  • Achieving more participation in research.
  • Facilitating research on a bigger scale by adding additional people.
  • Tapping into new sources of information, knowledge and perspectives. “

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