Foldit Lab Report #7: Quarantine Edition
Can the Foldit team record an entire Lab Report with nothing but a webcam? Watch this brief update to find out!
NEWS
- Forget game play — Foldit is gettin' automated! (0:21)
- Coronavirus puzzles (1:14)
- Testing coronavirus binder solutions (2:08)
Look inside the lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXguhcxDLI8
PUZZLE UPDATES
- Here's what's new this month (2:36)
DESIGN OF THE MONTH
- A great coronavirus binder by player stomjoh (3:12)
LOOKING TO IMPROVE YOUR GAMEPLAY?
- We recently posted two helpful new videos! (3:55)
1) Tutorial Speedrun
2) CoV Binder Design
Ask Us Anything today on Reddit!
Today at 18:00 GMT, members of the Foldit team will be answering questions on this Reddit thread in r/Coronavirus. We will be joined by another team from the UW IPD that is developing COVID-19 vaccines using protein nanoparticles.
Post your questions early, and ask us anything you want to know about nanoparticle vaccines or Foldit antivirals!
(Mon, 03/30/2020 - 04:25 | 1 comment)Coronavirus designs queued for testing!
Check out the blog for an update on CoV binder designs that will be lab-tested at the UW Institute for Protein Design!
A new video explains how we test whether designed proteins can bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein:
(Wed, 03/25/2020 - 05:48 | 6 comments)New blog post about protein binders!
Check out the latest Foldit blog post for details about our backend analysis of CoV-binder designs!
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(Fri, 03/20/2020 - 19:24 | 2 comments)Special update on coronavirus puzzles
In this special update we take a look at some of the best-scoring antiviral proteins designed so far by Foldit players. We then step into the laboratory to see what testing these molecules is actually going to look like. See the blog for more details!
Check out the newest Coronavirus Binder Design: Round 3 puzzle!
This video features Lexi Walls, Ph.D., who recently published important research on SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).
(Thu, 03/12/2020 - 23:02 | 3 comments)
