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Started crunching Boinc a couple of years ago and was introduced to folding by a Boinc team-mate, so have added that to my list of worthy causes.

Originally a Boing Boing recruit, I'm settled in and cosy...

An educated redneck here, from Dallas, Texas.

When I was in grad school in 1985 at the State University of New York at Buffalo, my master's thesis was to construct and present a computer program that predicted the secondary structures (helix, sheet, loop) of proteins based on their amino acid sequences. Tertiary structure (i.e. folding) prediction was a pie-in-the-sky fantasy.

Imagine my delight, a quarter century later, to find out that not only are people determining tertiary structures of proteins, but they've made a *game* of it.

Matthias Gaebel ist ein 39 Jahre alter Falter aus Deutschland.

M.G. is a 39 years old bloke from the region between Danmark and Switzerland.
Yes, that's in Europe.

He is unrelated to cheese.

I fold a bit.

I like to score really high, really quickly. Then I check my email and maybe do some dishes.

Originally studied biochemistry and drifted into computer programming. Now semi-retired, I work for a local society involved in salmonid enhancement. FoldIt eats up much of my remaining time.

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