BootsMcGraw
Global Soloist Rank: #7
Global Soloist Score: 3066

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Name: BootsMcGraw
Location: Dallas, Texas USA
Started Folding: 12/06/08
About me:

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.

Hobbies: Licensed Massage Therapist; also a photographer, videographer, and webmaster. I have studied health and nutrition for over twenty years. Ask me my opinions about the subject.
Group: Contenders

Soloist Scores

Evolver Scores

PuzzleRankBest ScorePointsLast Played
270: Quest to the Native - MC16 Alignment710,40072Yesterday
269: Mini-CASP 14 - Last Chance Alignment110,35110003/09
266: Mini-CASP 17 - Alignment Freestyle29,7829603/08
268: Hold it!49,4653103/07
262: Quest to the Native 17511,6098502/28

All-Hands Scores

PuzzleRankBest ScorePointsLast Played
191: Mini-CASP 2-All Hands2710,3082008/22/09
182: Mini-CASP 1-All Hands3210,027308/07/09
170: All-Hands of Rosetta Decoy 2119,8037607/29/09
136: Cell Adhesion778,6462904/21/09
128: Grand Challenge 97910,6314403/27/09

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Achieved Soloist rank 30 or better in at least 5 puzzles
 
Veteran Soloist
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Master Soloist
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Junior Evolver
Achieved Evolver rank 30 or better in at least 5 puzzles
 
Veteran Evolver
Achieved Evolver rank 20 or better in at least 10 puzzles
 
Master Evolver
Achieved Evolver rank 10 or better in at least 15 puzzles
 
Junior Debugger
Reported 1 bug that was fixed by the Foldit team
 
Baby Steps
Complete ten moves
 
Step Routine
Complete one hundred moves
 
Moving Up
Complete one thousand moves
 
Professional Mover
Complete one ten thousand moves
 
Mover and Shaker
Complete one hundred thousand moves
 
Sidechains
Finish all of the 'Sideschains' intro puzzles
 
Backbone Packing
Finish all of the 'Backbone Packing' intro puzzles
 
Hydrogen Bonding
Finish all of the 'Hydrogen Bonding' intro puzzles
 

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