Att. Folding@Home team members ~~ Info added to the Welcome thread by AT Mod

[nagger]

Just a thought,

Can anybody write down a small intro about this project so we can post some info about Folding@Home on the thread sticked on the top of this Forum.

I sugest also that we link the installation guides posted by narzy, since they're well layout and we sure need to raise more awareness to this project to every DC Forum visitor.

Other sugestions post here.

 

[osage]

up for a good idea, must be someone here with good language skills etc:

 

[Evadman]

Along with where / how to join. 'specialy joining TA 🙂

 

[bunker]

I'll give it a shot. I'll see if I can pull some info from the F@H site. I'll have something by tomorrow.

Evadman--Narzy's guides tell you how to join the TeAm!

 

[bunker]

This was really quickly done, quite a bit ripped from the F@H site, but I think it gets the job done.
If you have a suggestion or change, make it. You won't hurt my feelings! 🙂

Folding@Home

The Folding@Home project seeks to understand the process behind protein folding. In order to carry out their function (e.g. as enzymes or antibodies) the protein must take on a particular shape. It makes this shape by folding.

Understanding how proteins self-assemble ("protein folding") is a holy grail of modern molecular biophysics. What makes it such a great challenge is its complexity, which renders simulations of folding extremely computationally demanding, and difficult to understand. The Stanford group has developed a new way to simulate protein folding.

A protein can fold itself in one-millionth of a second. It takes 1000 computers to simulate a fold in the same amount of time. Stanford needs your help and so does Team Anandtech.

How to set up the gui client and join the TeAm

How to set up the no-nonsense command line client and join the TeAm

Link to the Folding@Home project

 

[IceCreamMan]

Good work!
Thanks for taking up the challenge.

 

[nagger]

Nice work Bunker,

It sounds great so, who PM's the Mods to post it?

🙂

 

[bunker]

I pm'ed the mods.

 

[AnandTech Moderator]

Info added to the Welcome thread. 🙂

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