Fold It
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Facts about "Fold It"
Developed with | Citizen science custom software + |
Has Haklay typology level | distributed intelligence + |
Has address | University of Washington + |
Has citizen science subject area | biology/medicine/neuroscience + |
Has collective performance feedback | yes + |
Has community awareness tools | Twitter and mentions in popular science articles + |
Has community interaction forms | Blog Comments and Twitter + |
Has community management | Forum fairly active. + |
Has community manager | maybe + |
Has community tools | Website +, Blog +, Forum +, Wiki + and Other + |
Has completion level | Medium + |
Has contact person | Not explicitely listed + |
Has contact person URL | http://fold.it/portal/feedback or https://twitter.com/foldit + |
Has data types to manipulate | 3D manipulation + |
Has event types | Other + |
Has events frequency | 5 + |
Has field of science | Biochemistry + |
Has gaming elements | achievements +, score boards + and challenges + |
Has individual performance feedback | yes + |
Has interface attractivity | somewhat cool/attractive + |
Has location of activities | International + |
Has main institution | University of Washington's Center for Game Science + |
Has member profile elements | photo +, personal interests +, badges +, activity metrics + and other + |
Has member profiles | minimal + |
Has number of forum members | 6,398 + |
Has participant contribution type | data analysis + |
Has partner institutions | UW Department of Biochemistry +, UW Center for Game Science + and UW Department of Computer Science and Engineering + |
Has peer to peer guidance | yes + |
Has project access URL | http://fold.it/portal/ + |
Has project beta start date | December 12, 2008 + |
Has project description | Fold It is a computer game enabling volont … Fold It is a computer game enabling volonteers to contribute to biochemistry research by resolving proteins puzzles. The game is part of an experimental research project, and is developed by the University of Washington's Center for Game Science in collaboration with the UW Department of Biochemistry. on with the UW Department of Biochemistry. + |
Has project name | Fold It + |
Has project news site | http://fold.it/portal/blog + |
Has project news updates | weekly + |
Has project purpose | Identify the structural configuration of natural proteins to study and understand proteins better. + |
Has project start date | May 8, 2008 + |
Has research progress feedback | somewhat + |
Has research question | "As described above +, knowing the structure of a protein is key to understanding how it works and to targeting it with drugs. A small protein can consist of 100 amino acids + and while some human proteins can be huge (1000 amino acids). The number of different ways even a small protein can fold is astronomical because there are so many degrees of freedom." from official project website + |
Has screenshot | Foldit main.png + |
Has social software sites | Twitter + and Facebook + |
Has subject area | Natural sciences + |
Has team leader | David Baker + |
Has team link | http://fold.it/portal/info/credits + |
Has team work | yes + |
Has training sequence | strong + |
Has tutorials and documentation | yes + |
Has volonteer computing | no + |
Has volonteer gaming | yes + |
Has volonteer sensing | no + |
Has volonteer thinking | no + |
Is gaming genre | puzzle + |
Is open | true + |
Last edition | December 20, 2013 + |