Folding@Home

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  1. Erik Redd

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  2. Erik Redd

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  3. PatrickA51

    PatrickA51 Well-Known Member

    Interesting I guess I will do some research on this. I might end up joining. :happy088:
     
  4. Luteplayers

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    My desktop is chugging along. Nearing 1,000,000 myself.
     
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  6. markjnewcomb

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    I joined. The program jugs along sweetly with no issues.

    BTW: You can get the stats for everyone here.
     
  7. Bristle Me

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    I'm in. (at least I think I am)
    Their seems to be a process called FahCore using about 50% of my processor time showing in the task manager. :)

    Update:
    Yes, I must have gotten the package downloaded and installed properly.
    I can access the control page and look at the stats just fine.
    I hope to finish my first task on or before 06:00 tomorrow!

    This machine has a nice processor, custom copper heat sink and fan on the CPU,
    and plenty of memory. It's about time I put it to work doing something worthwhile. :)
     
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  8. markjnewcomb

    markjnewcomb Well-Known Member

    I've been running folding on my computer for a while and it doesn't interfere with my computer at all. I don't even miss the cpu cycles.

    Can you explain to me what folding is? Everywhere I look on the Stanford web site seems to say "we are folding" as if that in in itself explained what "folding" is. I understand we are working with long molecular structures, protein chains, etc. But what I don't understand is the word "folding". Are we taking this long strip of protein and through the computer simulating a physically folding over the protein chain like we do to a napkin? What does the folding part actually do and why is it important?
     
  9. R.D.Nelson

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    I just joined up.
     
  10. Jayaruh

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    OK, I'm in now. A little late, but hey! Thanks.
     
  11. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    Sorry for the late reply.
    The simple version is protein chains fold into a specific three dimensional shape when they interact with various amino acids. Wikipedia has a more complete answer here:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_folding
     
  12. markjnewcomb

    markjnewcomb Well-Known Member

    Thanks. I ended up getting a high school biology teacher to explain it to me like I was a three year old. It only took her 6 tries before I understood the concept. :)

    I'm still chugging along with FAH. It never bothers my computer & I figure I might just help some people a little.
     
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  13. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    Oh, good. That wikipedia description started going over my head about two paragraphs in. My short answer above was about as much as I could grasp before my brain started hurting.
     
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  14. markjnewcomb

    markjnewcomb Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I know. Take a look at this first paragraph. There were only 10 things I didn't understand.

    Protein folding is the process by which a protein structure assumes its functional shape or conformation. It is the physical process by which a polypeptide folds into its characteristic and functional three-dimensional structure from random coil.[1] Each protein exists as an unfolded polypeptide or random coil when translated from a sequence of mRNA to a linear chain of amino acids. This polypeptide lacks any stable (long-lasting) three-dimensional structure (the left hand side of the first figure). Amino acids interact with each other to produce a well-defined three-dimensional structure, the folded protein (the right hand side of the figure), known as the native state. The resulting three-dimensional structure is determined by the amino acid sequence (Anfinsen's dogma).[2]Experiments [3]beginning in the 1980s indicate the codon for an amino acid can also influence protein structure.
     
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  15. KLF

    KLF Doctorin

    Is this project still going ?
     
  16. PLANofMAN

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  17. KLF

    KLF Doctorin

    I will join again later today...I wonder if it makes a difference.
     
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  19. hrairy

    hrairy Well-Known Member

    I'm in. Signed up, used the team number and it is running in background!
     
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  20. markjnewcomb

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    You will never notice it is there.
     
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