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Here is a recent article about foldit in Felix, the student newspaper of the Imperial College London. It also mentions the recent aflatoxin challenge.
Article(s) about the Aflatoxin puzzles
Started by smortier
Susume Lv 1
A brief mention of foldit in this round-up of aflatoxin projects: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensavage/2018/04/24/a-remarkable-new-technology-that-will-diminish-a-global-cancer-threat/#3109bd84779c
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This annual conference brings together 600 of the world's brightest young researchers and about 30 Nobel Laureates. This year's conference focused on physiology and medicine, and crowdsourcing and video games were hot topics. Several members of the Foldit Aflatoxin scientific team were there to present the project and introduce people to foldit:
https://www.mars.com/global/our-news/our-stories/crowdsourcing-video-gaming-aflatoxin
spvincent Lv 1
That link doesn't seem to be working
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The page was missing for a day or so, but now it is back.
Susume Lv 1
This article in the Jerusalem Post (09/26/19) is primarily about new investment by Mars Inc. in research in Israel, but toward the end the vice president of the Mars Advanced Research Institute talks about the foldit partnership as an example of Mars investing in unconventional sources of innovation.
“Initial results are very positive,” Graham said, “We expect to have results soon.”
https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Mars-turns-to-Israeli-tech-to-develop-global-food-solutions-602933
spvincent Lv 1
That's a slightly surprising comment in view of the glitches experienced in the previous round (see https://fold.it/portal/main?page=3). Still I imagine he was talking in very general terms.
That link quotes the Siegel lab as hoping to have new design puzzles up in 2-3 months. That was in April: any idea when we're going to get a new batch?
LociOiling Lv 1
It's the Return of the Aflatoxin Challenge.