Lab Report #25: Education Mode

[bkoep]

Foldit Education Mode spells out the science of proteins. Built for students, teachers, and you!

NEWS

• Education Mode now available from the Foldit puzzle menu

PUZZLE UPDATES

• Protein binder design for TGF-beta, IL-2 receptor, CD47
• Symmetric design puzzles

DESIGN OF THE MONTH

• A binder design for the CD47 target, created by nspc</a> in Puzzle 2043, makes excellent hydrophobic contacts with the CD47 target and does a good job of satisfying buried polar atoms with H-bonds. Take a look for yourself in the October Design of the Month sandbox puzzle.

[spvincent]

Foldit as an education tool gets a nice mention in the last paragraph here:

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-protein-unnatural-amino-acids.html