We are preparing a research paper about protein design in Foldit, and we want to include you! Over the past 6 years, Foldit players have designed a number of impressive proteins from scratch, and in the process have revealed some important discoveries about protein design. We are writing up these results in a formal paper to share with the rest of the scientific community.
None of this would have been possible without Foldit players, and we want to make sure everyone is represented fairly! Any Foldit player who has participated in a protein design puzzle can choose to be included among the authors of the paper. If you have played a protein design puzzle in the last 6 years, please fill out this form to tell us how you would like to be included:
The form includes some optional questions about gameplay strategy and basic demographic information. This has been requested by other researchers, who want to know more about the perspective of Foldit players. Please consider answering these questions to tell us more about your experience playing Foldit.
Edit: Next week we will send a confirmation email to all users who fill out the form. The confirmation email will include a draft of the paper for you to review.
Do we get to take a look at what we might be putting our names to?
Never put ones name to something one has not seen - not a bright thing to do.
Next week we will send a confirmation email to all users who have filled out the form (even users who declined authorship). This confirmation email will include a draft of the paper.
If you wish to change your authorship status, you can let us know then.
we will get a synopsis of the paper - on which to judge our inclusion?
The confirmation email will link to a complete draft of the paper (including a short abstract summarizing the main findings).
This way I will know when to check my e-mail,
and if I don't see the message, I can look
carefully in my spam filter for it.
good day! CASP protein prediction competition held - first place was taken by artificial intelligence deep mind _ where was the baker lab?
We've been taking about this quite a bit in the Forum: https://fold.it/portal/node/2006262
Include's David Baker's take on it… enjoy!
We just sent an email to form respondents (using the email address registered with the Foldit username). Please check your inbox for an email from foldit.publications@gmail.com. If you responded to the form, but did not receive an email, feel free to PM me.
We are still receiving form responses. To anyone who responds to the form after today, we will send another email in another week to make sure you also get a copy of the paper draft.
