Hey Top Players

[carp]

Question. Do you guys consistently at the top have some knowledge of the science? It would be nice to see a show of hands.

[ferzle]

None at all.

[feet1st]

I just read a lot on Rosetta@home.

[ccarrico]

I do - I work on an anti-HIV project at the University of Washington, and fool around with the game in my spare time. I'd say having a bit of background with the science is handy for the game, but definitely not required (as demonstrated by the other fine folks at the top who don't do this sort of thing for a living).

[amorphus]

Considering the fact that the game doesn't give you that much technical information to handle (and considering the fact that rules of protein folding aren't even readily available to professionals in the field), formal biological training wouldn't really be that helpful. Besides, most people that go into/beyond graduate level bio/chem/biochem don't deal with explicit protein structure anyways.

[daemonk]

I have a background in genetics and mostly nucleotide work, but nothing really in protein folding/biochemistry. I pretty much agree with the above post. There aren't any established rules in the community to make the scientists better at this than any other profession.

[Guyoni]

none at all, just a love of video games

[madgamer2008]

I was a bio major in college and love science.  But I don't have any knowledge related to protein folding per se.  I'm an avid gamer and am always looking for puzzles to torment my brain with.

Then again, I'm not at the top either LOL.  

;)

[Diderot]

If you have any knowledge that might help others, please share it at the wiki.

[Deleted user]

If anyone has ANY knowledge of what the hell is oging on with this so-called scientific project, please let the rest of us in the dark know what's going on….