We've got exciting results from the VHL small molecule design puzzles, and we're writing up a paper on them! As usual, we want Foldit Players who contributed to the puzzle to be co-authors. If you played a VHL puzzle, please take a look at the form at https://forms.gle/x8AsyBVTyRLqE2XWA
Co-authorship is limited specifically to people who played a VHL small molecule design puzzle (one of the eleven rounds during puzzles 2059-2091 in October 2021 to January 2022), but is open to anyone who played the puzzle, including people who might not currently be active with Foldit. So please let others who might not be monitoring Foldit announcements know about it. Deadline for submission is March 22nd, 2023.
Note that much of the form is optional – filling out just the first three questions is sufficient to obtain credit in the Foldit Players consortium.
That's great news but is it possible to take a look at a draft of the paper?
We hope to publish the paper on a preprint server (like Biorxiv.org or Chemrxiv.org) within the next month or so, and anyone in the consortium will be able to provide feedback (or request to be removed from the consortium) prior to official publication. We're posting the query such that we can post the preprint with the authorship information. – If this is somehow unsatisfactory, please feel free to PM me with your concerns.
First reaction: Wow! This is exciting news indeed!
And, yes, I agree with @spvincent that it would be very interesting to have a sneak preview of the paper!
Then, I wondered what I did in this particular series. Frankly, I didn't have a clue (it's more than a year ago, and we've seen a lot of other interesting puzzles since then), so I had to dig into my "external memory": some screenshots and notes. While doing so, I made the following list, with links to the scoreboards of all eleven rounds:
VHL ligand design Puzzles (and closing dates / times)
2059: Round 1 (October 27, 2021 at 23:00 UTC)
2062: Round 2 (November 03, 2021 at 23:00 UTC)
2068: Round 3 (November 17, 2021 at 23:00 UTC)
2071: Round 4 (November 24, 2021 at 23:00 UTC)
2074: Round 5 was closed early, because of a loophole in one of the objectives
2074b: Round 5b (December 08, 2021 at 23:00 UTC)
2079: Round 6 (December 15, 2021 at 23:00 UTC)
2082: Round 7 (December 22, 2021 at 23:00 UTC)
2085: Round 8 (December 29, 2021 at 23:00 UTC)
2088: Round 9 (January 05, 2022 at 23:00 UTC)
2091: Round 10 (January 12, 2022 at 23:00 UTC)
I hope this makes it easier for everyone to refresh their memories.
Also, in case a former teammate did well on one or more of these puzzles, and you can still contact them, please let them know!
Does the Design of the Month: December 2021 puzzle count? It is based on Puzzle 2062: VHL Ligand Design: Round 2 and expired Dec 31 2021. See https://fold.it/puzzles/2012401 for details.
None of the molecules made in the design of the month puzzle were included in the analysis.
I don't want to disclose my real name for privacy reasons and I don't care about any type of official "authorship", but is it possible to include my username in a credit somewhere, even if it's just a footnote?
There should be a section named: Acknowledgements. For example if an organization helps you to develop a scientific paper, you should mention them in this section.
Some of my work regarding protein folding was financed by an organization, so I mention it in my profile.
With Sandrix72's comments, I think there should be mention of affiliations, if his work was financed by an organization, the organization should be under the 'Affiliations' section, shouldn't they ? How can we report these affiliations as I too am supported by an organization in that respect.
