Summary
BootsMcGraw
Overall Soloist Rank 13 Overall Soloist Score 2691
Rank 13
Score 2691
Profile
- Started
- December 6, 2008
- Group
- Contenders
- Recipes
- BootsMcGraw's recipes
- Player ID
- 82314
- IRC Name
- BootsMcGraw
- About Me
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An educated redneck cowboy from Dallas, Texas, USA.
When I was in grad school in 1985 in the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics research department of the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center at the State University of New York at Buffalo, my master's thesis was going to be the development and presentation of a computer program that predicted the secondary structures of proteins based on their amino acid sequences.
Tertiary structure (i.e. folding) prediction at that time was a pie-in-the-sky fantasy. Imagine my delight, in 2008, to find out that not only are people determining tertiary structures of proteins, but they've made a game of it.
I play to win; but I am not always in a serious mood. You can sometimes find me in Veteran chat cuttin' up with my trusty cyber-horse "Trigger" (https://foldit.fandom.com/wiki/Trigger,_the_equine_Sysop). Say howdy if you see us.
Foldit bragging rights:
I am the proud winner of the only trophy ever presented by Foldit. Read about it at https://fold.it/portal/node/987550 .
Got to represent Foldit players in an interview about Citizen Scientists that was published in Nature magazine. Read about it at https://www.nature.com/news/2010/100804/pdf/466685a.pdf .
Also got to represent Foldit players through interviews for children's science magazine Muse, Volume 17, Number 3, and the University of Washington's alumni magazine Columns, March 2011 issue. Read about it at https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/the-science-of-gaming-technology-could-be-a-problem-solver/ .
My tetramer design for puzzle 2121 was chosen as the Design of the Month - April 2022. https://youtu.be/V_nQ5bd9oUs?t=329
Photographer, videographer, blogger, and webmaster. I have studied health and nutrition for over thirty years. Ask me what you will about the subject.
Retired from Foldit in 2014 after the death of player and beloved friend auntdeen (https://fold.it/portal/user/99169) broke my heart and my spirit. Returned in 2020, to help kick COVID-19 in its viral butt.
Ranks
| Puzzle Category | Solo Rank | Evolver Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 13 | 26 |
| Intermediate | 8 | 18 |
| Small Molecule Design | 8 | 18 |
| Novice | 17 | 23 |
| Prediction | 17 | 23 |
| Electron Density | 22 | 19 |
| Pilot | 28 | - |
Soloist Puzzle Scores
| Puzzle | Best Score | Points | Rank | Achieved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2735: Electron Density Reconstruction 160 | 67,991 | 8 | 28 | 2 days ago |
| 2736: SF-1 Round 4 | 14,366 | 21 | 18 | 2 days ago |
| 2734: Revisiting Puzzle 76: Plant Seed Protein | 9,770 | 59 | 9 | 3 days ago |
| 2732: Electron Density Reconstruction 159 | 42,268 | 16 | 21 | 9 days ago |
| 2733: LRH-1 Round 4 | 13,394 | 14 | 23 | 9 days ago |
Evolver Puzzle Scores
| Puzzle | Best Score | Points | Rank | Achieved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2721: LRH-1 Round 2 | 15,197 | 1 | 15 | about 1 month ago |
| 2720: Electron Density Reconstruction 155 | 25,829 | 1 | 9 | about 1 month ago |
| 2711: Electron Density Reconstruction 152 | 26,130 | 1 | 8 | 2 months ago |
| 2706: NaV1.7 Round 12 | 27,383 | 24 | 3 | 2 months ago |
| 2703: NaV1.7 Round 11 | 25,192 | 2 | 7 | 3 months ago |
Achievements
- Junior Soloist
- Achieved Soloist rank 30 or better in at least 5 puzzles
- Veteran Soloist
- Achieved Soloist rank 20 or better in at least 10 puzzles
- Master Soloist
- Achieved Soloist rank 10 or better in at least 15 puzzles
- Junior Evolver
- Achieved Evolver rank 30 or better in at least 5 puzzles
- Veteran Evolver
- Achieved Evolver rank 20 or better in at least 10 puzzles
- Master Evolver
- Achieved Evolver rank 10 or better in at least 15 puzzles
- Junior Debugger
- Reported 1 bug that was fixed by the Foldit team
- Veteran Debugger
- Reported 3 bug that was fixed by the Foldit team
- Master Debugger
- Reported 8 bug that was fixed by the Foldit team
- Junior Consultant
- Provided 1 feature/suggestion feedback that was implemented by the Foldit team
- Veteran Consultant
- Provided 3 feature/suggestion feedbacks that were implemented by the Foldit team
- Master Consultant
- Provided 8 feature/suggestion feedbacks that were implemented by the Foldit team
- Baby Steps
- Complete 10 moves
- Step Routine
- Complete 100 moves
- Moving Up
- Complete 1000 moves
- Professional Mover
- Complete 10000 moves
- Mover and Shaker
- Complete 100000 moves
- Perpetual Motion Machine
- Complete 1000000 moves
- Beyond Perpetual Motion
- Complete 10000000 moves
- Sidechains
- Finish all of the 'Sideschains' intro puzzles
- Backbone Packing
- Finish all of the 'Backbone Packing' intro puzzles
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Finish all of the 'Hydrogen Bonding' intro puzzles
- Hydrophobics and Hydrophilics
- Finish all of the 'Hydrophobics and Hydrophilics' intro puzzles
- Protein Design
- Finish all of the 'Protein Design' intro puzzles
- Tools and Types
- Finish all of the 'Tools and Types' intro puzzles
- Sequences
- Finish all of the 'Sequences' intro puzzles
- More Molecules
- Finish all of the 'More Molecules' intro puzzles
- Conditional Quests
- Finish all of the 'Conditional Quests' intro puzzles
- Blueprints
- Finish all of the 'Blueprints' intro puzzles
- Evolver
- Improve someone else's solution by evolving it
- Teamwork
- Share a solution with your group
