Increasing public involvement in structural biology

Seth Cooper; Firas Khatib; David Baker

doi:10.1016/j.str.2013.08.009

Increasing public involvement in structural biology

Structure. 2013 Sep 3;21(9):1482-4. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2013.08.009.

Authors

Seth Cooper¹, Firas Khatib, David Baker

Affiliation

¹ Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24010706
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.08.009

Abstract

Public participation in scientific research can be a powerful supplement to more-traditional approaches. We discuss aspects of the public participation project Foldit that may help others interested in starting their own projects.

MeSH terms

Community Participation*
Computer Simulation
Humans
Models, Molecular
Molecular Biology*
User-Computer Interface
Video Games