Discussion - Reasons to run Rosetta@Home

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tralala Send message Joined: 8 Apr 06 Posts: 376 Credit: 581,806 RAC: 0	Message 14132 - Posted: 19 Apr 2006, 20:05:58 UTC - in response to Message 14122. Great list I agree with most of them also in a different order. One thing I would point out more specifically: 1. Actively developing project: New things are tried out and new science code is added to the app regularly! This is really frontline research! :-) ID: 14132 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

River~~ Send message Joined: 15 Dec 05 Posts: 761 Credit: 285,578 RAC: 0	Message 14137 - Posted: 19 Apr 2006, 20:34:46 UTC Agree totally. I'd elaborate 4 to include the facts that the team takes on board suggestions from the user community -that makes me feel more part of it than if I was just crunching (the control of cpu time()is an example of an implemented user suggestion) and also that the team are quick to apologise when they make mistakes. () actually I am particularly chuffed by this one as it was my suggestion - always good for the ego to have a suggestion taken up :-) ID: 14137 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

dag Send message Joined: 16 Dec 05 Posts: 106 Credit: 1,000,020 RAC: 0	Message 14885 - Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 16:37:06 UTC Last modified: 28 Apr 2006, 16:37:34 UTC A recent article in Nature Magazine says: Wrinkled cell nuclei may make us age Blocking a [sic] aberrant protein could keep cells pert and young. dag --Finding aliens is cool, but understanding the structure of proteins is useful. ID: 14885 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Feet1st Send message Joined: 30 Dec 05 Posts: 1755 Credit: 4,690,520 RAC: 0	Message 14890 - Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 16:51:07 UTC - in response to Message 14885. A recent article in Nature Magazine says: Wrinkled cell nuclei may make us age Blocking a [sic] aberrant protein could keep cells pert and young. So lemme get this straight, they're saying wrinkles make us old? :) Add this signature to your EMail: Running Microsoft's "System Idle Process" will never help cure cancer, AIDS nor Alzheimer's. But running Rosetta@home just might! https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ ID: 14890 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

David Baker Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 705 Credit: 559,847 RAC: 0	Message 14960 - Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 4:02:36 UTC - in response to Message 14882. Why Rosetta gets my crunch time: 1. Cutting edge research! 2. Potential live saving long-term-goals and concrete short-term-goals! 3. Competition in CASP7 with the winning team! 4. Detailed science updates and transparency what's done! 5. Nice and responsive project team! 6. User setable length of Work units! 7. Nice and active community! 8. No outages - work always available! 9. Scientifically renowned project leader! 10. Nice screensaver! Perhaps we can make a page with serveral such 10 reasons why... This makes us very happy!! now how do you get these lists out to the general boinc community? thanks, David ID: 14960 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Snake Doctor Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 182 Credit: 6,401,938 RAC: 0	Message 14961 - Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 4:08:32 UTC - in response to Message 14960. Why Rosetta gets my crunch time: 1. Cutting edge research! 2. Potential live saving long-term-goals and concrete short-term-goals! 3. Competition in CASP7 with the winning team! 4. Detailed science updates and transparency what's done! 5. Nice and responsive project team! 6. User setable length of Work units! 7. Nice and active community! 8. No outages - work always available! 9. Scientifically renowned project leader! 10. Nice screensaver! Perhaps we can make a page with serveral such 10 reasons why... This makes us very happy!! now how do you get these lists out to the general boinc community? thanks, David Perhaps a periodic news item that reads like a an interview with a rosetta user. The prople could be picked by the project at random to provide comments on the project, that would be posted in the News line on the fornt page. That feed goes out to all the teams. ID: 14961 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

tralala Send message Joined: 8 Apr 06 Posts: 376 Credit: 581,806 RAC: 0	Message 14969 - Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 7:45:41 UTC - in response to Message 14960. Last modified: 29 Apr 2006, 8:38:21 UTC This makes us very happy!! now how do you get these lists out to the general boinc community? thanks, David 1. We collect those lists on a page. 2. We include a link to this in the "Letter to Rosetta crunchers" 3. Perhaps you can add a link to such a page on the Rosetta homepage 4. We ask every Rosetta member to post this on the board of his team. 5. ??? ID: 14969 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

R/B Send message Joined: 8 Dec 05 Posts: 195 Credit: 28,095 RAC: 0	Message 14980 - Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 11:46:47 UTC - in response to Message 14965. Humm i dont have a top 10 but here is a thouhgt. My main reason for doing this is to help increase our understanding of protiens and how they can be used to make the human condistion better for all of us. Would be super to see a cure or a drug that would help the suffering that is going on throught the world. But thna agian even if we never find any of those great things just the work that we do here will help out some where else in the future A bit like the user of the day profiles except with more direct questions put to the user? I like that. Founder of BOINC GROUP - Objectivists - Philosophically minded rational data crunchers. ID: 14980 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

David Baker Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 705 Credit: 559,847 RAC: 0	Message 15332 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 20:05:55 UTC - in response to Message 14969. This makes us very happy!! now how do you get these lists out to the general boinc community? thanks, David 1. We collect those lists on a page. 2. We include a link to this in the "Letter to Rosetta crunchers" 3. Perhaps you can add a link to such a page on the Rosetta homepage 4. We ask every Rosetta member to post this on the board of his team. 5. ??? We can put a link on the home page right away-just tell me the URL of the page with the lists when they have been collected ID: 15332 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

tralala Send message Joined: 8 Apr 06 Posts: 376 Credit: 581,806 RAC: 0	Message 15338 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 21:33:07 UTC - in response to Message 15332. We can put a link on the home page right away-just tell me the URL of the page with the lists when they have been collected Here is a quick and dirty version: 10 reasons I think you should put that on bakerlab.org and link there - the url-change is a bit confusing. Perhaps more people will suggest improvements or bring there own version. ID: 15338 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

David E K Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Jul 05 Posts: 1018 Credit: 4,334,829 RAC: 0	Message 15359 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 23:12:21 UTC did it. see home page under "About" ID: 15359 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Moderator9 Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 22 Jan 06 Posts: 1014 Credit: 0 RAC: 0	Message 15397 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 12:09:59 UTC [Discussion thread Moderator9 ROSETTA@home FAQ Moderator Contact ID: 15397 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote