Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, our simulations of the coronavirus spike protein led us to predict that it opens up far more widely than previously thought. This opening reveals ‘cryptic’…
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About 2,300,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Of these, approximately 70,000 have mutations in the breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1), which encodes the BRCA1 protein. BRCA1 plays…
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Please join us as we Stand Up for Science in cities across the US on Friday March 7. You can find more details on the main event in Washington DC…
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If you haven’t already, we invite you to check out the latest release of the Folding@home client (v8.4.9)! This version makes it much easier to create and join teams. You…
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Thanks to everyone who participated in Folding@home this past year, and happy new year to you and yours! With your help, we’ve made a lot of progress towards understanding biology…
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Folding@home is an unmatched resource for running molecular dynamics simulations on a massive scale. The need for significant computational resources doesn’t end with data generation though, as analyzing all the…
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The protein design field has been making great strides with the advent of new machine learning tools trained on large databases of protein structures and sequences. While designs coming from…
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In recent years, scientists have identified a new type of compartment in cells, often called a condensate. These condensates form when weakly interacting proteins and RNA molecules segregate themselves from…
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We’re delighted to announce the full release of our new client software! We named this release “Bastet” after the Ancient Egyptian goddess associated with protection from disease. You can download…
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Our new work shows how to predict the results of single molecule experiments from large simulations, like those performed on Folding@home. Showing that simulations are consistent with experiments is important…
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