Computational chemistry and machine learning continue to play an increasing role in drug discovery. One advance has been the increased accuracy with which we can predict the affinity of…
Read morePeptides are short proteins. For proteins, one typically envisions a long chain of amino acids that has folded up on itself to form a compact blob that is capable of…
Read moreOne of the Bowman lab’s major foci is on finding and targeting cryptic pockets. Cryptic pockets are absent in experimentally derived structures of what a protein typically looks like but…
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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…
Read moreThe goal of precision medicine is to utilize our knowledge of the molecular causes of disease to better diagnose and treat patients. In the precision medicine framework, diseases are subdivided…
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A number of active projects on Folding@home right now aim to understand how different forms of the protein apolipoprotein E (ApoE) determine one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease…
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