Simulation of millisecond protein folding: NTL9 (from Folding@home)

[xfluffyHEADSHOTx]

hi john

[datswhatsupable]

hi john

[mphello]

That protein molecule's definitely gettin' jiggy with it!

BTW: F Stanford University. Hundreds of universities and colleges across the globe have been doing the same thing that Stanford has since Stanford has, but rarely get credited. There's nothing special or unique about Stanford.

This is the kind of research I'd really like to get into.

[JesseVictors]

@mphello actually Stanford is unique because they have massive amounts of computing power backing their simulations. Specifically, 6.4 petaFLOPS, which makes them the 2nd most powerful computing system in the world. That's not something everyone can claim. They are breaking records and basically writing the book on large-scale simulations. 95 scientific papers too. See the Wikipedia article on Folding@home

[fastsandslash]

Interesting...

[pearlambrosia]

so dramatic

[123JimmyTheCookie]

I just want a crown hat! lol...

[kurtdobson]

This is the key to understanding the way many human diseases occur. Read up on the Stanford site then get on board by donating your excess computing resources to the group of your choice, or individually -- my favorite team is 174,590, a local group of enlightened high school students not playing xbox. They would appreciate anyone joining their group and contributing compute resources.

[kurtdobson]

The idea of using all the computers on the internet on a volunteer basis came out of the SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestial Intellgence) project. The SETI and F@H computing networks are now two of the worlds most powerful supercomputers and they're virtual (no power bill and no building required to house them).

[kurtdobson]

This is a major project that came out of Stanford University based on the data available from the Human Genome Project. You can find all the details on this on the Stanford Folding site.

[GhostStalker16]

LOL @ instant replay!

[yehoo911]

Can somebody dumb it down and tell me if this is how a protein would look like under a powerful microscope? I know this is just a model (hence the yellow arrows), but I get so confused by all these colorful spirals and those balls that are folding on my computer. What exactly am I doing with F@H?

[vandridel]

boring...

[Envergure]

The suspense is KILLING ME!

[mikedressner]

who would of thought of a protein folding instant replay

[bhanuiitr]

Am working on folding and protein-solvent interactions. I really appreciate the amount of hardwork goes into the intial stages of these simulations. Wonderful work dudes.. Hope millisecond simulations would be routine, as soon as possible.. Hope the computer ppl are listening.. Hello..

[n00bzl3t]

I love your work, I just started Folding today and I choose the Google team, I thought it would be good to support them since they started helping you in the early stages of F@H. Keep it up and I really hope break throughs are made!

[Katsnake11]

Wonderful simulation. I am one little PC folding @ home because someone I know has a 50% chance of having Huntington's, and I fold for a future where Huntington's won't be so disabling and devistating. I just started F@H last month, when I first heard of Dr Pande's work on Discovery Science.

[VoodooNet17]

YESS!!! c'ero anche io.

Come si chiama il titolo della canzone?

[fucker999]

tudo isso ocorreu em 1ms?

all the video represents 1ms of real time?

[AzuMao]

Yes. One thousandth of a second. It might not seem like much but it is record breaking when it comes to protein folding simulation.

[LightxEdge]

@fucker999 no, of course not. the video is timescaled to about 10000x slower speed.

[danpaiva]

Nao entendi NADA!

[leptonsoup337]

Beautiful.

[Dewality]

Excellent!

[NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

Congratulations

[eliot1785]

Haha I love the choice of music!

[maciejwrotek]

@eliot1785 it is fragment from one nvidia cuda movies