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Take part in Decrypthon: join the World Community Grid!
It’s official: The Decrypthon Program has improved due to the arrival of an internet users calculation grid for the outstanding molecular assembly project of A. Carbone’s research team.
The purpose of this project called "Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy" is to investigate protein-protein interactions of 40,000 proteins whose structures are known, with particular focus on those proteins that play a role in neuromuscular diseases. It is initially a test phase which has just been launched, calculating the interactions of 336 proteins using Windows. For the second phase of the project, of greater importance, calculations will also be carried out using Linux and Macintosh operating systems.
The purpose of this project called "Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy" is to investigate protein-protein interactions of 40,000 proteins whose structures are known, with particular focus on those proteins that play a role in neuromuscular diseases. It is initially a test phase which has just been launched, calculating the interactions of 336 proteins using Windows. For the second phase of the project, of greater importance, calculations will also be carried out using Linux and Macintosh operating systems.
The database of information produced will help researchers design molecules to inhibit or enhance binding of particular macromolecules, hopefully leading to better treatments for muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular diseases.
You can contribute to the success of this project by making the computational power of your computer available to researchers. Just join the World Community Grid and when you are not using your PC, it will help in the advancement of research.
Why join the World Community Grid?
Only 5 to 10% of the computational power of personal computer is used.
Research has increasingly complex calculations to solve.
Treatment times of these calculations are too long and traditional infrastructure are too expensive.
The World Community calculation Grid makes it possible to accumulate the unused computational power of approximately 500000 individual Pcs worldwide and meets the needs of research.
more individual PCs = more computational power to accelerate research |
To register your PC with World Community Grid
1 - Fill out the form below2 - Register your name and password on the World Community Grid3 - Download and install the software
- An image of Decrypthon calculations as seen on your sleep screen is shown opposite. Calculations are carried out when your computer is in sleep mode and becomes automatically available for research.
Click on the links below for more information:
- this scientific project
- the technology of Grid Computing
- university and internet users calculation grids of the Decrypthon Program
