NUCare and Personal Health Informatics present
Solving Biomolecular Puzzles with Video Games
Monday, November 7th, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 PM
177 Huntington Ave, 12th floor
Followed by a discussion with the speaker
Speaker:
Seth Cooper, PhD
Assistant Professor, CCIS & CAMD, Northeastern University
Abstract:
Understanding and engineering biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids has potential for impact in health and medicine. As many of the related problems are structural in
nature, crowdsourcing solutions from participants, even those without a background in biochemistry, has shown to be a promising approach. Foldit and Nanocrafter are two freely available online scientific discovery games that have engaged many thousands of
players in participating in biochemistry research over the past years. This talk will cover recent, ongoing, and future work in these games, including a competition between players and expert crystallographers, novel tools and interfaces for protein and small
molecule manipulation, and player-designed DNA nanotechnology devices.
Join us every Monday at 12:00 noon
September 19th through December 5th
(Location subject to change.)
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11/14 Nursing Technology
Nancy Hanrahan, PhD, RN, Dean, School of Nursing, Northeastern University
11/21 Coaching to Death
Presented by Timothy Bickmore PhD , Professor, College of Computer and Information Science and Bouve College of Health Science
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