Eterna

PROJECT

Url:http://eterna.cmu.edu/web/
Start date:
End date: Still open

TEAM

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PROJECT DEFINITION

Subject

Natural sciences > (biology/medicine/neuroscience)

Description

EteRNA is a browser based game, developed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University, that engages users to solve puzzles related to the folding of RNA molecules.The project is funded by the National Science Foundation. Similar to Foldit—created by some of the same researchers that developed EteRNA—the puzzles take advantage of human problem-solving capabilities to solve puzzles that are computationally laborious for current computer models.

Purpose.

The fundamental purpose of Eterna is to provide a better understanding of RNA. EteRNA researchers hope to determine a "complete and repeatable set of rules to allow the synthesis of RNAs that consistently fold in expected shapes.[2]

Research question.

EteRNA project leaders hope that determining these basic principles that may facilitate the design of RNA-based nanomachines and switches.

ABOUT PARTICIPANT TASKS

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Grey typology Participation typology Contribution type:
Computing: NO Thinking: Somewhat
Sensing: NO Gaming: YES
Crowdsourcing ☐ Distributed intelligence ☐
Participatory science ☐ Extreme citizen science ☐
Science outreach ☐
Data collection ☐
Data analysis ☐
Data interpretation ☐--------
Gaming
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Interface
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Interface usability: 		Member profiles::N/A
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ABOUT GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK

Guidance Feedback on
Tutorial and documentation: SOMEWHAT
Training sequence: SOMEWHAT
Peer to peer guidance: SOMEWHAT
individual performance: Somewhat
collective performance: Somewhat
research progress: Somewhat

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COMMUNITY

Tools News & Events

Communication: chat, wiki
Social Network: N/A

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Community description

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OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION



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Natural sciences biology/medicine/neuroscience [[Has project purpose::The fundamental purpose of Eterna is to provide a better understanding of RNA. EteRNA researchers hope to determine a "complete and repeatable set of rules to allow the synthesis of RNAs that consistently fold in expected shapes.[3]]] EteRNA project leaders hope that determining these basic principles that may facilitate the design of RNA-based nanomachines and switches.

Eterna



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BIBLIOGRAPHY


Treuille On EterRNA - A Game Played By Humans, Scored By Nature. Byron Spice (2011)

http://www.cmu.edu/piper/piper/2011/february/qa_treuille.html
Interview of Adrian Treuille
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