eteRNA / NOVA RNA VirtuaLab – RNA Game Lets Players Help Find a Biological Prize

eteRNA / NOVA RNA VirtuaLab

:: DESCRIPTION

By playing EteRNA, you will participate in creating the first large-scale library of synthetic RNA designs. Your efforts will help reveal new principles for designing RNA-based switches and nanomachines — new systems for seeking and eventually controlling living cells and disease-causing viruses. By interacting with thousands of players and learning from real experimental feedback, you will be pioneering a completely new way to do science.

In NOVA RNA VirtuaLab you’ll play the role of a molecular engineer by solving RNA folding puzzles. Then take your skills to Eterna, where you can design RNAs that could be at the heart of future life-saving therapies.

::DEVELOPER

the Das Lab

:: SCREENSHOTS

eteRNA

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Web Browser
  • Flash

:: DOWNLOAD

 NO

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

JOHN MARKOFF
RNA Game Lets Players Help Find a Biological Prize
The New York Times January 11, 2011, on page D4

GAME – Utilize Genetic Algorithm to Find Motifs

GAME

:: DESCRIPTION

GAME (Genetic Algorithm based Motif Elicitation)is a software which utilizes a genetic algorithm to find motifs (statistically over-represented patterns) in a set of related DNA sequences. As one application, motifs could be transcription factor binding sites in a set of co-regulated genes.

::DEVELOPER

Zhi Wei

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Linux/Windows/MacOsX
  • Java

:: DOWNLOAD

  GAME

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

Wei Z and Jensen ST,
GAME: Detecting Cis-regulatory Elements Using a Genetic Algorithm,
Bioinformatics, 2006 22:1577-1584,