I've been a programmer at the Folding@home project for about 8 years now. It takes massive computing power and a lot of time to simulate even one reasonably si

I've been a programmer at the Folding@home project for about 8 years now. It takes massive computing power and a lot of time to simulate even one reasonably sized fast folding protein using the state of the art methods. Simulating a whole cell ab initio is way beyond the reach of current technology.