I worked in the Baker Lab, which developed the game, with the UW iGEM team. We actually used Foldit to make point mutations in a decapsulating protein in Anthra

I worked in the Baker Lab, which developed the game, with the UW iGEM team. We actually used Foldit to make point mutations in a decapsulating protein in Anthrax. http://2010.igem.org/Team:Washington http://2010.igem.org/Team:Washington I wasn't too aware of the large community of Foldit players at the time, but it was really cool to see the lab bring in some of the top ranked players into the lab to get their opinion on specific folding problems. A friend of mine wanted to find the best design for a novel enzyme, and they actually brought in a guy as a consult.