Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Shown is the first look at the Folding@home project's simulations of the COVID-19 spike protein. The three colors represent components of the spike protein; this is the protein that the novel coronavirus uses to infect cells. The site where the protein binds to human cells, to infect them, is on the top of the protein. Using Folding@home, the researchers are aiming to develop an accurate picture of what happens during infection. Understanding these details could help reveal ways to block the virus from infecting cells.
Video by Maxwell Zimmerman and Greg Bowman, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
To help with the project, download the Folding@home app: foldingathome.org/start-folding
News release: https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/crowdsourced-supercomputing-project-sets-sights-on-coronavirus/
Shown is the first look at the Folding@home project's simulations of the COVID-19 spike protein. The three colors represent components of the spike protein; this is the protein that the novel coronavirus uses to infect cells. The site where the protein binds to human cells, to infect them, is on the top of the protein. Using Folding@home, the researchers are aiming to develop an accurate picture of what happens during infection. Understanding these details could help reveal ways to block the virus from infecting cells.
Video by Maxwell Zimmerman and Greg Bowman, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
To help with the project, download the Folding@home app: foldingathome.org/start-folding
News release: https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/crowdsourced-supercomputing-project-sets-sights-on-coronavirus/
