Researchers at the University of Washington have created a computer game called Foldit, that simulates protein structures using protein sequence-design algorithms. Players create protein structures, the more chemically stable the protein the more points the player earns.
The project is the latest innovation of the Rosetta@Home project that uses screen savers and computer downtime to work out how proteins fold.
"Foldit attempts to predict the structure of a protein by taking advantage of humans' puzzle-solving intuitions and having people play competitively to fold the best proteins."
More from Fold It!
http://fold.it/portal/adobe_main/
Rosetta@home
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/