Welcome UBT - verdade

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:54 pm

Welcome to the only place hip enough to be seen in public

Havoc · Post by **Havoc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:18 pm

Welcome

Post by **UBT-mark3346** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:27 pm

Welcome and hearty congratulations on your excellent taste in joining this fine team. :salute: :salute:

UBT - verdade · Post by **UBT - verdade** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:11 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome. :D

After changing my mind a couple of times, and messing people around, I am now "UBT - verdade", both in the projects, and on this forum. Thanks to the admins for sorting that one out.

My crunching is focused on cancer-research, hence the fact that I started off with the World Community Grid. Largely, because my father died from cancer in March. It was only then that I really looked into it properly, and found that it's a lot more common than I realised. IIRC, 25% of people will develop cancer at some point in their life, and it causes 12.5% of deaths.

I'm crunching on the "Help Defeat Cancer" project from WCG, but also the "Human Proteome Folding 2" one. I've also started on Rosetta@Home, because that's developing the next generation of the software that the HPF projects use. HDC seems to target advancements in current treatments and knowledge, while HPF seems to target the creation of new treatments (for many serious diseases in addition to cancer, including AIDS).

If anyone knows other BOINC projects that will help in cancer-research, or any that are planned, please let me know.

Thanks,

Michael.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:36 pm

We will certainly keep you informed of any new projects to do with cancer they all get reported on in this forum

UBT - verdade · Post by **UBT - verdade** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:11 pm

Thanks, Dave.

I looked at some of the other protein-folding-related ones, but it takes time to follow the science and work out whether it's what I'm looking for. Still, I reckon this is probably the best place to get informed.

Michael.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:52 pm

Well you are on a winner with WCG & Rosetta there are both focused around the kind of science you are looking to do. I'm sure more will pop out at some point

UBT - JsF · Post by **UBT - JsF** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:04 pm

Warm welcome to you UBT - verdade. :hello1:

Jimmy