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De Novo Protein Design by Citizen Scientists

Brian Koepnick, et al., Nature, Vol. 570, No. 7761, 2019, pp. 390–394

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The study in which Foldit players designed entirely new proteins from scratch — 56 experimentally confirmed stable structures, including a new protein fold not found in nature. Published in Nature with Foldit players as co-authors.

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6701466/

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The Academy · May 27, 2026

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What does this material reveal? Where else does it lead?