For those of you tired of searching for ET, here is another
way to burn up those extra CPU cycles.  Stanford University
has a project that allows one to design virtual proteins
that may help in:

  - engineering new proteins for medical therapy
  - designing new pharmaceuticals
  - assigning functions to the dozens of new genes being
    sequenced every day
  - understanding protein evolution

So far, I've designed the following types:

NEUROTOXIN (TS1) FROM BRAZILIAN SCORPION TITYUS SERRULATUS
CYTOCHROME C=5= (OXIDIZED)
UNLIGANDED ABL TYROSINE KINASE SH3 DOMAIN
MAJOR COLD SHOCK PROTEIN (CSPB)
OXIDIZED PLASTOCYANIN FROM SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.
ALPHA-*DENDROTOXIN
HIV-1 CAPSID PROTEIN DIMERIZATION DOMAIN AT 2.6A RESOLUTION
SCORPION TOXIN BJXTR-IT
GAMMA B CRYSTALLIN C-TERMINAL DOMAIN
TETRAMERIZATION DOMAIN OF THE SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL
ATX1 METALLOCHAPERONE PROTEIN
BETA-PUROTHIONIN
GLUTAREDOXIN MUTANT
ALPHA COBRATOXIN
TRYPSIN INHIBITOR

I have no clue what any of this means, but it is interesting
to read about.

They currently have clients for Windows 95, 98, NT, ME and 2000,
and for Linux (x86).  Mac OS X is still in the works.

If you are interested, visit: http://geneomeathome.stanford.edu .
And, if you do decide to try it, don't forget to join Team HP3000,
which is team # 1562508495.

Thanks,

Steve

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