RNA World (beta) is based at the
Rechenkraft.net e.V. research facility located in Germany. The goal of the RNA World project is to systematically identify all known RNA family members in all organisms known to date and make the results available to the public in a timely fashion. We also aim at supplying established bioinformatic databases such as
Rfam2 with our results.
Every protein in a cell is produced from a transiently synthesized messenger molecule, termed mRNA. Today, it has become clear that probably a major fraction of regulatory events taking place in a human cell might be governed by small RNAs, the so-called miRNAs. Among other functions, these appear responsible for making sure that a skin cell becomes a skin cell while a muscle, liver or hair cell differentiates to a muscle, liver or hair cell during development and all this although the genetic material (DNA) of all of these very different cell types is essentially identical. On top of that it seems that many cancer types are accompanied by or even result from a deregulated miRNA profile in the affected cell. Moreover, viruses have been discovered to bring along miRNAs to modify the target cell's regulatory network leading to diseases.
Hence, we can clearly state that investing into RNA research, e.g. by supporting the RNA World distributed supercomputer project, will ultimately lead to important discoveries that might also have significant impact on future health care.
Applications run on the following platforms:
- Microsoft Windows (98 or later) running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU
- Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU
- Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU
- Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU
RNA World can be found at:
http://www.rnaworld.de/rnaworldURL to attach in BOINC is
http://www.rnaworld.de/rnaworld/Currently active BOINC@AUSTRALIA MembersBoincStats Detailed Stats for our RNA World team
