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Donate computing power from your computer to help simulations about viral proteins in action. Proteins are molecular machines that perform many functions we associate with life. They are made of a linear chain of chemicals called amino acids that, in many cases, spontaneously “fold” into compact, functional structures. Much like any other machine, it’s how a protein’s components are arranged and move that determine the protein’s function. Viruses also have proteins that they use to suppress our immune systems and reproduce themselves. To help tackle coronavirus, we want to understand how these viral proteins work and how we can design therapeutics to stop them. Proteins have lots of moving parts, so we really want to see the protein in action. Their specialty is in using computer simulations to understand proteins’ moving parts.