# Community **URL:** https://forum.eternagame.org/c/community/13.md [Latest](https://forum.eternagame.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.eternagame.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.eternagame.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Community category](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/about-the-community-category/283)
**Author:** [@LFP6](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/LFP6)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/about-the-community-category/283 "2020-06-26T17:35:25Z")
This category is for all discussion around our community - events, interactions, collaboration, forums, chat, and so forth --- ## [Serendipity](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/serendipity/5740)
**Author:** [@Merida](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/Merida)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/serendipity/5740 "2026-07-04T06:43:08Z")
Just wanted to share a fun moment I had a few weeks ago and ask if anyone else has had a similar experience. I interact with the public at my workplace and greet many people each day at work. During a recent shift while… --- ## [Lab strategy](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/lab-strategy/5735)
**Author:** [@JR1](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/JR1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/lab-strategy/5735 "2026-05-10T12:30:29Z")
You may want to think about pivoting from asking for labs to use eterna as a platform to a research article generator. Create dry labs up to the point where you submit to test the results. Then market these dry labs to s… --- ## [First two CASP 17 targets are Eterna designs!](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/first-two-casp-17-targets-are-eterna-designs/5734)
**Author:** [@DigitalEmbrace](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/DigitalEmbrace)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/first-two-casp-17-targets-are-eterna-designs/5734 "2026-05-06T03:53:20Z")
Holy Cow!!! The first two CASP 17 RNA targets are molecules designed by Eterna players during the OpenKnot rounds! Congratulations everyone! This means the molecules were resolved using cryo-EM and will eventually be dep… --- ## [100 Followers on Twitch!](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/100-followers-on-twitch/4038)
**Author:** [@arnuvmodh](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/arnuvmodh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/100-followers-on-twitch/4038 "2025-11-07T13:45:54Z")
--- ## [Ribonanza player list](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/ribonanza-player-list/4811)
**Author:** [@DigitalEmbrace](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/DigitalEmbrace)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/ribonanza-player-list/4811 "2025-11-02T12:30:48Z")
A paper about the Ribonanza dataset and Kaggle challenge will be written over the next few weeks, and I’ve prepared a list of players who contributed sequences to the Ribonanza dataset through the OpenKnot puzzles (and a… --- ## [Report on approach from job recruiters in May](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/report-on-approach-from-job-recruiters-in-may/5608)
**Author:** [@DigitalEmbrace](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/DigitalEmbrace)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/report-on-approach-from-job-recruiters-in-may/5608 "2025-11-01T11:56:20Z")
Something unusual happened in May, and the Dev Team wants to fill everyone in now that the chapter has closed. A recruitment company called Micro1 posted a job position on the Eterna Discord looking for players to train … --- ## [Me, 14 years on](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/me-14-years-on/5620)
**Author:** [@Freywa](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/Freywa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/me-14-years-on/5620 "2025-10-27T12:14:44Z")
I joined EteRNA on 23 September 2011 when I was in my first year of secondary school, looking for another citizen science project to do after having tried Foldit and becoming rather bored waiting for scripts to finish. I… --- ## [Eternacon 2024 slide decks](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternacon-2024-slide-decks/5021)
**Author:** [@DigitalEmbrace](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/DigitalEmbrace)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternacon-2024-slide-decks/5021 "2024-08-22T18:49:42Z")
Here are the slide decks for my Eternacon 10 presentations so that players can follow along on their own. Base pair strength in long barcode hairpins: Barcode strength Eternacon 10 - Google Slides RNA switches with spi… --- ## [Prolog: An AI program that plays Eternagame](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/prolog-an-ai-program-that-plays-eternagame/3538)
**Author:** [@prolog](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/prolog)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/prolog-an-ai-program-that-plays-eternagame/3538 "2024-03-18T21:09:59Z")
I am writing an A-I program in the Prolog language that plays Eternagame. The aim is not to explicitly solve the puzzles but to provide a reasonable number of candidate solutions. I do not want to take the fun out of t… --- ## [Drawing which characters for EteRNAcon, as like basic/intermediate designer. Photoshop and Paint tool SAI. With Tablet (not wacom).](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/drawing-which-characters-for-eternacon-as-like-basic-intermediate-designer-photoshop-and-paint-tool-sai-with-tablet-not-wacom/2718)
**Author:** [@Xnessax](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/Xnessax)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/drawing-which-characters-for-eternacon-as-like-basic-intermediate-designer-photoshop-and-paint-tool-sai-with-tablet-not-wacom/2718 "2016-07-15T13:18:00Z")
Anyway, it was an idea but kinda question, kind of question ,which was an authorization from Jennifer Pearl and your team… I might publish a little and simple porflits. Like fast drawings that I could do. When I have … --- ## [\[Press\] Looking for players stories](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/press-looking-for-players-stories/4769)
**Author:** [@CorentinPail](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/CorentinPail)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/press-looking-for-players-stories/4769 "2023-12-09T13:34:19Z")
Hello ! I’m a journalist working for a french media on “games with a purpose” like EterRNA. I wish to gather stories of players, if you are willing to cooperate please send me a message ! I will send you a bunch of que… --- ## [Ribonanza - October 10th seminar](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/ribonanza-october-10th-seminar/4716)
**Author:** [@DigitalEmbrace](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/DigitalEmbrace)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/ribonanza-october-10th-seminar/4716 "2023-10-23T21:10:20Z")
A large increase in structural data may be needed to solve RNA secondary and tertiary structure prediction. The Ribonanza challenge involves chemical mapping profiles for 2.1M diverse sequences, a rigorous train/test spl… --- ## [EFTK calculation](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eftk-calculation/4719)
**Author:** [@JR1](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/JR1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eftk-calculation/4719 "2023-10-04T16:33:58Z")
DigitalEmbrace in the Town Hall discussion concluded that the EFTK calculation is a bit off. It does look a bit amiss but I would like address her concerns in a bit more detailed approach. The post will also demonstrate … --- ## [EternaFoldThreshKnot Puzzles Is it more than a guessing game?](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternafoldthreshknot-puzzles-is-it-more-than-a-guessing-game/4702)
**Author:** [@jenni111](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/jenni111)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternafoldthreshknot-puzzles-is-it-more-than-a-guessing-game/4702 "2023-09-26T16:44:08Z")
Am I the only player having problems with EternaFoldThreshKnot puzzles? Learning something new is always difficult and that is one of the challanges. We players would not be here playing and making the puzzles along wi… --- ## [Eternacon 2023](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternacon-2023/4620)
**Author:** [@DigitalEmbrace](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/DigitalEmbrace)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternacon-2023/4620 "2023-08-22T14:58:13Z")
Here is the Eternacon 2023 schedule that will be added to the website soon. All times are Pacific. Thank you to @amybarish for helping with planning and to @Astromon and @Jennifer\_Pearl for helping with player presentati… --- ## [Pseudoknot? frameshift](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/pseudoknot-frameshift/4582)
**Author:** [@JR1](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/JR1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/pseudoknot-frameshift/4582 "2023-05-17T03:59:03Z")
I believe a frameshift is a sliding of a stack against itself from what I have read. Open puzzle JR\_P100\_343 in the current lab and look at the dot plot. You will see two lines of dots next to each other but are “shifte… --- ## [Moving player puzzles towards EternaFold](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/moving-player-puzzles-towards-eternafold/4339)
**Author:** [@DigitalEmbrace](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/DigitalEmbrace)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/moving-player-puzzles-towards-eternafold/4339 "2022-11-01T23:34:38Z")
During yesterday’s town hall, we reviewed the results of the folding algorithm tests performed by Hannah and the Das Lab that found EternaFold to be the top algorithm for predicting loops and stacks in secondary structur… --- ## [Looking for participants for research](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/looking-for-participants-for-research/4313)
**Author:** [@Gin](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/Gin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/looking-for-participants-for-research/4313 "2022-09-20T20:44:31Z")
Hi all, I am a design student from Eindhoven University of Technology and I am doing my master thesis about how to improve knowledge sharing in citizen science games, my ultimate goal is to improve players’ motivation a… --- ## [Eternacon 2021 Presentation: There's Plenty More Room at the Bottom](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternacon-2021-presentation-theres-plenty-more-room-at-the-bottom/3933)
**Author:** [@cynwulf28](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/cynwulf28)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternacon-2021-presentation-theres-plenty-more-room-at-the-bottom/3933 "2022-12-20T19:29:38Z")
--- ## [Eterna Wiki ideas](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eterna-wiki-ideas/3564)
**Author:** [@rna-key](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/rna-key)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eterna-wiki-ideas/3564 "2022-07-27T21:01:50Z")
What are your ideas for the Eterna Wiki? This was a topic at Eterna Town Hall #15, and some of the ideas that popped up were: ► Make it searchable. ► Add more links from Eterna Wiki to Wikipedia articles. ► Reorganiz… --- ## [Sign up for EteRNACON!](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/sign-up-for-eternacon/4264)
**Author:** [@arnuvmodh](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/arnuvmodh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/sign-up-for-eternacon/4264 "2022-07-09T20:05:12Z")
Remember to sign up for EteRNAcon 2022! Register: https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtceGoqj4oGdOhGq-MbBqI3gKfOJUCIqC\_ Schedule and info: https://eternagame.org/eternacon/2022 --- ## [Ribosome Evolution proposal](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/ribosome-evolution-proposal/4209)
**Author:** [@DigitalEmbrace](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/DigitalEmbrace)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/ribosome-evolution-proposal/4209 "2022-06-02T18:40:22Z")
Two of the six libraries selected for Ribosome Evolution Round 1 did not indicate an individual sequence for iSAT testing. The proposal on the table is that we allow the designer of a library already selected to pick an … --- ## [Feedback for Tutorial Updates (Eterna Essentials)](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/feedback-for-tutorial-updates-eterna-essentials/3987)
**Author:** [@Anamfija](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/Anamfija)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/feedback-for-tutorial-updates-eterna-essentials/3987 "2021-10-19T18:23:04Z")
Dear Eterna Community: We’d like some feedback on our planned tutorial updates (the Eterna Essentials) by October 6. Summary document here - Eterna\_Essentials\_puzzle\_summary - Google Docs The Eterna Essentials puzzles a… --- ## [Feedback for new terms of service and privacy policy](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/feedback-for-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/3984)
**Author:** [@LFP6](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/LFP6)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/feedback-for-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/3984 "2021-10-02T20:13:05Z")
Please use this topic to provide feedback on our updated terms of service and privacy policy: \[Draft\] Eterna Terms of Service and Privacy Policy - Google Docs For more information, please see the news post --- ## [EternaFold/ Cloud Labs paper, consortium author list](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternafold-cloud-labs-paper-consortium-author-list/3955)
**Author:** [@wayment](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/wayment)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eternafold-cloud-labs-paper-consortium-author-list/3955 "2021-08-27T23:12:23Z")
Hi all! We’ve been in the process of working on version 2 of the paper that presents EternaFold and also describes the Cloud Labs experiments. Let me know if you’d like to look at version 2 and I will provide you a lin… --- ## [Help build Eterna's Twitch presence!](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/help-build-eternas-twitch-presence/3769)
**Author:** [@wayment](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/wayment)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/help-build-eternas-twitch-presence/3769 "2021-01-27T18:00:05Z")
We’re looking for more streamers to help us build Eterna’s presence on Twitch! Key responsibilities would include – Streaming 3-4 hours monday-wednesday – playing puzzles while interacting and talking with viewers – … --- ## [Are the Eterna solutions from the OpenVaccine RNA stabilisation challenge going to be end up to be part of COVID-19 vaccines?](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/are-the-eterna-solutions-from-the-openvaccine-rna-stabilisation-challenge-going-to-be-end-up-to-be-part-of-covid-19-vaccines/3746)
**Author:** [@cyberanakinvader](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/cyberanakinvader)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/are-the-eterna-solutions-from-the-openvaccine-rna-stabilisation-challenge-going-to-be-end-up-to-be-part-of-covid-19-vaccines/3746 "2020-12-28T23:03:03Z")
Now that Pfizer vaccines are out I’d wonder whether all the Eterna solutions from the OpenVaccine RNA stabilisation challenge (including my LEIA 6 at the round 1) are part of the vaccines’ ingredients. --- ## [Eterna Town Hall #26 (11/2/2020, 3pm PDT)](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eterna-town-hall-26-11-2-2020-3pm-pdt/3708)
**Author:** [@everyday847](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/everyday847)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/eterna-town-hall-26-11-2-2020-3pm-pdt/3708 "2020-11-01T02:32:48Z")
Agenda: What’s next for OpenVaccine? Ribosome Challenge Round 3 Collection/ Round 4 Start Date Ribosome P7A7 challenge launch, aka Return of the Return of the PTC EPA Movie Night recap Community questions Post questio… --- ## [EPA First Movie Night is Saturday, October 31, 2020 - Surveymonkey to select a movie](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/epa-first-movie-night-is-saturday-october-31-2020-surveymonkey-to-select-a-movie/3704)
**Author:** [@biggestlegoheroicafanever](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/biggestlegoheroicafanever)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/epa-first-movie-night-is-saturday-october-31-2020-surveymonkey-to-select-a-movie/3704 "2020-10-26T13:50:18Z")
Hello everyone! Please go to Eterna Players Alliance - Halloween 2020 Movie Night on Teleparty!  Vote to choose a movie Survey to vote for a movie for EPA’s first ever Movie Night. We will use teleparty to host a … [Next page](https://forum.eternagame.org/c/community/13.md?page=1)