Development and marketing of protein docking games for the educational sector

教育领域蛋白质对接游戏的开发和营销

• 批准号: BB/R01955X/1
• 负责人: Michael Sternberg
• 金额: $ 25.59万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FR01955X%2F1
• 关键词: Development; marketing; protein; docking; games

A collaboration between researchers at Imperial College London and Goldsmiths, University of London funded by the BBSRC has developed two related scientific-based computer games, BioBlox2D and BioBlox3D, inspired by tackling one of the hardest problems in biological science - how molecules fit together. Both games have the potential be both fun-to-play and to teach students about chemistry and biology. The aim of this Follow on Fund application is to develop educational material to embed in the games and to further develop the functionality and visual appeal of the user interface. We envisage a freemium model to exploit the product. A light version will be freely available which will generate interest in commercial products with additional educational material marketed commercially by educational suppliers.

由BBSRC资助的伦敦帝国理工学院和伦敦大学金史密斯学院的研究人员合作开发了两款相关的基于科学的计算机游戏BioBlox 2D和BioBlox 3D，其灵感来自于解决生物科学中最困难的问题之一--分子如何组合在一起。这两个游戏都有可能既有趣又能教学生化学和生物学。这个后续基金应用程序的目的是开发嵌入游戏的教育材料，并进一步开发用户界面的功能和视觉吸引力。我们设想了一种免费增值模式来开发该产品。将免费提供一个精简版，这将引起人们对商业产品的兴趣，教育供应商将在商业上销售更多的教育材料。