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===Nutritious Rice for the World===
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The [http://protinfo.compbio.washington.edu/rice Nutritious Rice for the World] project is carried out by [[Ram Samudrala]]'s [http://compbio.washington.edu Computational Biology Research Group] at the [[University of Washington]]. The project was launched on May 12, 2008, and completed on April 6, 2010.<ref name="Nutritious Rice for the World" /> The purpose of this project is to predict the structure of [[protein]]s of major [[strain (biology)|strain]]s of [[rice]], in order to help [[farmer]]s [[plant breeding|breed]] better rice strains with higher [[crop yield]]s, promote greater [[plant disease|disease]] and [[pest (organism)|pest]] resistance, and utilize a full range of [[bioavailability|bioavailable]] [[nutrient]]s that can benefit people around the world, especially in regions where [[malnutrition]] is a critical concern. The project has been covered by more than 200 media outlets since its inception.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://protinfo.compbio.washington.edu/rice/press.html |title=Nutritious Rice for the World |publisher=Protinfo.compbio.washington.edu |access-date=2010-06-07 |archive-date=2010-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813175034/http://protinfo.compbio.washington.edu/rice/press.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  On April 13, 2010, World Community Grid officially announced that the Nutritious Rice for the World project finished on April 6, 2010.<ref name="Nutritious Rice for the World" />

In April 2014, an update was posted stating that the research team was able to publish structural information about thousands of proteins, and advance the field of computational protein modeling. These results – which were only possible because of the massive amount of donated computing power they had available – are expected to guide future research and plant science efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=353|title=Live webcast for Nutritious Rice for the World: April 17th, 7:00pm UTC|date=15 April 2014|work=worldcommunitygrid.org|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416192231/http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=353|url-status=live}}</ref>