Just to say Hello! I'm Jay, one of the creative peeps behind this new project. I'm not a scientist or geneticist. I am a magician (for real!). That's one of the skills that has made this project a reality. One or our team proposed the whole idea of de-extinction to me and so I thought I'd get stuck in, recruit some other magician friends (who are also brainiacs!) and see how it could be possible... but from a magician's perspective. After all, magicians do things science can't (!), such as levitating, mind-reading and passing one solid object through another (at least, we appear to!).

So, how would a magician approach the 'impossible' problem of de-extinction? One of the tools we developed is the software for DODO@Home, allowing us to analyse the vast data in the evolutionary genomes of the Dodo's ancestry. From there... we are on the path to creating a full dodo genome. And after that? That's where the ream magic begins!

Hope to have many others help on this exciting journey. Let's go!

Jay.

Awesome! Exciting project! Looking forward to helping.

Coolest BOINC project so far, also have you guys considered comparing DNA with cousins of the dodo

Hi Jay, and everyone.

I'm in. Extremely interesting project. Now, all we need is some work to crunch.
I noticed the message about new work at the end of the week. I can wait....

I don't want to be a PITA, but it's the end of the week now. (At least the end of the work week)
Can we expect some new work soon?

Still, PITA probably applies :D

I don't want to be a PITA, but it's the end of the week now. (At least the end of the work week)
Can we expect some new work soon?

We don't want tasks that will crash or give out nothing but errors, so while yes I too would love to see new tasks right now, I would RATHER wait until they are ready and tested to ensure we get tasks that are helpful to their goals.