06-17-2020, 01:43 PM
An EVE Online mini-game is helping researchers better analyze COVID-19 data
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/an-eve-online-mini-game-is-helping-researchers-better-analyze-covid-19-data.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Every so often, <em>EVE Online</em> developer CCP Games kicks off a campaign called Project Discovery to leverage <em>EVE</em>’s sizable playerbase and help real-world scientists chew through data related to everything from outer space to the human body.</p>
<p>This time around, CCP has brought <a href="https://www.eveonline.com/article/qbyrzx/plex-for-good-and-project-discovery-phase-three">Project Discovery back online</a> to help scientists better understand how COVID-19 impacts human immune systems during a pandemic that has weighed on much of the world’s population.</p>
<p>Project Discovery asks <em>EVE Online</em> players to partake in a mini-game during their real-time space travels where they’ll identify clusters of cells and, in turn, help scientists understand how infection alters different cell types.</p>
<p>“At present, we face a viral threat unlike any seen before, a novel coronavirus that seems to spread more rapidly than most while also causing a range of symptoms in its victims, making it difficult to combat. Through the use of the newly-developed flow cytometry simulators, you will aim to contribute to decoding this debilitating pathogen,” reads the <em>EVE Online</em> site.</p>
<p>“In doing so, you will participate in analyzing COVID-19 data, as well as other related flow cytometry charts, which will help scientists understand better how our immune systems are impacted by this novel coronavirus.”</p>
<p>These latest steps to help combat the coronavirus follow the end of CCP’s latest PLEX for Good campaign that raised $135,550 for the World Health Organization COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.</p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/06/...d-19-data/
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/an-eve-online-mini-game-is-helping-researchers-better-analyze-covid-19-data.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Every so often, <em>EVE Online</em> developer CCP Games kicks off a campaign called Project Discovery to leverage <em>EVE</em>’s sizable playerbase and help real-world scientists chew through data related to everything from outer space to the human body.</p>
<p>This time around, CCP has brought <a href="https://www.eveonline.com/article/qbyrzx/plex-for-good-and-project-discovery-phase-three">Project Discovery back online</a> to help scientists better understand how COVID-19 impacts human immune systems during a pandemic that has weighed on much of the world’s population.</p>
<p>Project Discovery asks <em>EVE Online</em> players to partake in a mini-game during their real-time space travels where they’ll identify clusters of cells and, in turn, help scientists understand how infection alters different cell types.</p>
<p>“At present, we face a viral threat unlike any seen before, a novel coronavirus that seems to spread more rapidly than most while also causing a range of symptoms in its victims, making it difficult to combat. Through the use of the newly-developed flow cytometry simulators, you will aim to contribute to decoding this debilitating pathogen,” reads the <em>EVE Online</em> site.</p>
<p>“In doing so, you will participate in analyzing COVID-19 data, as well as other related flow cytometry charts, which will help scientists understand better how our immune systems are impacted by this novel coronavirus.”</p>
<p>These latest steps to help combat the coronavirus follow the end of CCP’s latest PLEX for Good campaign that raised $135,550 for the World Health Organization COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.</p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/06/...d-19-data/