Greg:

The following is our current "back of the envelope" crude estimate (we will have a more accurate estimate following beta testing) :

We would like to have ~25 laboratory-validated drug-like leads for each target. Conservatively, this might require identifying 50 Phase 2 hits per target, which could be generated by examining ~1000 Phase 1 hits. Each Phase 2 calculation requires 3 weeks of CPU time on the supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computer Center. This is roughly equivalent to 8 weeks CPU time on World Community Grid, assuming single redundancy. Thus, each target might need ~150 years of CPU time (1000 hits * 8 weeks/hit) to complete Phase 2. With 17 targets, Phase 2 could (optimistically) be completed within 3000 CPU years (this is 1/4 of Phase 1 completion time) .

All my best,
Stan

I'll certainly second that

I don't reckon I'll hit green emerald now, but I'm happy with my red ruby one.

Well done everyone who contributed. Looking forward to phase 2!!

Well, there's nothing more certain to focus people's minds, than the knowledge that the last batches have been loaded for a particular project/phase.

I'm happy that I managed to contribute more than 90 CPU days to this project.

Good luck to all those seeking the last few WU's in order to reach their next badge level (by the way everyone's scrambling for WU's, you'll need it ).

Here's to the next phase

Hey Guys,
I aimed for Sapphire, but when the next update arrives, I'll have my Emerald. Since Sapphire isn't realistic anymore, I've disposed my extra scheduled work on DDDT, so others could have an extra chance in grabbing a few more days (and hopefully reach the desired batch).