We are at the Bett Show, ExCel London (Jan 23-26) 
BioBlox2D Mobile docking puzzle game
BioBlox2D is a free mobile game for iOS and Android where you have to dock molecules together! Matching different shapes and charges. Switch, Rotate, Swipe and match the Ligands to create the perfect match for the Receptor. Learn about the fascinating world of bio-molecules and their interaction.
About
BioBlox2D is a spin-off from BioBlox and is a smartphone/tablet game based on docking molecular fragments into a receptor . It is available from the Apple app store and Google Play. Matching involves both spatial and charge complementarity and the game is motivated by a simple version of fragment-based drug discovery. Linked to BioBlox2D is an educational quiz, for example asking the player to identify vitamin C to prevent scurvy. BioBlox2D was launched on June 20th 2017 and attracted good write-ups in the press including in The Science Focus magazine. We have demonstrated BioBlox at the Imperial Festival (in May 2016 and May 2017) and at New Scientist Live at the London ExCel Exhibition Centre (in Sept 2016 and 2017).
The BioBlox project is supported by the BBSRC 
Events & News
- January 2019: BioBlox and Bioblox2D at the Bett Show, ExCel London www.bettshow.com (Jan 23-26).
- April 2018: BioBlox suite of games (2D, 3D, VR) at the annual Imperial Festival, Imperial College, London (Apr. 28-29).
- September 2017: BioBloxVR on show at the next New Scientist Live, ExCeL London: live.newscientist.com(Sept. 28 – Oct. 1).
- May 2017: BioBlox suite of games (2D, 3D, VR) at the annual Imperial Festival (May 6-7).
- February 2017: BioBlox suite of games (2D, 3D, VR) at the annual Schroedinger lecture, Imperial College London (Feb. 1st).
- December 2016: First version of BioBlox3D in VR shown at the Develop VR day in London.
- October 2016: BioBlox 2D and 3D to be shown at the Imperial Global Challenge Showcase (27-28 Imperial College White City Campus). Tickets and show information here.
- September 2016: both the 2D (first time) and 3D versions of BioBlox to be shown at the New Scientist Live event (London ExCeL, September 22-25).
- July 2016: BioBlox was shown at Develop, the annual UK games industry main meeting (Brighton, July 12-14).
- May 2016: BioBlox was shown at the Imperial Festival (May 7-8, Imperial College London).
- March 2016: BioBlox was shown at the 7th VizBi meeting (EMBL, in Heidelberg, Germany March 9-11).
- December 2015: BioBlox was shown at BiVi 2015, the 2nd annual UK meeting of the Bio-Visualisation Community (Dec. 2-3, the Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich).
- September 2015: Fringe event on the theme of Designs for Life (Sept. 24, Imperial College London)
Publications
- 20 June 2017: Press Release
Meet the team
The BioBlox group consists of two teams, one based @ the Dept. of Life Sciences @ Imperial College London and one based @ the Dept. of Computing @ Goldsmiths College, also in London, UK. These two teams have worked together since 2007 on various projects, including the History of the Species (SIGGRAPH 2007) and FoldSynth (BioVis 2011). Joining them are Experts and Games Industry & Technology Partners.
Professor Michael Sternberg
Principal Investigator. Director of the Centre for Bioinformatics, Imperial College London.
Professor Frederic Fol Leymarie
co-Director of the MSc CGE. Principal Investigator, Goldsmiths College.
Professor William Latham
co-Director of the MSc CGE. Principal Investigator, Goldsmiths College.
Richard Leinfellner
Product manager. Goldsmiths College.
Luis Armas
Developer. Goldsmiths College.
Guido Salimbeni
Research Associate. Goldsmiths College.
Charlie Cook
Developer Imperial College.
Dr. Alessia David
Research Associate. Imperial College.
Dr. Suhail Islam
Research Associate. Imperial College.
Alumni
- Aldo Curtis: MSc internship: developed the initial BioBlox3D PC version under Unity (2015).
- Paul Eliasz MSc internship: game designer on initial BioBlox3D PC version under Unity (2015).
- Dr. Ioannis Fillipis: Principal Research Associate. Involved in first phases of development of BioBlox3D (tablet and PC versions) (2014-2017).
- Kasper Jensen: Research Associate; developed the initial tablet-based BioBlox3D version (2014-15).
- Martin Juguera: MSc internship; developed initial BioBloxVR version (2016).
- Dr. Lawrence Kelley: Research Associate (2014).
- Ian Shaw: Senior consultant, games industry (2014-15).
- Ciaran Wilson: MA internship: game artist for BioBlox2D (2016).
- Elio de Berardinis: Developer for BioBlox (2016).
- Federico Soncini: Developer for BioBlox (2016).
- Andy Thomason: Research Associate and Senior Developer for Bioblox3D (2016).
- Pedro Quijada: Lead Developer for BioBlox (2016).
- Pablo Larenas: Lead Designer/Artist for Bioblox (2016).
Get in Touch
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Or send an email directly to:
m.sternberg@imperial.ac.uk
