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Protein 3D structure prediction pipeline

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We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to nf-core/proteinfold to say how often they are merged. 3 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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  4. Pick one of the 3 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

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  • Dependency clash in modules/local/fasta_to_alphafold3_json/environment.yml
    Open
    bug

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#658 ·

  • config parsing failed
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#650 · 1 comment ·

  • BOLTZ_FASTA errors on more than 62 fasta entries
    Open
    bug

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#637 ·

  • Downstream mmcif analysis
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#635 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • Python script to format metadata to table
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#627 ·

  • Add docs/development section for tips on contributors adding new modes
    Open
    documentation

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#623 ·

  • Create an --all_structs flag for populate_modelcif.py, capture *every* model & seed
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 140 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    nf-core/proteinfold#622 · 1 assignee ·

  • Wire up a complete ASSEMBLE_MODECIF{} module to POST_PROCESSING{} for all modes
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#615 ·

  • Extract tsv parsers from populated_modelcif.py into shared utils.py
    Open
    duplicate

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#614 ·

  • Ensure all coordinates from the ensemble are stored in the modelCIF
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 150 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    nf-core/proteinfold#596 · 1 assignee ·

  • Populate modelCIF atomic fields
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 150 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    nf-core/proteinfold#593 · 1 assignee ·

  • Ensure the PAE as stored is openable in ChimeraX
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 147 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    nf-core/proteinfold#591 · 1 assignee ·

  • Capture container image used to create structure
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#590 ·

  • Boltz multimer with precomputed MSAs with .yaml input
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#589 · 1 comment ·

  • Compression of a metric-complete modelCIF?
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 147 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    question

    nf-core/proteinfold#583 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

  • Standardise metric file identities
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#581 ·

  • Populate modelCIF software and protocol classes
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 145 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#579 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Populate modelCIF metrics classes
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 165 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#578 · 1 assignee ·

  • Create micro db for boltz
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 206 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    WIP

    nf-core/proteinfold#568 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

  • Create wave container for EXTRACT_METRICS local module
    May be free again @JoseEspinosa claimed this 213 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#562 · 4 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Split EXTRACT_METRICS for HelixFold3
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 213 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    WIP

    nf-core/proteinfold#548 · 1 assignee ·

  • Split EXTRACT_METRICS for ESMFold
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 213 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Ready for review

    nf-core/proteinfold#547 · 1 assignee ·

  • Split EXTRACT_METRICS for RoseTTAFold-All-Atom
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 213 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Ready for review

    nf-core/proteinfold#546 · 1 assignee ·

  • Split EXTRACT_METRICS for ColabFold
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 213 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Ready for review

    nf-core/proteinfold#545 · 1 assignee ·

  • Split EXTRACT_METRICS for RoseTTAFold2NA
    Open
    help wanted

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#544 ·

  • Split EXTRACT_METRICS for AlphaFold3
    Open
    help wanted

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#543 ·

  • Split EXTRACT_METRICS for Boltz
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 213 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Ready for review

    nf-core/proteinfold#542 · 1 assignee ·

  • Split EXTRACT_METRICS for AlphaFold2
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 213 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Ready for review

    nf-core/proteinfold#541 · 1 assignee ·

  • Create microDBs for AlphaFold3
    Open
    help wanted

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#534 ·

  • Create microDBs for MMSEQS_COLABFOLDSEARCH
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 214 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    WIP

    nf-core/proteinfold#533 · 1 assignee ·

  • Update RUN_ALPHAFOLD2 for preparing the migration to modules
    May be free again @alessiovignoli claimed this 215 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#529 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

  • Update RUN_BOLTZ for preparing the migration to modules
    May be free again @sblaizerwize claimed this 215 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#528 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

  • MMseqs2 colabfoldsearch batching
    May be free again @ziadbkh claimed this 215 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#521 · 1 assignee ·

  • Add documentation for creating padded DBs
    May be free again @nbtm-sh claimed this 215 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#520 · 1 assignee ·

  • Reduce size of mini dbs
    May be free again @jscgh claimed this 215 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    WIP

    nf-core/proteinfold#518 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Add DockQ v2 protein complex interface quality scoring
    May be free again @sudekaraoglan claimed this 213 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#516 · 1 assignee ·

  • Add US-align structural comparison and evaluation module
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#515 ·

  • Mode-specific metromap
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#513 ·

  • Additional clarity for reported metrics in TSV files.
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#506 ·

  • Improve MSA extraction from RoseTTAFold-All-Atom internal chain directories
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#491 ·

  • Improve MSA processing robustness in Boltz module
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#490 ·

  • Rename Boltz output channels to use format suffix (_npz, _tsv)
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 195 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#487 · 1 assignee ·

  • Support cif files in boltz
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#486 ·

  • Enable custom MSA input
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#479 ·

  • Better support for running multiple replicates with different seeds.
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#478 ·

  • Support for sharded sequence database search
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#477 ·

  • Split AlphaFold2 MSA search operations in to separate nextflow processes
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#476 ·

  • multiqc/proteinfold for a 'bulk report'
    May be free again @keiran-rowell-unsw claimed this 279 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    nf-core/proteinfold#439 · 5 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Implement ci workflow to run bioflow-inside
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#423 ·

  • Make it possible to render the metromap using the bioflow-inside online server
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/proteinfold#422 ·

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