There are other worthy life science CPU distributed computing projects you should consider:

TN_GRID  http://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/

Citizen Science Grid  https://csgrid.org/csg/

And if you're amenable to electronics & physics:

Distributed Hardware Evolution Project  https://dhep.ga/boinc/

Large Hadron Collider   https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/