To Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, from DeepMind, and to David Baker, chief of the Institute for Protein Design
In abstract: as a result of the analysis and growth behind this Nobel Prize unlocked not solely new biology but additionally new pc science, all immediately resulting in advances for mankind alongside numerous fronts.
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for groundbreaking advances in protein construction prediction and design utilizing AI, displays the transformative second we (scientists on the interface between chemistry and biology) are going by. And it’s much more notable after one other Nobel Prize being awarded, only a day earlier than, to those that developed the very foundation of AI.
At its core, the flexibility to reliably predict protein constructions with AI is reshaping each fundamental and utilized organic analysis. Moreover, the work by DeepMind and by Prof. Baker’s Institute for Protein Design established pillars for a lot of others, an enormous group certainly, to construct upon. You bought a glimpse into it in my abstract above, however let’s dive into this as I join you to different weblog posts the place I develop the subtopics deeper.
