Trio Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Protein Design and Prediction Breakthroughs
David Baker, Damis Hassabis, and John Jumper have been honored with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their pioneering work in protein design and structure prediction.
Their Achievements:
- David Baker (University of Washington): Developed computational protein design, creating new proteins from scratch.
- Damis Hassabis and John Jumper (Google DeepMind): Solved the 50-year-old challenge of predicting protein structures using AI (AlphaFold2).
Impact:
- Designed innovative proteins for pharmaceuticals, vaccines, nanomaterials, and sensors.
- Predicted structures of nearly 200 million proteins, tackling antibiotic resistance and plastic degradation.
Nobel Committee’s Praise:
“Heiner Linke, Nobel Committee head, hailed their discoveries as opening vast possibilities.
Nobel Prize Ceremony:
December 10, Stockholm.
Royal Swedish Academy’s Statement:
“Life cannot exist without proteins. Now, we can predict their structure and design our own, benefiting humanity immensely.”
This breakthrough recognizes the transformative power of AI and computational biology in advancing our understanding of proteins and their applications.
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