Two scientists at Google DeepMind and an American biochemist have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for breakthroughs in predicting and designing the structure of proteins.
Demis Hassabis, DeepMind’s British founder, and John Jumper, who led the development of the company’s AlphaFold protein prediction software, share half the prize.
The other half of the prize was awarded to Prof David Baker, from the University of Washington, whose computer research led to the creation of completely new types of proteins.
Announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, the winners share the prize of 11 million Swedish kroner (£810,000) for “Computational protein design and protein structure prediction“.
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