As part of our #CP50 Anniversary, @CellCellPress recently published a Perspective on the #NobelPrize in Chemistry winning topic of computational protein design. Read it below:
"De novo protein design—From new structures to programmable functions" https://t.co/yZu00p4FKi
The 2024 #NobelPrize laureates in chemistry Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have successfully utilised artificial intelligence to predict the structure of almost all known proteins.
In 2020, Hassabis and Jumper presented an AI model called AlphaFold2. With its help, they have been able to predict the structure of virtually all the 200 million proteins that researchers have identified. Since their breakthrough, AlphaFold2 has been used by more than two million people from 190 countries. Among a myriad of scientific applications, researchers can now better understand antibiotic resistance and create images of enzymes that can decompose plastic.
Read more about their story: https://t.co/nWxcZs6wqC
Incoming neurosurgeon @gelarehzadeh published #cancerresearch in @naturemedicine that identified DNA changes in lung cancer that predict brain metastasis risk. Dr. Zadeh will continue this research to further advance patient care. https://t.co/E7b6ai2ym2 Photo credit: @UHN