Google DeepMind scientists win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Two Google DeepMind scientists and an American biochemist have received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their advances in protein structure prediction and design.

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind’s British founder, and John Jumper, who led the development of the company’s AlphaFold protein prediction software, share half of the prize.

The other half of the prize was awarded to Professor David Baker of the University of Washington, whose computational research has led to the creation of entirely new types of proteins.

Announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, the winners share the prize of 11 million Swedish crowns (£810,000) for “Computational protein design and protein structure prediction.”.

More details soon…