Nobel Prize 2024 in Chemistry

Context (TH): The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded with one half going to David Baker for his work on “computational protein design,” and the other half jointly awarded to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper for “protein structure prediction.”

• Rosetta is a software used for protein folding and design, while AlphaFold2 was developed to predict protein structures.
• Demis Hassabis and John Jumper’s Contributions: Their collaboration at DeepMind led to the creation of AlphaFold2, an artificial intelligence tool capable of accurately predicting the three-dimensional structures of proteins based on their amino acid sequences.
• Applications of AlphaFold2: It is widely used to tackle significant problems, including antibiotic resistance and the breakdown of plastics.