Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024: D. Baker, D. Hassabis and J. Jumper for "cracking the protein code"

The Americans David Baker, Professor at the University of Washington (USA), and John M. Jumper, Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind (UK), and the British Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, are awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for cracking the code for proteins’ amazing structures", announces the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 09/10/2024.

"Chemists have long dreamed of fully understanding and mastering the chemical tools of life - proteins. This dream is now within reach. Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper have successfully utilised artificial intelligence to predict the structure of almost all known proteins. David Baker has learned how to master life’s building blocks and create entirely new proteins. The potential of their discoveries is enormous", says the Royal Academy.

"One of the discoveries being recognised this year concerns the construction of spectacular proteins. The other is about fulflling a 50-year-old dream: predicting protein structures from their amino acid sequences. Both of these discoveries open up vast possibilities", says Heiner…