Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is for computational protein design and structure prediction. David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper took home the prize for their work using artificial intelligence models to revolutionize our understanding of the relationship between amino acid sequence and three-dimensional structure. The tools they’ve developed enable scientists to create entirely new proteins with never-before-seen capabilities.
Read the announcement:
nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/summary
Video credits:
Written by Vangie Koonce and Anne Hylden
Edited by Andrew Sobey
Narrated by Andrew Sobey
Produced by Kerri Jansen and Andrew Sobey
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Laureate illustrations by Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Protein illustrations by Johan Jarnestad and Terezia Kovalova © The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Graph from Callaway, E. “‘It will change everything’: AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures.” Nature 2020, 588, 203-204
Additional images: DeepMind; Ian C. Haydon, Institute for Protein Design; John M. Jumper; Nature; The Royal Society on Wikimedia Commons; University of Washington
Sound effects: Soundsnap
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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is for computational protein design and structure prediction. David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper took home the prize for their work using artificial intelligence models to revolutionize our understanding of the relationship between amino acid sequence and three-dimensional structure. The tools they’ve developed enable scientists to create entirely new proteins with never-before-seen capabilities.
Read the announcement:
nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/summary
Video credits:
Written by Vangie Koonce and Anne Hylden
Edited by Andrew Sobey
Narrated by Andrew Sobey
Produced by Kerri Jansen and Andrew Sobey
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Laureate illustrations by Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Protein illustrations by Johan Jarnestad and Terezia Kovalova © The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Graph from Callaway, E. “‘It will change everything’: AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures.” Nature 2020, 588, 203-204
Additional images: DeepMind; Ian C. Haydon, Institute for Protein Design; John M. Jumper; Nature; The Royal Society on Wikimedia Commons; University of Washington
Sound effects: Soundsnap
Produced by the American Chemical Society (ACS), one of the world’s largest scientific societies. ACS is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences.
Join the #AmericanChemicalSociety! bit.ly/Join_ACS
#nobelprize #chemistry #protein #artificialintelligence
