EPISODE · Feb 10, 2025 · 29 MIN
Bench Talk | 2024 Nobel Prize For Predicting Protein Shape Using AI | Feb. 10, 2025
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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by three researchers who used artificial intelligence to predict the three-dimensional shapes of proteins based on their amino acid sequences. In this episode, we hear from one of them, Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind. His AI program, AlphaFold, curates the 3D-structures of more than 200 million naturally-occurring proteins (https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/). This database is available to the public for free! After a brief introduction to the topic, we hear Dr. Hassabis's Nobel lecture on how he got involved in this groundbreaking research, and how he sees AI impacting biology in the future. Here is the link to the full public-domain lecture (with slides and charts): https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/hassabis/lecture/ ‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly radio program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am. Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal
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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by three researchers who used artificial intelligence to predict the three-dimensional shapes of proteins based on their amino acid sequences. In this episode, we hear from one of them, Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind. His AI program, AlphaFold, curates the 3D-structures of more than 200 million naturally-occurring proteins (https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/). This database is available to the public for free! After a brief introduction to the topic, we hear Dr. Hassabis's Nobel lecture on how he got involved in this groundbreaking research, and how he sees AI impacting biology in the future. Here is the link to the full public-domain lecture (with slides and charts): https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/hassabis/lecture/ ‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly radio program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am. Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal
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