Nobel Prize in Chemistry for AlphaFold and protein design

Demis Hassabis and John Jumper share the Chemistry Nobel with David Baker for computational protein structure prediction and design.

What happened and why it matters

The award (along with the Physics prize to Hopfield and Hinton the day before) recognised AI-driven science at the highest level, confirming the AlphaFold result as a genuine scientific breakthrough.

Sources

• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 — Press release ↗ The Nobel Prize · 9 Oct 2024