Demis Hassabis

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Demis Hassabis
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

Born: 27 July 1976, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation at the time of the award: Google DeepMind, London, United Kingdom

Prize motivation: “for protein structure prediction”

Prize share: 1/4

Work

Proteins control and drive all the chemical reactions that together are the basis of life. Proteins generally consist of 20 different amino acids. These are linked together in long strings that fold up to make a three-dimensional structure. In 2020, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper presented an AI model called AlphaFold2. With its help, they have been able to predict the structure of virtually all known proteins. AlphaFold2 has been widely used in many areas, including research into pharmaceuticals and environmental technology.

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