Chemist no. 226 of 350 · Theoretical/Quantum

Demis Hassabis

1976-United KingdomNobel Chemistry 2024

AlphaFold protein structure prediction

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AlphaFold: How Demis Hassabis and DeepMind Cracked a 50-Year-Old Problem in Chemistry and Biology

How Demis Hassabis led DeepMind to build AlphaFold, the AI that predicts 3D protein structures from sequence, and how it won half of the 2024 Chemistry Nobel.

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Biography

Demis Hassabis: From Chess Prodigy to Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Life of Demis Hassabis: chess prodigy, game designer, neuroscientist, DeepMind co-founder and 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner for AlphaFold.

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