Computational biologist David Baker, Washington State Academy of Sciences member, professor of biochemistry at the University of Washington School of Medicine and director of the UW Institute for Protein Design, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design.
He shares the award, announced today by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google’s DeepMind.
“Congratulations to David Baker on this remarkable achievement,” said WSAS President Allison Campbell. “David is a true pioneer of computational protein design, the applications of which benefit not just Washington State, but the world.”
Read more via UW Medicine’s press release, The Seattle Times and The New York Times.
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