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AlphaFold cracks the protein-folding problem at CASP14

AlphaFold 2 · Late 2020 (date approximate)
AlphaFold 2
System
AlphaFold 2
Series
DeepMind
Venue
DeepMind, London, United Kingdom
Date (best guess)
Late 2020 (date approximate)
Lab / Organization
DeepMind
Nickname
AlphaFold cracks the protein-folding problem at CASP14
Researchers
John Jumper
Demis Hassabis

At the CASP14 assessment announced at the end of November 2020, DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 predicted protein 3D structures with accuracy rivaling experimental methods, a breakthrough on a roughly 50-year grand challenge in biology. Organizers declared the structure-prediction problem essentially solved for many cases. The work later contributed to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Hassabis and Jumper.

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