The Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognises protein structure prediction
The 2024 prize was divided, one half to David Baker "for computational protein design", the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper "for protein structure prediction". A Nobel award is not evidence about a method's accuracy — the blind assessment at CASP14 already was — but it is evidence about institutional acceptance by a body with no stake in the claim, and it is the only case in this pack where that particular form of recognition has been given.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- AlphaFold · technology system · not located
- John Jumper · person · United States · not located
- Demis Hassabis · person · United Kingdom · not located
Evidence
Verified — Every field is supported by a cited authoritative source.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 — press release and summary
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was divided, one half to David Baker "for computational protein design" and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper "for protein structure prediction"; the citation materials describe the prediction of protein structure from amino-acid sequence as a problem chemists had wrestled with for over fifty years. V55 verification basis: nobelprize.org was not fetched, but search results carried the exact citation wording and the division of the prize and attributed them to the Academy's own pages.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences / NobelPrize.org · 2024-10 · Verified
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/press-release/ and the prize summary and popular information pages
Recorded on AlphaFold
- AlphaGo defeats Lee Sedol in Seoul
- AlphaFold2 is assessed blind at CASP14
- AlphaFold2 is published and the database opens
- The AlphaFold database expands to over 200 million structures
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognises protein structure prediction
Related
Related because they share a subject in the Atlas — never because the text looks similar.
- The AlphaFold database expands to over 200 million structures · 2022-07-28
- AlphaFold2 is published and the database opens · 2021-07
- AlphaFold2 is assessed blind at CASP14 · 2020 (CASP14)
- AlphaGo defeats Lee Sedol in Seoul · 2016-03-09 to 2016-03-15