Protein Portraits Spring 2025
Our cast of (protein) characters …
Hard working protein scientists have given us many protein structures to choose from, and in 2020 DeepMind opened the door to many more.
Cade Metz, reporting for the New York Times, June 28, 2022. A.I. Predicts the Shape of Nearly Every Protein Known to Science. “DeepMind has expanded its database of microscopic biological mechanisms, hoping to accelerate research into all living things.”

Six protein shapes predicted by AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence technology under Google DeepMind. Credit…DeepMind