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Dr. David Baker, HALo Faculty member, awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in computational protein design.

Dr. David Baker, HALo Faculty member, awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in computational protein design.

Computational biologist David Baker, professor of biochemistry at the University of Washington School of Medicine and director of the UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design.

He shares the Nobel Prize with Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of DeepMind, who were honored for protein structure prediction.

Biochemist David Baker receives Nobel Prize – UW Medicine | Newsroom