In the News – Institute for Protein Design

Protein Design’s AI Revolution: Inside David Baker’s “Communal Brain”

Scientists Advance on One of Technology’s Holy Grails

Meet the Biochemist Engineering Proteins From Scratch

Protein Engineering May Be the Future of Science

Scientists Are Designing Artisanal Proteins for Your Body

Decoding the Origami That Drives All Life

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Sep. 3, 2026

“AI learns nature’s code: Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch launch $95M open science initiative” by Todd Bishop

Sep. 4, 2026

“Nobel Laureate Professor David Baker on designing proteins with entirely new and wildly useful functions” by Tom Ireland

Jul. 2, 2026

“AI-designed proteins stabilize unruly membrane proteins” by Sarah Braner

May 20, 2026

“Lab of UW Nobel winner cracks challenge of creating roomier protein cages to deliver genetic medicines” by Lisa Stiffler

Jul. 14, 2026

“Protein Design’s AI Revolution: Inside David Baker’s “Communal Brain”” by Fay Lin

Jul. 25, 2024

“Nanopore proteins designed from scratch and turned into biosensors” by Tim Wogan

Jun. 27, 2024

“Designed protein ‘minibinders’ help treat colitis in mice” by Sarah Braner

Jun. 26, 2024

“How AI Revolutionized Protein Science, but Didn’t End It” by Yasemin Saplakogu

Jun. 17, 2024

“How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Drug Development” by Steve Lohr

Jun. 17, 2024

“Scientists Show AI-Generated Proteins Actually Work in Stem Cell Study” by Shelly Fan

May 13, 2024

“AI gets scientists one step closer to mapping the organized chaos in our cells” by NPR Short Wave

May 8, 2024

“New U.S. AI network aims to make supercomputers available to more researchers” by Jeffrey Mervis

Apr. 25, 2024

“After AI protein folding, David Baker’s lab identifies millions of smaller drug candidates” by Brittany Trang

Apr 25, 2024

“The UW’s Institute for Protein Design keeps boosting startups, fueling AI-powered science” by Charlotte Schubert

Apr. 5, 2024
“Protein materials, by blueprint” by Ariane Vartanian

Mar. 22, 2024

“In another step forward for AI, UW researchers deliver antibody-generating model” by Conor Hale

Mar. 13, 2024

“Why Nvidia, Google And Microsoft Are Betting Billions On Biotech’s AI Future” by Richard Nieva and Alex Knapp

Mar. 8, 2024

“David Baker’s lab releases new protein design and study tools as AI race accelerates” by Ryan Cross

Mar. 8, 2024

“Dozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort to Prevent A.I. Bioweapons” by Cade Metz

Mar. 8, 2024

“Could AI-designed proteins be weaponized? Scientists lay out safety guidelines” by Ewen Callaway

Feb. 27, 2024

David Baker named among the 50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences by STAT News.

Dec 12, 2023

“AstraZeneca to Buy Icosavax for Up to $1.1 Billion” by Ian Walker

Jun. 2, 2023
“The man who is revolutionizing medicine with his proteins created from nothing” by Ana Tagarro

Apr. 14, 2023

“35 Ways Real People Are Using A.I. Right Now” by Francesca Paris and Larry Buchanan

Mar. 22, 2023

“Biologists Say Deep Learning Is Revolutionizing Pace of Innovation” by Steven Rosenbush

Feb. 23, 2023

“AI-enhanced protein design makes proteins that have never existed” by Michael Eisenstein

Feb. 14, 2023

“Scientists use new A.I. tech to fight diseases”

Jan. 9, 2023

“A.I. Turns Its Artistry to Creating New Human Proteins” by Cade Metz

Jul. 26, 2022

“These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage” by Maggie Chen

Mar. 24, 2022

“‘A major step forward’: Scientists unveil new approach for designing protein drugs against any target” by Jason Mast

Nov. 15, 2021

“‘It’s a transformation’: Researchers are taking DeepMind’s groundbreaking protein folding software to places few predicted” by Jason Mast

Aug. 12, 2021

“Without Code for DeepMind’s Protein AI, This Lab Wrote Its Own” by Grace Huckins

Jul. 15, 2021
“Researchers match DeepMind’s AlphaFold2 protein folding power with faster, freely available model” by Devin Coldwey

Jul. 15, 2021
“Accurate protein structure prediction AI made openly available” by Laura Howes

May 12, 2021

“A ‘Universal Vaccine’ May Soon Protect Against All Coronaviruses, Including the Common Cold” By Adam Piore

Apr. 13, 2021

“Proteins, artificial intelligence, and future of pandemic responses” by Nuria Alina Chandra

Apr. 7, 2021

“Icosavax keeps up the excitement for its VLP ‘soccer balls,’ earning the RA Capital stamp of approval in $100M Series B” by Max Gelman

Mar. 25, 2021

“Is a ‘super-seasonal’ flu vaccine on the horizon? The NIH and UW are taking a shot into the clinic this April” by Max Gelman

Feb. 11, 2021
Adaptable biosensor rapidly detects COVID-19 virus and antibodies

Jan. 6 2021

“How engineered protein patches could boost immunotherapy” by Angus Liu

Nov. 21, 2020

“Antibodies Good. Machine-Made Molecules Better?” by Katherine J. Wu

Nov. 11, 2020

“Four UW researchers win 2021 ‘Oscars of Science’” by Irika Sinha

Oct. 12, 2020

“Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells” by Zoe Cormier

Sept. 18, 2020

“Scientists Advance on One of Technology’s Holy Grails” by Matthew Hutson

Aug. 20, 2020

‘What if the First Coronavirus Vaccines Aren’t the Best?’ by Carl Zimmer

Apr. 23, 2020
Nature Biotechnology’s academic spinouts of 2019

Mar. 3, 2020

“Scientists Need Your Help to Find Treatments for Coronavirus” by Matthew Gault

Mar. 3, 2020

“Could Playing This Game Help Create a Coronavirus Cure?” by Courtney Linder

Mar. 9, 2020

“Scientists Use Online Game to Research COVID-19 Treatment” by Emma Yasinski

Feb. 3, 2020

“How Rose Fields is pioneering a therapeutic vaccine” by Jax Morgan

Jan. 31, 2020

“Breaking Through Computational Barriers to Create Designer Proteins”

Nov. 15, 2019

“Baker Lab postdocs discover protein coevolution patterns through AI modeling” by Annika Prom

Oct. 22, 2019

“Gamers are one-upping nature and computers by designing whole new proteins” by Luyi Cheng

Aug. 14, 2019
“Tuning organic–inorganic interactions” by Jeremiah O’Mahony

Jun. 7, 2019
“What if you could play a video game that helps find a cure for cancer?” by Martin Finucane

May 16, 2019
“Viva La Protein Revolución” by Leslie Fisher

Apr. 18, 2019

“Lifetime flu vaccine research at UW gets big dose of funding” by Patricia Murphy

Jan. 9, 2019
“New Seattle startup emerges from UW to develop cancer-fighting protein three decades in the making” Written by James Thorne

Nov. 8, 2018
“Scientists design protein filaments that snap themselves together like Lego blocks” Written by Alan Boyle

Oct. 24, 2018
“Investor and philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai joins IPD board of directors.” Written by Clare McGrane

Sept. 12, 2018
“Watch these new ‘designer proteins’ light up when they hit their target” Written by Robert F. Service

Sep. 6, 2018
“PvP Biologics Announces First-in-Human Clinical Trials for a Novel Therapeutic for Celiac Disease”

May 25, 2018

“Pre-clinical drug screening startup A-Alpha Bio wins first place at Univ. of Washington Business Plan Competition” Written by Taylor Soper

May 10, 2018
“Structural model of physiological tau-microtubule interactions sheds light on neurological diseases that correlate with their disruption” Written by Dan Krotz

Apr. 5, 2018
“UW gets large grant to help develop universal flu vaccine” by Patranya Bhoolsuwan

Apr. 4, 2018
“Open Philanthropy Project awards $11M to protein designers for universal flu vaccine” Written by Alan Boyle

Mar. 30, 2018
“Go with the fold” written by James Mitchell Crow

Mar. 27, 2018
“Protein Engineering May Be the Future of Science” written by Faye Flam

Mar. 5, 2018
“Building Transmembrane Proteins From Scratch”

Feb. 16, 2018
“Scientists Make Proteins From Scratch” by Mark Brodie

Feb. 6, 2018
“New endowment at UW to continue legacy of Islanders Aubrey, Henrietta Davis” written by Katie Metzger

Dec. 21, 2017
“Scientists use directed evolution to develop better viruslike capsules” written by Stu Borman

Dec. 13, 2017

“Scientists steal tricks from a virus to build proteins into capsules for drug delivery” written by Alan Boyle

Nov. 8, 2017
“Disarming Gluten” written by Meredith Bailey

Oct. 16, 2017
“Mars and Partners Launch Uncommon Collaboration to Crowdsource Gaming Solutions that Solve Aflatoxin” provided by Mars, Incorporated

Jan. 6, 2017
“UW spinout wins $35M deal to develop therapy for celiac disease” written by Coral Garnick

Oct. 2, 2017
“Computationally designed ‘mini proteins’ prevent flu infection in mice” written by Stu Borman

Sep. 27, 2017
“Mini-protein rapid design method opens way to create a new class of drugs” written by Leila Gray

Jul. 31, 2017
“Protein folding: Much more intricate than we thought” written by Sarah Everts

Jul. 27, 2017

“Cyrus Biotech raises $8M to boost protein modeling toolkit for drug discovery” written by Alan Boyle

Jul. 20, 2017
“Arzeda Raises $12 Million in Series A Round of Funding Led by OS Fund”

Jul. 20th, 2017
“Arzeda Raises $12M for Computational Protein Design” written by Benjamin Romano

Jul. 14, 2017
“‘New era’ of designer proteins for medicines and materials” written by James Urquhart

Jul. 13, 2017

“Feedback from thousands of designs could transform protein engineering”

Jul. 17, 2017
“Gene Synthesis Upgrades Protein Design, Massively”

Jun. 26, 2017
“Custom peptide neutralizes influenza” written by Sarah Everts

Jun. 12, 2017
“Designer protein halts flu” written by Robert Service

May 10, 2017

“Self-assembling cyclic protein homo-oligomers”

Feb. 2, 2017
“Recreating nature: Building medicines and materials from ‘unnatural proteins’” written by Robert Service

Feb. 11, 2017
“How to determine a protein’s shape” – The Economist

April 27, 2017

“Startup Spotlight: This biotech company uses fermentation to produce custom compounds” – Written by Monica Nickelsburg

Feb. 15, 2017
“Nova: The Origami Revolution” – Written, produced, and directed by Sarah Holt

Apr. 4, 2019

“The applications of synthetic biology are endless” Written by Oliver Morton

Jan. 19, 2017

“The Face of Protein Design: UW Medicine” – Presented by Seattle Met, What’s This?

Jan. 5, 2017
“An upstart jumps almost overnight from preclinical to PhI with a $35M Takeda deal and a buyout option” – Written by John Carroll

Jan. 13, 2017
“Here’s a twist: UW biochemists find clever ways to pick a protein’s pockets profitably” – Written by Alan Boyle

Jan. 18, 2017

“The Nordstrom Family Puts Protein Design on a Fast Track” – UW Medicine’s ACCELERATE campaign

Dec. 20, 2016

“UW spins out PvP Biologics to develop treatment for celiac disease” – Written by Coral Garnick

Dec. 12, 2016

“Designer Proteins” – HHMI BioInteractive

Nov. 30, 2016

“How to turn cells into couriers that can ferry drugs around the body” – Written by Megan Thielking

Nov. 30, 2016

“Virus-inspired delivery system transfers microscopic cargo between human cells” – Provided by University of Utah Health Sciences

Nov. 29, 2016
“Seattle’s Health Innovators of the Year: Industry group recognizes 7 leaders in the field” – Written by Clare McGrane

Oct. 22, 2016

“The Promise of Protein Design” – UW Medicine’s Accelerate Campaign

Jan. 28, 2016
“Crowdsourcing the design of new molecules to improve healthcare and the environment” – Written by Edmund Butler

Sep. 29, 2016
“Online gamers invited to tackle rare muscle disorder” – Written by Michael McCarthy

Feb. 14, 2015
AAAS 2015 Annual Meeting, Keynote Talk

Oct. 21, 2014
“Foldit Reaches 1000 Puzzles, Debuts New Ebola Puzzle” – Written by Nova Barlow

Sep. 14, 2016
“Super-stable peptides might be used to create ‘on-demand’ drugs” – Written by Michael McCarthy

Sep. 19, 2016
“Designed peptides with constrained structures are good drug prospects” – Written by Stu Borman

June 30, 2016
“Protein cages made in the lab resemble protective virus constructs” – Written by Stu Borman

May 5, 2016
“Scientists add twists to protein designs” – Written by Alan Boyle

May 3, 2016
“Designer proteins, created and edited on computers, open up new biotech frontiers” – Written by Alan Boyle

Apr. 28, 2016

“Designer Genes And The DNA To Make Them” – Written by Steven Savage

Mar. 6, 2016

“Exploring the Repeat-Protein Universe” – Featured in the ALS Science Highlight

Mar. 1, 2016
The 2016 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Delivery of Digital Health – Awarded by Seattle Business Magazine

Feb. 8, 2016
“Designer Protein Is A Promising Antiflu Agent” – Written by Stu Borman

Feb. 4, 2016

“Could this be the end of flu? Revolutionary drug which both prevents and treats illness ‘more effective than Tamiflu'” – Written by Kate Pickles

Mar. 19, 2015
UW 360 features celiac disease research of Dr. Ingrid Swanson Pultz

Feb. 9, 2015
Interview with Frank DiMaio – Hosted by Biophysical Society TV

Jan. 15, 2016

David Baker is announced as one of the Thomson Reuters 2015 “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds.”

Feb. 04, 2016
“Computer-designed protein protects against flu in mice” – Written by Leila Gray

Jan. 25, 2016

Dr. Ingrid Swanson Pultz is interviewed by UW Medicine about her work finding a”remedy for celiac.”

Dec. 16, 2015
A look at two papers published in Nature and some other sources that give a picture of what’s going on in protein structure prediction and design.

Sep. 5, 2014

“Can Ebola video game help find a cure for the deadly virus?” – Featured on Aljazeera America

Aug. 26, 2014
“University of Washington taps gamers to tackle Ebola” – Written by Elisa Jaffe

Aug. 25, 2014

“Gamers helping UW in Ebola research” – Written by Katherine Long

May 5, 2015
“UW Researchers developing cure for celiac disease” – Featured by KOMO News