Latest posts
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Designing synthetic smell receptors
“When we started with this idea a few years ago, many people thought it was impossible.”
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Introducing the International Center for Enzyme Design
We’ve partnered with the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology to transform the landscape of enzyme design.
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IPD scientists will pilot new National AI Research Resource
NAIRR aims to democratize advanced AI research by providing academics with large-scale computing resources.
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TIME names David Baker among 100 Most Influential People in health
The list recognizes the people pioneering the world’s most impactful health innovations. TIME writes about Baker’s AI breakthroughs and scientific leadership.
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Undergrads Abby Burtner and Sneha Subramanian are in the Husky 100
Two of our undergraduate researchers — Abby and Sneha — have been recognized by the University of Washington as leaders and innovators. The Husky 100 includes undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who have founded startups, created artwork, served as mentors, conducted research, and advocated for social justice. In honor of…
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Lynda Stuart on open science and biotech hubs
“The Pacific Northwest has the compute, it has the biotech, but it also has a kind of culture of collaboration and sharing that is not present in certain other parts of the country.”
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Nature: “‘A landmark moment’: scientists use AI to design antibodies from scratch”
In a proof-of-concept study, we show that RFdiffusion can be tuned to generate antibodies that bind influenza and other targets.
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Undergraduate researcher Abigail Burtner receives Churchill Scholarship
Among the most prestigious of all undergraduate honors, the award will cover the full cost of a Master’s degree in pathology at the University of Cambridge.
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David Baker on AI, open science, and building biotech startups
Our director recently share his thoughts on the impact of AI on life science startups. He spoke with Jenny Cronin, principal at the AI2 Incubator.
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Our commitment to responsible AI development
To maximize the benefits and minimizing risks of AI for protein design, IPD director David Baker and scores of other senior scientists across 20 countries have signed a community agreement with ten actionable commitments and invited others in the field to join them. The Institute for Protein Design is playing…