GM/CA @ APS user, David Baker, is an awardee of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

David Baker (Image courtesy University of Washington)

David Baker of the University of Washington and Howard Hughes Medical Institute was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for computational protein design", along with Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind, "for protein structure prediction". Along with other beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source, and other facilities at Argonne National Laboratory and other national laboratories, GM/CA's facility for crystallographic structure determination has helped to enable numerous publications by David and his group. Beyond creative basic science, the Baker group's work points the way for practical applications in fields such as design of pharmaceuticals and vaccines.

Please see the following links for further reading:

• The Nobel Prize Committee Press Release
   
• The Advanced Photon Source Press Release
   
• The University of Washington Press Release
   
• The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Press Release