Articles about David Baker

Researchers led by University of Washington Nobel winner achieve a scientific breakthrough

A team from the University of Washington led by Nobel laureate David Baker is using artificial intelligence to design effective… Read More

For Nobel Prize winner David Baker, it’s back to the lab as protein pioneer helps launch more startups

Life is a little different for these days for David Baker, given that he won a share of this year’s… Read More

University of Washington’s David Baker wins Nobel Prize for designing proteins

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than… Read More

Inside the Seattle labs of Xaira, the AI-powered startup launched with $1B from investors

In a laboratory near downtown Seattle on the shores of Lake Union, Hetu Kamisetty is helping build what he says… Read More

The UW’s Institute for Protein Design keeps boosting startups, fueling AI-powered science

The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design is on a hot streak. New studies, companies and spinouts are emerging… Read More

Illustration: Visualization of AI structure translated into biomolecule

Leading researchers join effort to support responsible AI for biomolecular design

More than 100 researchers — including a Nobel laureate — have signed on to a call for the scientific community… Read More

Protein design pioneer David Baker on why sharing code is key to building biotech startups

The Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington is a startup factory, spinning out companies developing new protein-based… Read More

How AI is changing the way scientists engineer drugs, biosensors, enzymes and more

Inside the headquarters of Outpace Bio in Seattle, senior scientist Bobby Langan shows a video of one of his favorite… Read More

Institute for Protein Design researchers show how AI can generate new protein shapes

The Institute for Protein Design helped usher in an era for scientists to predict the structure of a protein using… Read More

Sneaky synthetic molecules open the way for new types of drugs and a new startup

Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered how to create peptide molecules that can slip through membranes to enter… Read More

Institute for Protein Design spinout Monod Bio raises $25M for molecular biosensors

The news: Monod Bio raised $25 million to develop molecular biosensors that light up when they bind their target. The sensors… Read More

Spinning out science startups: UW’s Institute for Protein Design brings research beyond ivory tower

The Institute for Protein Design is an innovation factory. Since launching a decade ago, the University of Washington institution has… Read More

David Baker, head of Seattle’s Institute for Protein Design, launches London biotech startup

Prolific biotech co-founder and University of Washington scientist David Baker, head of the UW Institute for Protein Design, has launched… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers design and build custom machines from proteins

The scientists at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design are on a roll lately. They won Science magazine’s… Read More

Life sciences news roundup: $175M for cell therapy; vaccine data; and more

It was another busy week in Seattle-area biotech. Affini-T Therapeutics on Monday announced $175 million in initial financing. The company… Read More

Univ. of Washington AI protein folding discovery wins ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ award from Science

Science magazine has revealed its breakthrough of the year: Artificial intelligence discoveries that predict how proteins fold, forged by researchers… Read More

Univ. of Washington deep learning researchers ‘hallucinate’ protein designs from scratch

New protein structures not seen in nature have emerged from deep learning software deployed by University of Washington researchers and… Read More

University of Washington study: Deep learning reveals 3D models of protein machines

A new study peers into the structure of hundreds of protein complexes in cells that control everything from energy use… Read More

Seattle startup Cyrus inks protein-design deal with immune biotech Selecta worth up to $1.5 billion

Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology is entering a protein engineering collaboration with Boston-based Selecta Biosciences that could pull in up to $1.5… Read More

Seattle-based Icosavax, which is developing COVID-19 vaccines, files for IPO 4 years after launch

Seattle-based Icosavax has filed to go public via an IPO, just four years after it launched out of the University… Read More

Protein design and physics earn UW professors a pair of prestigious Breakthrough Prizes

Researchers at the University of Washington working on both protein design and the understanding of gravity have been awarded the… Read More

Scientists design proteins that could keep coronavirus from spreading COVID-19

Imagine being able to ward off COVID-19 just by spritzing a nasal spray into your nostrils. It may not be… Read More

Univ. of Washington spinout Icosavax raises $51M to fight viruses with computer-designed vaccines

Seattle-based biotech startup Icosavax today scored $51 million in funding to create vaccines from artificial viruses. The Series A financing… Read More

Amgen and University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design team up to build better cancer drugs

Biotech giant Amgen is putting up the money to fund three research projects in partnership with the University of Washington’s… Read More

Institute for Protein Design wins $45M in funding from TED’s Audacious Project

The era of engineering proteins for medical applications just got a lot closer, thanks to a five-year, $45 million grant… Read More

Inside Arzeda’s synthetic biology lab, where industrial ingredients are brewed like beer

Alexandre Zanghellini can’t help but think about what makes up the world around him. Sitting in a conference room, Zanghellini… Read More