Articles about Protein design

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

Archon Biosciences co-founders James Lazarovits and George Ueda

Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth with $20M to create tiny ‘Antibody Cages’

Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize, the latest venture to spin out from… 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

Seattle startup Arzeda raises $38M to create proteins for food, pharma, and other industries

Arzeda, a protein design startup that generates new enzymes for industrial, agricultural and other applications, announced a $38 million investment… Read More

A-Alpha Bio lands $14.5M from Department of Defense to prep for future biological threats

A-Alpha Bio will receive $14.5 million from the Department of Defense (DOD) to expand a project with a national lab… 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

‘The dark matter is just sitting there’: What’s standing in the way of AI for life sciences

Life scientists have a data problem: information is fragmented, siloed and incomplete. And that gets in the way of taking… 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

Researchers create synthetic proteins that use logic to choose which cells to kill

The age of molecular-scale computing is entering a new era, thanks to the development of a system that uses synthetic… Read More

Scientists chart weak spots in coronavirus protein that antiviral drugs can target

Chinese researchers say they’ve mapped out a key protein structure in the virus that causes COVID-19, including the likeliest target… Read More

A protein puzzle game called Foldit turns up 99 promising ways to confound coronavirus

Who would have thought a video game could identify potential treatments for COVID-19? Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute… Read More

Scientists create atomic-scale map of coronavirus’ deadly weapon, pointing out a path to fighting it

Biochemists have created the first 3-D, atomic-scale map of key proteins in the killer coronavirus, opening up new possibilities for… Read More

Cyrus Biotechnology and CRISPR pioneers team up to boost gene-editing therapies

Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology says it’ll collaborate with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on ways to optimize CRISPR gene-editing… Read More

A-Alpha Bio raises $2.8M for genetically engineered drug discovery platform

A Seattle startup that took root at the University of Washington has closed a $2.8 million seed round for a… Read More

How a hamburger and milkshake from Dick’s Drive-In led to a breakthrough for this biotech startup

When it was time for PvP Biologics to test its promising treatment for celiac disease, the Seattle startup wanted to… 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

Scientists design protein filaments that snap themselves together like Lego blocks

Researchers have created molecular building blocks that can weave themselves into long threads of protein. Well, maybe not all that… Read More

Open Philanthropy Project awards $11M to protein designers for universal flu vaccine

The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has won an $11.3 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project to… Read More

Scientists steal tricks from a virus to build proteins into capsules for drug delivery

University of Washington researchers have taken a page from the viral playbook to create microscopic assemblies for packaging genetic material —… Read More

Cyrus Biotech raises $8M to boost protein modeling toolkit for drug discovery

Cyrus Biotechnology is getting an $8 million infusion for its cloud-based protein modeling and design toolkit, thanks to a Series… Read More

Big data (and volunteers) help scientists solve hundreds of protein puzzles

Molecular biologists have enlisted cutting-edge trends in genomics and big data to get a grip on one of the grand… Read More

Here’s a twist: UW biochemists find clever ways to pick a protein’s pockets profitably

Researchers at the University of Washington have cracked the code for producing molecular structures with tiny pockets – structures that… Read More

Scientists add twists to protein designs

Biochemists from the University of Washington have engineered complex protein molecules with additional chemical bonds that make it possible to… Read More

Designer proteins, created and edited on computers, open up new biotech frontiers

Synthetic genomes and gene editing are big things today, but the next big things in biotechnology could be proteins that are… Read More