The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to those who conduct important research into proteins. Awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper. One of the winners, David Baker, works at the University of Washington, while Demis Hassabis and John Jumper work at Google DeepMind in London. All three scientists made revolutionary progress in understanding and solving protein structures.

Announcing the award, Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said the awarded study was groundbreaking in the scientific world. Determining the three-dimensional structures of proteins provides a better understanding of biological processes and opens the door to major innovations in medicine and biotechnology.

Two Nobel Laureates in Chemistry are on Google DeepMind

Last year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists for their work on quantum dots. Quantum dots are very small particles, only a few nanometers in diameter, that find applications in many fields such as electronics and medical imaging.

This year’s Nobel Prize Week started with prizes awarded in the field of medicine. American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine, while the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, considered the founders of machine learning. The Nobel Prize for Literature will be awarded tomorrow, and the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on Friday. The winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics will be announced next Monday.

Nobel Prizes are awarded according to the will of the inventor Alfred Nobel and so are the winners Prize money of 11 million Swedish krona is venerated.