Sir Demis Hassabis, this year's Keio Medical Science Prize winner, awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Sir Demis Hassabis, this year's Keio Medical Science Prize winner, awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2024.10.10

On October 9, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry would be awarded to three recipients: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind; John Jumper, also from DeepMind; and Professor David Baker of the University of Washington.Sir Demis Hassabis was also awarded the 2024 Keio Medical Science Prize and is scheduled to attend the award ceremony and lecture at Keio University's Shinanomachi Campus on Wednesday, November 20 (JST). He was recognized for developing technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict protein structures, a breakthrough that has significantly impacted the development of pharmaceuticals and chemicals.