Demis Hassabis

Awards

1. 2023

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for developing a deep learning AI method that rapidly and accurately predicts the three-dimensional structure of proteins from their amino acid sequence..

2. 2023

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For developing AlphaFold, which has been heralded as an AI-based solution to the 50-year grand challenge of protein structure prediction and has culminated in the release of the most accurate and complete picture of the structure of the human proteome, with enormous potential to accelerate biological and medical research.

3. 2023

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the invention of AlphaFold, a revolutionary technology for predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins

4. 2024

   Nobel Prize — Chemistry

   Chemistry

   for protein structure prediction