David Baker wins 2021 Breakthrough Prize

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Message 98960 - Posted: 11 Sep 2020, 13:18:47 UTC

Breakthrought Prize

r. David Baker, director of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington, received one of the 2021 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences on Thursday. The award is $3 million dollars, which Baker says he is likely to fold right back into his ongoing research into predicting protein structures and designing unique proteins that can be used for a variety of applications, from medicines to new materials.
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Message 98961 - Posted: 11 Sep 2020, 13:37:36 UTC - in response to Message 98960.  

Breakthrought Prize

r. David Baker, director of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington, received one of the 2021 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences on Thursday. The award is $3 million dollars, which Baker says he is likely to fold right back into his ongoing research into predicting protein structures and designing unique proteins that can be used for a variety of applications, from medicines to new materials.
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Message 98963 - Posted: 11 Sep 2020, 14:42:41 UTC - in response to Message 98960.  

That's a great accomplishment! Even more noble that he plans to give back to the scientific cause! Truly a great man and scientist.
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Message 98967 - Posted: 11 Sep 2020, 16:43:34 UTC - in response to Message 98960.  

The award is $3 million dollars, which Baker says he is likely to fold right back into his ongoing research into predicting protein structures and designing unique proteins that can be used for a variety of applications, from medicines to new materials.


Maybe it's time to hire a "pure" developer to clean/optimize the code :-P
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