David Baker da Demis Hassabis da John Jumper Sun Samu Lambar Yabo na Kimiyya na Nobel 2024

Alhamis, 9 ga Oktoba, 2024, Hukumar Kimiyya ta Sweden ta sanar da sunayen wadanda suka samu lambar yabo ta Nobel a fannin Kimiyya na shekarar 2024. David Baker daga Jami’ar Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, an ba shi rabin lambar yabo saboda aikinsa na tsara kimiyyar protein ta hanyar kwamfuta.

Rabin lambar yabo ta kuma wakilci Demis Hassabis da John M. Jumper daga Google DeepMind, London, UK, saboda gudunmawar su a fannin hasashen tsarin protein.

David Baker ya samu nasarar gina sababbin irin protein daga shekarar 2003, wanda ya bukaci yin amfani da amino acids 20 na asali a matsayin ginshikan rayuwa. Tawagar bincikensa ta ci gaba da ƙirƙirar sababbin protein masu ban mamaki, ciki har da waɗanda ake amfani da su a matsayin maganin rigakafi, alluran rigakafi, nanomaterials, da masu saurin ƙanana.

Demis Hassabis da John Jumper sun ci gaba da ƙirƙirar tsarin AI mai suna AlphaFold2, wanda ya samu nasarar hasashen tsarin kusan dukkan protein 200 million da masana kimiyya suka gano. An yi amfani da AlphaFold2 na yanzu ta zama mafi amfani a fannin kimiyya, kuma an yi amfani da shi na fiye da mutane biyu milioni daga kasashe 190. An yi amfani da shi wajen fahimtar juyin juya hali na maganin rigakafi da kirkirar hotuna na enzymes da zasu iya lalata plastic.

Lambar yabo ta Nobel ta shekarar 2024 ta kimiyya tana da daraja ta 11 million Swedish kronor, tare da rabin ta wakilci David Baker, da rabin ta kuma wakilci Demis Hassabis da John Jumper. Za a gayyaci masu nasara don karbau lambar yabo a ranar 10 ga Disamba, ranar karamar shekarar mutuwar Alfred Nobel.