UW protein institute led by Nobel winner unveils its first AI model co-developed with Nvidia
The UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design, led by 2024 Nobel laureate David Baker, unveiled RFD4-Proteina, an open-source AI model for protein design developed in collaboration with Nvidia. The institute received a major computing grant from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's foundation and now accesses Nvidia GPUs through CoreWeave. The model builds on prior tools like RoseTTAFold and RFdiffusion, and is positioned to advance medicine, sustainability, materials science, and biotechnology.
Key points
- UW releases RFD4-Proteina open-source AI protein design model
- Developed with Nvidia; director is 2024 Nobel laureate in chemistry
- Funded by Nvidia CEO's foundation grant for computational resources
- Aims to drive advances in medicine, sustainability, and biotech
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