Join us for the Croonian Prize Lecture delivered by Dr David Baker.

Dr David Baker is a Nobel laureate, Professor of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, and Director of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington. His lab develops software for protein design and uses it to create molecules that help solve challenges in medicine, technology, and sustainability. Recent work includes the development of machine learning methods for generating functional proteins.

David Baker received his PhD in biochemistry with Randy Schekman at the University of California, Berkeley, and conducted postdoctoral research in biophysics with David Agard at UCSF. He has published more than 650 scientific papers, been awarded over 100 patents, and co-founded 21 biotechnology companies. More than 100 of his trainees have gone on to independent faculty positions.

He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2021 Breakthrough Prize and the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for computational protein design”. A member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Dr Baker was included in TIME’s inaugural list of the 100 Most Influential People in health.

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