A breakthrough unfolds Deep Mind: The Podcast ( Season 2, Episode 1)

In December 2019, DeepMinds AI system, AlphaFold, solved a 50yearold grand challenge in biology, known as the proteinfolding problem. A headline in the journal Nature read, It will change everything and the President of the UK s Royal Society called it a stunning advance that arrived decades before many in the field would have predicted. In this episode, Hannah uncovers the inside story of AlphaFold from the people who made it happen and finds out how it could help transform the future of healthcare and medicine. For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter DeepMind or email Interviewees: DeepMinds Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, Kathryn Tunyasunakool and Sasha Brown; Charles Mowbray and Monique Wasuna of the Drugs for Neglected Diseasesinitiative (DNDi) John McGeehan of the Centre for Enzyme Innovation at the University of Portsmouth Credits Presenter: Hannah Fry Series Producer: Dan Hardoon Production support: