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What is the function of diverse protein isoforms in human cells?

An interesting bioRxiv preprint by the group of Abdullah Kahraman with first author Jakob Steuer addresses this question on a proteome-wide scale.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.06.743218v1
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#Isoforms #DrugDiscovery #Alphafold

Dieser Artikel hat besonders viele Abonnent:innen interessiert. (+)

#KI #Forschung #Wissenschaft #Alphafold

https://t3n.de/news/ki-forschung-alphafold-eric-schmidt-wissenschaft-zukunft-1757410/

Alphafold hatte scheinbar gezeigt, dass die Kombination aus KI und ausreichenden Daten bahnbrechende Entdeckungen möglich macht, auch wenn wir die zugrunde liegenden Mechanismen nicht verstehen. Schon wieder kam die Debatte auf, dass wir es mit dem finalen Ende der Wissenschaft dank KI zu tun hätten. In Wahrheit ist es jedoch anders, schreibt Eric Schmidt in seinem Kommentar. (+)

#KI #Forschung #Wissenschaft #Alphafold

https://t3n.de/news/wissenschaft-am-ende-ex-google-chef-eric-schmidt-erklaert-wie-forscher-mit-ki-wirklich-weiterkommen-1757410/

Demis Hassabis and Google DeepMind Are Quietly Rewriting the Future of Global Technology

Full story 👇

Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/08/demis-hassabis-google-deepmind-ai.html

#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #IN #India #IndiaNews #INNews #DemisHassabis #GoogleDeepMind #AlphaFold #ArtificialIntelligence #BreakingNews #TopStory #Trending

I am looking for a catalogue or overview of verified (!) successful #AI applications. Not some AI marketing spiel. Nor promises of breakthroughs in the future. But actual achievements, confirmed by human/scientific checks. Like #alphafold . Ideally different AI/ techniques/types (not merely LLMs). #askfedi

Google kills AlphaFold. So much for AI curing cancer - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuiEVOSTbN4

by @davidgerard

#AI #LLM #Google #GoogleDeepMind #DeepMind #AlphaFold #Medicine #Chemistry

Google kills AlphaFold — so much for AI curing cancer

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/30/google-kills-alphafold-so-much-for-ai-curing-cancer/

#Google #DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning #AlphaFold team in strategy shift
Landmark project that solved protein folding gives way to a wider race to build #AI systems for scientific discovery
DeepMind confirmed staffers have moved internally to projects built around Google’s #Gemini #largelanguagemodel, as well as areas including enzyme design, nuclear fusion and genomics.
https://www.ft.com/content/61b2953d-ee0d-45de-af6e-a9c1cf524b33
https://archive.is/20260729045635/https://www.ft.com/content/61b2953d-ee0d-45de-af6e-a9c1cf524b33 #LLM

I'm seeing quite some indignation in Mastodon about the #AlphaFold team being shut down. I think some context from someone in this area may clarify some things. First, neither the AlphaFold models nor the AlphaFold database are going away, as some seem to be implying. In any case, this is an area of intense research with many players and AF-style models are now dime a dozen, including open-source alternatives with more permissive licenses (it's frankly hard to keep track of all the models that come out). Second, this doesn't mean Google is exiting this area; instead, these efforts will probably be redirected to closed-source work at Isomorphic (see IsoDDE). And finally, this is not really a surprise. John Jumper, who led the team, had already indicated last year his research focus was going to be elsewhere.

Want to cure cancer, Parkinson, and Alzheimer with the help of AI? Capitalism: "Sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." That's Capitalism, baby!!! It only lets you do something if that something has the potential of making a profit.

Since curing diseases will never increase profits of whatever entity, these diseases will not be cured until societies stop being dominated by the profit motive and by markets in general... Yeah, because indeed this has absolutely nothing to do with AI, but rather with political economy.

"Google DeepMind has dismantled the team behind AlphaFold, its Nobel Prize-winning AI system for predicting protein structures, as the company overhauls the research strategy that made it one of the world’s leading AI laboratories.
The majority of the original authors of the AlphaFold papers have been reassigned over the past year, according to an FT analysis of recent job moves and people familiar with the matter.

DeepMind confirmed the staffers have moved internally to projects built around Google’s Gemini large language model, as well as areas including enzyme design, nuclear fusion and genomics.

Others have relocated to Alphabet’s drug-discovery company Isomorphic Labs. Nearly a quarter of the full-time Google DeepMind authors of the original AlphaFold papers have left the company altogether.

The reshuffle reflects a significant change in DeepMind’s scientific strategy since the rise of large language models."

https://www.ft.com/content/61b2953d-ee0d-45de-af6e-a9c1cf524b33

#Google #AI #DeepMind #AlphaFold #Capitalism

#Google has shut down its #AlphaFold project, reassigning key members to #Gemini-focused projects and other #Alphabet companies. AlphaFold, an AI program that predicts protein structures, was recognised as a solution to the “protein folding problem” and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024. https://www.engadget.com/2225849/google-shuts-down-alphafold/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

As if we needed another copilot...
Google Shuts Down Its Nobel-Prize Winning AlphaFold Project As It Focuses On Gemini
https://www.engadget.com/2225849/google-shuts-down-alphafold/

Never stopted the 💎☢lab anyway
#alphafold

@apposada ¿Te refieres a esto?

#DeepMind won a #Nobel for #AlphaFold. Then it broke up the team. Less than a year after AlphaFold won it a Nobel Prize, #Google DeepMind has quietly broken up the team behind it. Most of the original authors have been reassigned, nearly a quarter have left, and the stars are now at Anthropic. It marks a turn away from the deep-science bets that made DeepMind’s name, toward the #Gemini-powered “AI scientist” race. https://thenextweb.com/news/deepmind-alphafold-team-dismantled-gemini-anthropic

🧬 Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini

｢ AlphaFold is an AI program that can accurately predict three-dimensional structures of proteins from their amino acid sequences in minutes instead of years. It's now being used to accelerate drug discovery, develop vaccines and understand the structural changes in proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's ｣

https://www.engadget.com/2225849/google-shuts-down-alphafold/

#science #ai #alphafold

Engadget: Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini . “The award-winning team behind Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold program is no more, according to Financial Times. Google has reassigned most of the team’s key members and the original authors of its papers, while a few others have already left the company. AlphaFold is an AI program that can accurately […]

I did not have this in my bingo card this year: "DeepMind dismantles AlphaFold team in strategy shift" #Alphafold #AI #Biotech #DeepMind

Could see this coming. Gemini is more important to Google for profits.
#Science 🧪 #AlphaFold

https://www.engadget.com/2225849/google-shuts-down-alphafold/

#DeepMind 解散了 #AlphaFold
连 #Google 都撑不起梦想了

AlphaFold learns to spot gene-editing mistakes before they happen

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https://1ban.news/alphafold-contactseek-gene-editing/

#1ban #alphafold #contactseek #gene #editing #science

Ah, the Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine, where buzzwords frolic in a field of unfulfilled promises 🌸! They've apparently "unlocked" the future of medicine using mind-reading computers 🧙‍♂️🔮, but can't even unlock the mystery of writing a coherent sentence. Spoiler alert: it's just #AlphaFold with a fancy hat. 🎩
https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/articles/the-isomorphic-labs-drug-design-engine-unlocks-a-new-frontier #IsomorphicLabs #DrugDesign #FutureOfMedicine #TechBuzzwords #HackerNews #ngated

The Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine unlocks a new frontier beyond AlphaFold

https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/articles/the-isomorphic-labs-drug-design-engine-unlocks-a-new-frontier

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48953406

#HackerNews #IsomorphicLabs #DrugDesign #AlphaFold #Innovation #Biotechnology #Research

Google's AI bioresilience push covers misuse prevention, vaccine and drug target research, and an effort to get DNA synthesis screening laws through Congress. https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/examining-google-deepmind-ai-bioresilience-push/ #google #deepmind #ai #gemini #biology #science #medical #biotechnology #alphafold #technology

Google DeepMind CEO デミス・ハサビス氏：AIエージェントはまだ初期段階、10年以内の「仮想細胞」構築が究極目標 — BigGo ファイナンス https://www.yayafa.com/2837660/ #AgenticAi #AGI #AI #AlphaFold #AlphaGo #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #DeepMind #DemisHassabis #GarryTan #Gemini #Gemma #Google #GoogleAI #GoogleDeepMind #GoogleGemini #IsomorphicLabs #YC #エージェント型AI #人工知能 #汎用人工知能

#AI -driven #bioinformatics tools hold promise for broadening discovery, yet major inequities persist. This Perspective, growing from the #AlphaFold Education Summit, argues that equitable tool adoption will require sustained global investment, not just access

https://bit.ly/4xVH9dL

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