The new era of AI-powered protein design | César Ramírez-Sarmiento
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🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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With the advent of AI, scientists can develop new proteins at an astonishing rate, helping tackle our biggest biomedical and environmental issues. Protein engineer and TED Fellow César Ramírez-Sarmiento delves into the evolution of protein design and imagines a future where the next generation of Latin American scientists have the tools to explore nature’s untapped terrain and reshape the future of humanity.
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