Enzyme researchers partner with pioneering AI company

    Press/Media: Research cited

    Description

    UoP's Centre for Enzyme Innovation has used DeepMind’s ground-breaking AI system to make strides in their research on circular recycling

    Period22 Jul 2021 → 12 Oct 2021

    Media coverage

    5

    Media coverage

    • TitleAI Tool Promises A Medical Revolution
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletCybersecurity Intelligence
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date12/10/21
      DescriptionJohn McGeehan comments on a new AI tool which has correctly predicted the 3D structure of over 98 percent of all human proteins
      URLhttps://www.cybersecurityintelligence.com/blog/ai-tool-promises-a-medical-revolution-5783.html
      PersonsJohn McGeehan
    • TitleHow AI could supercharge the development of new drugs
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletGenetic Literacy Project
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date11/08/21
      DescriptionUnderstanding the shapes of proteins is critical for advancing medicine, but until now, only a fraction of these have been worked out.

      Researchers used a program called AlphaFold to predict the structures of 350,000 proteins belonging to humans and other organisms.
      URLhttps://geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/08/12/how-ai-could-supercharge-the-development-of-new-drugs/
      PersonsJohn McGeehan
    • TitleA.I. Predicts the Shapes of Molecules to Come
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletThe New York Times
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date23/07/21
      DescriptionDeepMind has given 3-D structure to 350,000 proteins, including every one made by humans, promising a boon for medicine and drug design.
      URLhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/technology/deepmind-ai-proteins-folding.html
      PersonsJohn McGeehan
    • TitleBBC Radio 4 Coverage
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletBBC Radio 4
      Media typeRadio
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date22/07/21
      DescriptionUoP's Centre for Enzyme Innovation (CEI) has used DeepMind’s ground-breaking AI system to make strides in their research on circular recycling
      URLhttps://tinyurl.com/3xn5c5fd
      PersonsJohn McGeehan
    • TitleAI developers kick off a revolution in medical research by mapping every protein in the human body
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletThe i
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date22/07/21
      DescriptionThe DeepMind protein database could also help feed the world and even solve the plastic crisis, the researchers say.

      In addition to mapping every human protein, they have also mapped and made available the proteomes of 20 other organisms important to biological research, from E.coli to yeast and the fruit fly to the mouse – giving the database a total of 350,000 proteins.
      Producer/AuthorTom Bawden
      URLhttps://inews.co.uk/news/science/ai-developers-revolution-medical-research-mapping-every-protein-human-body-1116279
      PersonsJohn McGeehan

    Media contributions

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    Media contributions

    • TitleEnzymes Employed as Sustainable Means of Plastic Recycling
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletAZoCleantech
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date11/08/21
      DescriptionResearchers in the BOTTLE Consortium, including from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Portsmouth, have identified using enzymes as a more sustainable approach for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a common plastic in single-use beverage bottles, clothing, and food packaging that are becoming increasingly relevant in addressing the environmental challenge of plastic pollution
      Producer/AuthorLaura Thomson
      URLhttps://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=29924
      PersonsJohn McGeehan, Andrew Pickford
    • TitleAI breakthrough could spark medical revolution
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletBBC News
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date23/07/21
      DescriptionTraditional techniques to work out protein structures include X-ray crystallography, cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) and others. But none of these is easy to do: "It takes a huge amount of money and resources to do structures," John McGeehan, a structural biologist at the University of Portsmouth, told BBC News.

      Therefore, the 3D shapes are often determined as part of targeted scientific investigations, but no project until now had systematically determined structures for all the proteins made by the body.
      Producer/AuthorPaul Rincon
      URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57929095
      PersonsJohn McGeehan