{"id":1019,"date":"2024-10-11T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T00:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T01:00:32","slug":"nobel-prize-linked-to-usc-dornsife-professors-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/news-brief\/2024\/10\/nobel-prize-linked-to-usc-dornsife-professors-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize for AI breakthrough has roots in USC Dornsife professor\u2019s work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/AI-Protein-001-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/AI-Protein-001-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/AI-Protein-001-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/AI-Protein-001-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Globules and lumpy strings of gold, silver and copper color loom represent a protein molecule\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  AI-generated 3D image of a protein molecule. 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href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/structural-biologist-helen-berman-elected-national-academy-of-sciences\/\">Berman<\/a>\u2019s pioneering work developing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcsb.org\/pages\/about-us\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protein Data Bank<\/a> (PDB), which was established in 1971 as the first open-access digital repository for 3D structures of biological molecules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to really thank the giants on whose shoulders we stand, I think the entire experimental community, the people that developed the ability to measure protein structures, especially to Helen Berman and other pioneers of the Protein Data Bank, the PDB, who had the foresight to put these data together to make it available \u2026,\u201d Jumper said.<\/p>\n<p>Experimental data made accessible with PDB has enabled the development of transformative artificial intelligence models like AlphaFold2, an advanced AI system developed by Google\u2019s DeepMind AI lab that predicts protein structures and a result of the Nobel Prize-winning research.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1021\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1021\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Helen Berman wearing a zippered red jacket against a white background\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helen Berman led the development of a groundbreaking digital repository of biological structures. (Photo: Courtesy of Helen Berman.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am a very lucky person to have had an idea as a student, pursued that idea for more than 50 years, and then seen brand new science\u00a0emerge for which three people have won this year\u2019s Nobel Prize. It is really gratifying,\u201d said Berman, who is a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bridge-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridge Institute<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/michelson.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The recognition underscores the importance of Berman\u2019s contributions, which are now being furthered by ongoing research at USC Dornsife. Scientists such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rohslab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remo Rohs<\/a>, founding chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcb-dornsife.usc.edu\/\">Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology<\/a>, are applying artificial intelligence to unlock new insights into the structure and function of proteins, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/ai-dna-code-of-life\/\">intricate code of DNA<\/a>. One such breakthrough has been an AI model developed to <a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-researchers-develop-ai-model-that-predicts-the-accuracy-of-protein-dna-binding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predict the accuracy of protein-DNA binding<\/a>, helping scientists understand how specific proteins interact with genetic material. This capability paves the way for targeted therapies that can influence genetic regulation and disease treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Rohs, professor of quantitative and computational biology, chemistry, physics and astronomy and computer science, and his colleagues are also harnessing computational biology and AI to <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/crunching-codes-crafting-cures\/\">reimagine how we approach drug development<\/a>. By analyzing massive datasets, they are crafting new methods to develop treatments that are both more precise and efficient.<\/p>\n<p>The integration of AI into these studies builds upon foundational efforts by pioneers like Berman and demonstrates the immense potential of combining experimental data collection and computational modeling.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE:<\/em> Nature <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-03423-0\">spoke with Berman<\/a> on Oct. 18 about the Protein Data Bank and AI\u2019s role in research.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel laureate cites pioneering work by Helen Berman of quantitative and computational biology as foundational to the research that garnered the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-natural-sciences","category-news-brief"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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