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In 2020, Google DeepMind submits their improved predictions to CASP, and the world of protein science changes forever: AlphaFold2 accurately predicts the structure of a protein from its amino acid sequence. Protein scientists have one question in mind: What now? 9/15
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Biologists begin to combine AlphaFold2’s predictions with advanced electron microscope techniques like cryo-EM, which flash-freezes biological samples and bombards them with electrons. AlphaFold2 has “turbo-boosted” cryo-EM, says systems biologist Mohammed AlQuraishi. 10/15
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