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Jumper, Demis Hassabis and David Baker were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for protein structure prediction.
This overstates what David Baker was awarded for. Official Nobel sources say Baker's half was for computational protein design, while only Hassabis and Jumper were awarded jointly for protein structure prediction.
Full reasoning
Official Nobel sources split the 2024 Chemistry prize into two distinct citations.
- The Nobel Prize's official summary says one half was awarded to David Baker "for computational protein design," while the other half jointly went to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper "for protein structure prediction."
- Google DeepMind's own announcement matches that distinction, saying Hassabis and Jumper were co-awarded for developing AlphaFold, while Baker was co-awarded for computational protein design.
So it is incorrect to say that all three were awarded the Nobel Prize for protein structure prediction. That citation applied to Hassabis and Jumper, not Baker.
2 sources
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was divided, one half awarded to David Baker "for computational protein design", the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper "for protein structure prediction"
- Demis Hassabis & John Jumper awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Google DeepMind
Demis Hassabis, and Google DeepMind Director Dr. John Jumper were co-awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ... David Baker was also co-awarded for his work on computational protein design.
In 2021, Jumper was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The year is incorrect. Official BBVA sources list Jumper as a Frontiers of Knowledge laureate in the XV Edition (2022), announced on January 25, 2023 — not 2021.
Full reasoning
Official BBVA sources do not place John Jumper's Frontiers of Knowledge award in 2021.
- The BBVA Foundation's laureates page lists David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Michael Jumper under Biología y Biomedicina — XV Edición (2022).
- BBVA's announcement page for that prize is dated 25 Jan 2023 and says the Foundation awarded the prize in its fifteenth edition to Baker, Hassabis, and Jumper.
So whether one refers to the award by its edition year (2022) or by the public announcement date (2023), the article's claim that Jumper was awarded it in 2021 is incorrect.
2 sources
- Galardonados categorías - Premios Fronteras
Biología y Biomedicina ... David Baker XV Edición (2022) ... Demis Hassabis XV Edición (2022) ... John Michael Jumper XV Edición (2022).
- Frontiers of Knowledge Award to scientists who used AI to predict the 3D structure of proteins
25 Jan 2023 ... The BBVA Foundation awarded the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine in this fifteenth edition to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper.
DeepMind, a research lab acquired by Google's parent company Alphabet Inc
This gets the acquirer wrong. DeepMind says it joined forces with Google in 2014, and SEC filings show Alphabet only became Google's parent on October 2, 2015.
Full reasoning
The article says Alphabet acquired DeepMind, but the timeline in primary sources shows otherwise.
- Google DeepMind itself says one reason for "joining forces with Google in 2014" was to use Google's scale to bring its work to the wider world. That places DeepMind's acquisition/integration with Google in 2014.
- A 2015 SEC filing states that on October 2, 2015, Google implemented a holding-company reorganization that resulted in Alphabet owning all of the outstanding capital stock of Google.
So Alphabet became Google's parent after DeepMind had already joined Google. The company acquired in 2014 was Google, not Alphabet Inc.
2 sources
- Scaling Streams with Google - Google DeepMind
One of the reasons for joining forces with Google in 2014 was the opportunity to use Google's scale and experience...
- Google Inc. Form 15-12G (SEC filing)
On October 2, 2015, Google Inc. implemented a holding company reorganization ... which resulted in Alphabet owning all of the outstanding capital stock of Google.