César Ramírez Sarmiento

We are usually not fully aware of the advances of the use of artificial intelligence for protein engineering and design that is happening in other parts of the world.

But at the same time, we have many people that are interested in

creating new proteins.

And so the idea of working in Chile is that we can actually create a critical mass of scientists that can work on these problems.

We are actually working on how to educate the next generation of scientists from Latin America on how to use these tools.

I always had this belief that we had to come together to try to do something bigger than what we can do as individuals.

We can think about other compositions of nature that we haven't seen before.

In the case of proteins, we can navigate untapped terrain that nature hasn't explored yet.

We can navigate through those landscapes of different protein structures, different protein sequences, and see whether those spaces that contain these protein structures and sequences are actually good for resolving the issues that are the most pressing problems for humankind.

Hey, how are you doing?

Thanks.

Me too.

Very excited to talk about different things today.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm in Louisville in Kentucky.

I've been four days into a festival called Louder Than Life, in which one of my favorite metal bands have played.

For me personally, it was a sleep talking.

I've seen them live once before in Germany and now I had the chance to see them again.

They released a new album this year and they have a huge fan base right now.

They're exploding and they're like a really cool show to see.