Exclusive Interview with Nobel Prize Winner John Jumper: AI's Next Frontier After AlphaFold

In this exclusive Agents of Tech interview from ISMB/ECCB in Liverpool, we sit down with Dr. John Jumper, Nobel Laureate and leader of the groundbreaking AlphaFold project at Google DeepMind.Discover how AlphaFold reshaped molecular biology by accurately predicting protein structures, and hear Jumper's vision for using AI to not just predict biology, but design it. Join us as we explore the future of computational biology, scientific reasoning with AI, and what’s next for this Nobel Prize-winning scientist. 00:00 - Introduction to John Jumper and AlphaFold00:29 - ISMB/ECCB Liverpool Overview01:00 - AlphaFold's Impact on Structural Biology02:10 - Understanding Protein Structures with AlphaFold04:14 - Google's Role in Scientific Innovation05:20 - AlphaFold’s Influence Beyond Biology05:55 - Welcoming John Jumper06:23 - Why ISMB/ECCB Conference?06:55 - How Does AlphaFold Work?08:46 - Surprising Applications of AlphaFold09:17 - Importance of Protein Databank (PDB)12:00 - Industrial Science and the Nobel Prize14:14 - Ingredients of AI: Data, Compute, Research17:38 - Collaborative Teams in Modern Science18:50 - Responsibility as a Public Intellectual22:02 - Jumper’s Next Big Research Question25:56 - Public Trust in AI31:56 - Scientific Method and AI Predictions34:01 - Concluding Thoughts#AlphaFold #JohnJumper #GoogleDeepMind #AgentsOfTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ComputationalBiology #StructuralBiology #ScienceInnovation #ISMB #ISCB2025 #ECCB2025 #LiverpoolScience #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2024 #NobelLaureate #Podcast

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