On June 5, 2025, Constructor Knowledge Labs was honored to welcome Dr. Michael Figurnov, who was a member of the team that received a 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and who is a leading researcher at Google DeepMind, for a groundbreaking lecture titled “Highly Accurate Protein Structure Prediction with AlphaFold.” The talk explored AlphaFold 2, the revolutionary deep learning system that solved the 50-year challenge of predicting protein structures from their primary sequences with unprecedented accuracy.
AlphaFold 2 made global headlines following its performance at the 14th biennial Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction (CASP14), where assessors declared its predictions to be “competitive with experiment” for nearly two-thirds of protein targets. The system has since transformed biological research and drug discovery. Dr. Figurnov also introduced AlphaFold 3, DeepMind’s latest advancement that extends prediction capabilities to nucleic acids, small molecules, ions, and post-translational modifications.
As a key member of the Nobel-winning team, Dr. Figurnov’s visit marked a significant milestone for Constructor Knowledge Labs (C>KL), which is rapidly establishing itself as an international nexus of applied research.