Nobel Winner David Baker on Moving from the ‘Lunatic Fringe’ to the Protein Design Revolution at Life Science Innovation Northwest 2025

Nobel Prize-winning University of Washington biochemist David Baker, who leads the Institute for Protein Design and has co-founded 21 biotech companies, had a fireside chat Life Science Innovation Northwest with Simone Fisburn, PhD. He discussed using AI to create new proteins for health and environmental solutions and warned about the impact of federal funding cuts on future scientists.