OpenFold Funds Large-Scale Protein Research at Northwestern to Advance AI for Biology

OpenFold group funding large-scale protein studies at Prof. Gabriel Rocklin's lab at Northwestern University
Goal is to develop open-source AI tools for biology and drug discovery
Prof. Rocklin's lab pioneers large-scale open protein data to improve AI models
New project will generate unprecedented protein stability data to train new AI models
OpenFold committed to sharing and open data to advance protein science through AI

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