<s>
John	O
Michael	O
Jumper	O
is	O
a	O
senior	O
research	O
scientist	O
at	O
DeepMind	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumper	O
and	O
his	O
colleagues	O
created	O
AlphaFold	B-Application
,	O
which	O
uses	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
to	O
predict	O
protein	O
structures	O
from	O
their	O
amino	O
acid	O
sequence	O
with	O
high	O
accuracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumper	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
AlphaFold	B-Application
team	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
100	O
million	O
protein	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AlphaFold	B-Application
is	O
a	O
machine	O
learning	O
algorithm	O
developed	O
by	O
Jumper	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
at	O
DeepMind	B-Application
,	O
a	O
research	O
lab	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
’s	O
parent	O
company	O
Alphabet	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
this	O
by	O
using	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
to	O
analyze	O
massive	O
amounts	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
including	O
protein	O
sequences	O
and	O
3D	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
AlphaFold	B-Application
was	O
named	O
the	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
Critical	O
Assessment	O
of	O
Structure	O
Prediction	O
(	O
CASP	O
)	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AlphaFold	B-Application
won	O
the	O
competition	O
,	O
out	O
performing	O
other	O
algorithms	O
and	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
machine	O
learning	O
algorithm	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
accurately	O
predict	O
the	O
3D	O
structure	O
of	O
proteins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumper	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
are	O
now	O
working	O
on	O
improving	O
the	O
accuracy	O
of	O
AlphaFold	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
’re	O
also	O
exploring	O
ways	O
to	O
use	O
AlphaFold	B-Application
to	O
develop	O
new	O
treatments	O
for	O
diseases	O
and	O
create	O
new	O
materials	O
with	O
unique	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
Jumper	O
received	O
the	O
Wiley	O
Prize	O
in	O
Biomedical	O
Sciences	O
and	O
for	O
2023	O
the	O
Breakthrough	O
Prize	O
in	O
Life	O
Sciences	O
for	O
developing	O
AlphaFold	B-Application
,	O
which	O
accurately	O
predicts	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
a	O
protein	O
.	O
</s>
