Controllable Protein Design with Language Models

Understand

The 21st century is presenting humankind with unprecedented environmental and medical challenges.

• The ability to design novel proteins tailored for specific purposes could transform our ability to respond timely to these issues.
• Recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence are now setting the stage to make this goal achievable.
• Protein sequences are inherently similar to natural languages: Amino acids arrange in a multitude of combinations to form structures that carry function, the same way as letters form words and sentences that carry meaning.