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Five Years On, AlphaFold Propels Asia-Pacific Research Breakthroughs

Google's freely available protein-structure AI now counts over three million users, many based in Asia-Pacific.

Overview

  • Researchers in Malaysia are using AlphaFold to model Burkholderia pseudomallei proteins to speed drug development against melioidosis.
  • Singapore teams at A*STAR and the National Neuroscience Institute generated the first full 3D view of a Parkinson’s‑linked protein, revealing immune-driven disruption of its function.
  • KAIST scientists mapped previously unseen regions of a key protein and identified a hidden interaction site relevant to disease mechanisms.
  • Academia Sinica in Taiwan predicted an unprecedented 71‑torus knot protein fold with AlphaFold and later confirmed it in laboratory experiments.
  • Japanese researchers analyzed hot-spring viruses and, using AlphaFold predictions, classified them into a previously unknown but widespread viral family.