NVIDIA and DeepMind Open Predicted Protein Structures for 2,800+ Viruses
On September 24, NVIDIA announced a collaboration with Google DeepMind, EMBL-EBI and multiple research institutions to release a new dataset into the AlphaFold Database: predicted 3D protein complex structures covering more than 2,800 viruses, freely available to researchers worldwide to support vaccine and therapeutic development ahead of potential pandemics.
Confirmed
- Partners include NVIDIA Health, Google DeepMind, EMBL-EBI, CEPI, Seoul National University and the University of Glasgow.
- Structures were predicted with AlphaFold2 and generated using the NVIDIA BioNeMo inference runtime.
- The dataset covers predicted protein complex structures for over 2,800 viruses and is openly available in the AlphaFold Database.
Why it matters
- Viral protein structures underpin vaccine and drug design, yet most viruses lack experimentally solved structures; publishing large-scale AI predictions can significantly shorten response times to emerging pathogens.
- The project marks a flagship combination of NVIDIA's BioNeMo inference optimization with the DeepMind AlphaFold ecosystem, showing industry-public sector coordination in pandemic preparedness.
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Primary sources
- [source] NVIDIA, DeepMind and EMBL-EBI Open 3D Structures for 2,800+ Viral Proteomes — nordicinst · 2026-09-24
- [source] NVIDIA and DeepMind open up AI-predicted protein structures for 2,800+ viruses — nvidia · 2026-09-24
- [source] AlphaFold Database expands to 2,800+ virus protein structures for vaccine research — AllThingsApx · 2026-09-24
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