Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins win Pritzker Prize for AI and Science Research Excellence for work in AI-enabled antibiotic discovery

MIT professors Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins won the Pritzker Prize for AI and Science Research Excellence for their work in AI-enabled antibiotic discovery.

Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins collaborated on a project to leverage AI in antibiotic discovery.

Their work resulted in the identification of the first AI-discovered antibiotic, a significant scientific breakthrough.

The achievement is widely recognized as a milestone in AI-driven drug discovery.