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Regina Barzilay y Jim Collins ganan el Premio Pritzker a la Excelencia en Investigación Científica e Inteligencia Artificial por su trabajo en el descubrimiento de antibióticos mediante IA

Los profesores del MIT colaboraron para identificar el primer antibiótico descubierto por la IA, un avance científico que es ampliamente reconocido como un hito en el descubrimiento de fármacos impulsado por la IA.

La noticia

Regina Barzilay, MIT’s School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of AI and Health, and James Collins, MIT’s Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science, are the recipients of the 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence . The award recognizes their joint work in “pioneering AI-enabled antibiotic discovery, integrating deep learning, bioengineering, and experimental validation to identify novel antibacterial candidates against drug-resistant pathogens.” Established in 2024 by the University of Chicago in partnership with Caltech, the Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence recognizes contributions that jointly advance AI and the natural sciences or engineering. Barzilay and Collins, who are faculty co-leads of the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic