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# DeepMind, EMBL-EBI, NVIDIA and CEPI add predicted protein-complex structures for 2,800+ viruses to the AlphaFold Database

On Sept 24, 2026 a consortium of Google DeepMind, EMBL-EBI, NVIDIA, CEPI and universities in Korea, Switzerland and the UK released predicted viral protein-complex structures for more than 2,800 viruses in the AlphaFold Database. About 30% of the interactions are new to science. The predictions were made with AlphaFold2 on NVIDIA's BioNeMo inference stack, and the database now holds 260M+ predictions.

## Key facts
- Complex structures for 2,800+ viruses; ~30% of the interactions are new to science
- Partners: Google DeepMind, EMBL-EBI, NVIDIA, CEPI, Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, SIB, University of Glasgow
- Built with AlphaFold2 on the NVIDIA BioNeMo Inference Runtime; NVIDIA open-sourced its BioNeMo Structure Prediction Pipeline
- AlphaFold Database now holds 260M+ predictions

## What happened

An open data release applying structure prediction to viral protein complexes at pandemic-preparedness scale, coordinated with CEPI.

## Why it matters

It gives vaccine and antiviral researchers structural hypotheses for thousands of viruses at once. The interactions are predictions and still need experimental checks.

## Your AI and this story

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## Sources

1. [NVIDIA blog: open protein dataset](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/open-protein-dataset/) (blogs.nvidia.com, official)

## Changes

- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

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