# Why building new proteins from scratch is our new superpower

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Membership
- Speaker: David Baker
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_baker_why_building_new_proteins_from_scratch_is_our_new_superpower)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The rapidly evolving field of protein design is revealing solutions to some of the world’s greatest problems, whether it's blocking a virus, breaking down a pollutant or creating brand-new materials. In conversation with TED’s Whitney Pennington Rodgers, biochemist David Baker explores his team’s Nobel Prize-winning work using AI to design new proteins with functions never before seen in nature — achieving breakthroughs that have fundamentally changed the future of science. (This conversation was part of an exclusive TED Membership event. TED Membership is the best way to support and engage with the big ideas you love from TED. To learn more, visit ted.com/membership.)

## Lectures

1. [Why building new proteins from scratch is our new superpower](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_baker_why_building_new_proteins_from_scratch_is_our_new_superpower/271e02b55007), 31 min (TED's player)