{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"CTGCT","provider_url":"https:\/\/ctgct.si\/en\/","author_name":"Rodrigo Ortiz","author_url":"https:\/\/ctgct.si\/en\/author\/rodrigoctgct\/","title":"How AI is Helping Us Design the Proteins of the Future - CTGCT","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TIMONgfvQn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ctgct.si\/en\/objave\/ai-design-proteins\/\">How AI is Helping Us Design the Proteins of the Future<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ctgct.si\/en\/objave\/ai-design-proteins\/embed\/#?secret=TIMONgfvQn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How AI is Helping Us Design the Proteins of the Future&#8221; &#8212; CTGCT\" data-secret=\"TIMONgfvQn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/ctgct.si\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/ctgct.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ajasja-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":624,"thumbnail_height":347,"description":"Imagine if we could design the \"building blocks\" of life just like we design a new house or a car. Instead of relying on what nature has given us through millions of years of evolution, what if we could build entirely new machines at the microscopic level?In a recent CTGCT Science Talk webinar, Dr. Ajasja Ljubeti\u010d, a Research Assistant Professor at the Department for Synthetic Biology and Immunology at the National Institute of Chemistry in Slovenia, shared how his team is doing exactly that. Dr. Ljubeti\u010d, who previously worked in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Professor David Baker, is now leading the PROPEL project, funded by a prestigious ERC Consolidator grant. His mission? To use artificial intelligence (AI) to design \"de novo\" proteins, proteins designed from scratch that have never existed in nature, that can move and perform work."}