# Google DeepMind Disbands the Original AlphaFold Team and Folds Science Into Gemini

Nobel laureate John Jumper left for Anthropic in June, and roughly a quarter of the original paper's core authors have departed as DeepMind reorganizes around Gemini.

- Published: 2026-07-31T05:48:01.029Z
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Google DeepMind has disbanded the dedicated team behind AlphaFold, the protein-structure system that earned its leads a share of a Nobel Prize. Members are being reassigned to Gemini-related work and to scientific projects at Isomorphic Lab…

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