Drug Design

  • Headshot of Benjamin Brown. He's in front of a glass window. You can see a lab bench and shelves behind him. A gold background flanks the image.

    Vanderbilt scientist tackles key roadblock for AI in drug discovery

    Vanderbilt’s Dr. Benjamin P. Brown is improving the way the field of drug discovery creates machine learning algorithms to predict a protein’s interactions with a small molecule. These improvements bring ML closer to fulfilling its potential in the field—something that has not been realized after more than a decade of work. Read More

    Oct. 16, 2025