# Institute for Protein Design

The global epicenter of de novo design, pioneering open-source architectures like RFdiffusion and ProteinMPNN.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/institute-for-protein-design/
Updated: 2026-07-02

- Country: United States

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Partnership | University of Washington (affiliated/housed within School of Medicine) | https://research.washington.edu/centers/institute-for-protein-design/ |
| Research focus | de novo protein design, computational biomolecular design, vaccine and therapeutic development, self-assembling nanostructures, enzyme engineering, and artificial intelligence for protein modeling | https://research.washington.edu/centers/institute-for-protein-design/, https://www.ipd.uw.edu/, https://www.ipd.uw.edu/research/ |
| Facility | Core R&D Labs, including labs for protein production, peptide synthesis, electron/light microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and process development | https://www.ipd.uw.edu/core/, https://www.ipd.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IPD-Annual-Report-2023.pdf |
| Grant | $33M annual research budget; $7M grant from Washington Research Foundation (2026) | https://firstwordpharma.com/story/7142814, https://www.ipd.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IPD-Annual-Report-2023.pdf |
| Publications | 50+ scientific publications per year; 100+ patents issued | https://www.ipd.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IPD-Annual-Report-2023.pdf |
| Principal staff | David Baker (Director) | https://research.washington.edu/centers/institute-for-protein-design/, https://www.ipd.uw.edu/people/faculty_and_staff/ |
| Headcount | 250+ total members (as of 2023) | https://www.ipd.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IPD-Annual-Report-2023.pdf |

Independent sources: firstwordpharma.com, ipd.uw.edu, research.washington.edu

## Technologies

- [Generative protein design](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/generative-protein-design/)