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## Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins win Pritzker Prize for AI and Science Research Excellence for work in AI-enabled antibiotic discovery

DevFeed: [Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins win Pritzker Prize for AI and Science Research Excellence for work in AI-enabled antibiotic discovery](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/regina-barzilay-and-jim-collins-win-pritzker-prize-for-ai-and-science-research-excellence-for-work-in-ai-enabled-antibiotic-discovery-112637.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/regina-barzilay-jim-collins-win-pritzker-prize-ai-and-science-research-excellence-1102>)

Author: Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health

Published: 2026-11-02T05:35:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [AI for science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-for-science.md>), [AI Research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-research.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

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### AI overview

Regina Barzilay and James Collins received the 2026 Pritzker Prize for work combining deep learning, bioengineering, and experimental validation to find antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria. Their 2020 study used a deep learning model trained on 2,500 molecules to identify halicin, which testing found could kill several resistant pathogens; the search took weeks rather than years. In 2023, their team identified abaucin, a narrow-spectrum antibiotic effective against A. baumannii. The article describes that focused activity as an advantage because it may reduce resistance development and harm to beneficial gut bacteria. Collins says generative AI is shifting from discovery toward drug design, while Barzilay cautions that AI currently automates only parts of drug discovery and that realistic models of human biology are still needed.

### Source excerpt

The MIT professors collaborated to identify the first AI-discovered antibiotic, a scientific breakthrough that is widely recognized as a milestone in AI-driven drug discovery.