Baek Minkyung

Baek Minkyung is an Assistant Professor in the Department of BIO at Seoul National University. Her research focuses on computational biology, with an emphasis on developing artificial intelligence-based methods for biomolecular modeling and the design of interaction modulators as potential therapeutics. Her work explores protein structures and interactions, aiming to enhance understanding of their functions and contribute to disease treatment. Baek's research includes the prediction of protein structures and interactions, as well as the modeling of protein oligomers. She is affiliated with the Computational Structural & Systems Biology Lab and can be contacted via email at minkbaek@snu.ac.kr or her website at https://biosci.snu.ac.kr/cssb.

Minkyung Baek is a computational biologist specializing in protein structure modeling, protein design, and machine learning applications in structural biology. Their research focuses on developing advanced computational methods to predict and design protein structures and interactions, with applications in understanding protein function and designing novel biomolecules. Key projects include the development of deep learning frameworks such as RoseTTAFold and RoseTTAFoldNA for accurate prediction of protein structures, protein-nucleic acid complexes, and protein-protein interactions. Baek's work also explores the use of reinforcement learning and diffusion models for de novo protein design and the prediction of homo- and hetero-protein complexes.