Anindyadeep Sannigrahi is a machine learning (ML) engineer by training, but biology had long held his interest. So, when he joined the AI residency programme at the Bengaluru-based Lossfunk (a research lab which works on several AI problems at the forefront of academia) in 2025, he quickly turned his attention to protein folding — a biological process that makes protein functional for the body.
At first glance, an ML engineer moving into biology may seem like an unusual pivot, but the timing was right. Just a year ago, the Nobel Prize in chemistry had recognised breakthroughs in computational protein design — the very field Sannigrahi was exploring.
But he ran into a practical hurdle when he began working on the problem.
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