Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins Awarded 2026 Pritzker AI Prize for Antibiotic Discovery

MIT's Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins have been awarded the 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence, recognizing their pioneering work in AI-enabled antibiotic discovery. Their collaboration led to the discovery of halicin, the first AI-discovered antibiotic, in 2020, and later abaucin in 2023.