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CortevaMolecular discovery

Mapping a billion protein interactions took years; GPU acceleration cut it to weeks, letting researchers test more candidates without more lab runs.

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Key results

Clustering Speed Gain
80-100x
Embedding Speed Gain
50-60x
Networking Speed Gain
15x

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The story

Context

A global agricultural sciences company running R&D programs in seed innovation and crop protection, researching the protein-level mechanisms by which fungal pathogens attack crops and mining a continuously expanding mass-spectrometry library for protective natural product molecules.

Challenge

With approximately one billion possible host-pathogen protein interactions to evaluate, computationally mapping the full network took years. In...

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The company

Agricultural science company providing crop protection, seeds, and digital solutions.

IndustryIndustrial & Manufacturing
LocationIndianapolis, IN, USA
Employees10K-50K
Founded2019

The implementation partner

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University of California, Riverside

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Role in this case study

Provided algorithmic insights for Corteva's computational metabolomics workflow.

IndustryEducation & Training
LocationRiverside, CA, USA
Employees5K-10K
Founded1954

The vendor

NVIDIA is a technology company that specializes in semiconductors, graphics processing units, and artificial intelligence for applications in data centers, gaming, and more.

IndustryTechnology
LocationSanta Clara, California, United States
Employees10K-50K
Founded1993

Use case

Corteva's Molecular discovery is part of this use case:

Scientific Discovery
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4.5Moderate
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