How IBM Quantum is enabling healthcare and biology research
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Rafi Letzter, Gopal Karemore, and Robert Davis
Quantum Chemistry
Few fields will get value from quantum computing as quickly as chemistry. Even today’s supercomputers struggle to model a single molecule in its full complexity. We study algorithms designed to do what those machines can’t, and power a new era of discovery in chemistry, materials, and medicine.
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Publications
Towards secondary structure prediction of longer mRNA sequences using a quantum-centric optimization scheme
- Saurabh Shivpuje
- Dimitris Alevras
- et al.
- 2026
- APS Global Physics Summit 2026
PosterVariational preparation of normal matrix product states on quantum computers
- Ben Jaderberg
- George Pennington
- et al.
- 2026
- PRResearch
PaperHybrid Quantum Algorithms for Computational Chemistry: Application to the Pyridine–Li + Complex
- Fatemeh Ghasemi
- Yousung Kang
- et al.
- 2026
- arXiv
PaperCapturing Protein Free Energy Landscape using Efficient Quantum Encoding
- Ashwini K
- Jaya Vasavi P
- et al.
- 2025
- arXiv
PaperTowards secondary structure prediction of longer mRNA sequences using a quantum-centric optimization scheme
- Vaibhaw Kumar
- Dimitris Alevras
- et al.
- 2025
- QCE 2025
Conference paperCo-optimization of codon usage and mRNA secondary structure using quantum computing
- Dimitris Alevras
- Mihir Metkar
- et al.
- 2025
- QCE 2025
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