Five years after AlphaFold 2 debuted, DeepMind's protein-structure AI has become a standard tool across molecular biology labs and graduate training, changing how universities teach protein science and accelerating drug-discovery research. Google DeepMind scientists John Jumper and Demis Hassabis—credited with major advances in the field—have seen AlphaFold move from a research milestone to 'just part of training' for molecular biologists, with the technology shortening time and cost of structure determination. The model’s integration into curricula and research pipelines highlights how AI breakthroughs can swiftly reframe lab skill sets and research agendas at biochemistry departments worldwide.