Talking about higher level applications, BBC Science in Action [1] interviewed Prof John McGeehan of the Centre for Enzyme Innovation at Portsmouth University working on Bacteria breaking down Plastic in landfills. He explained his workflow of maybe selecting one candidate occasionally out of many due to the cost/time involved & how DeepMind gave him more results in one weekend that he had expected to see over his entire career.

[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1l3y