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Meet the RCSB PDB at ISMB
Join us for posters and presentations at the Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology. Interested in joining our team? Talk to us to learn more.
Register for the July 9 Virtual Office Hour on APIs
Interested in learning how to search for certain structures programmatically? Join us for a virtual Office Hour. Bring you questions about RCSB PDB APIs.
Register Now for Webinar on Teaching Enzymology
Join us for Teaching enzymology with the Protein Data Bank: from pandemic to Paxlovid on July 30.
Register Now for Crash Course: Python Scripting for Molecular Docking
This free virtual course will introduce life scientists to the power and flexibility of Python Scripting for Molecular Docking on July 18, 2024
Register for the July 9 Virtual Office Hour on APIs
Interested in learning how to search for certain structures programmatically? Join us for a virtual Office Hour. Bring you questions about RCSB PDB APIs.
Register for June 13 Virtual Office Hour: Generating DSN6 and MTZ Files
DSN6 formatted map files will not be offered after June 28, 2024. MTZ files available from EDMAPS.rcsb.org will be discontinued in the Fall. Join us for a Virtual Office Hour to learn more about this transition, and how you can generate the data you need.
Notice: NGL Viewer Deprecation
As of June 28, 2024, the NGL molecular viewer will be removed from RCSB.org. Users are encouraged to use Mol* for 3D visualization.
Switch from MMTF to BCIF
As of July 2, 2024, RCSB PDB will no longer serve PDB data in the MMTF compression format. Users should switch to BCIF.
Announcement: EDMAPS.rcsb.org Shutdown
DSN6 formatted map files will not be offered after June 28, 2024. MTZ files available from EDMAPS.rcsb.org will be discontinued in the Fall. Join us for a Virtual Office Hour to learn more about this transition.
Register Now for a Webinar on Understanding PDB Validation: Which experimental structures should I rely on?
Join us on May 14 to learn about primary PDB structure quality metrics, including those in the validation slider graphic; how PDB structure quality varies across the archive; and identify good structure(s) for research from RCSB.org
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August 2 is National Coloring Book Day
Color the diverse 3D shapes of structural science with PDB-101's coloring book collection.» 07/30/2024July 28 is World Hepatitis Day
WHO's World Hepatitis Day raises awareness of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that causes severe liver disease and cancer.» 07/25/2024PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of athletics and well-being. Learn more about Insulin and Diabetes» 07/23/2024Paper Published: RCSB PDB supporting research and education worldwide
This article in IUCrJ is part of a collection of articles from the IUCr 2023 Congress in Melbourne, Australia, and commemorates the 75th anniversary of the IUCr. It describes presentations made at the meeting in August 2023.» 07/16/2024Summer Newsletter Published
Highlights Training Opportunities; Biocurator Milestone of >10,000 Depositions Processed; Building Protein Domain Paper Models; and more. In the Education Corner, learn about Cell signaling through Rube Goldberg Machines» 07/08/2024Meet the RCSB PDB at ACA
Join us for posters, presentations, and more at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (July 7-12), with many RCSB PDB events to choose from on Monday July 8» 07/01/2024Postdocs: Join our Development Team in San Diego
RCSB PDB is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to help improve the findability of PDB data by building the next generation search engine for structural molecular biology. Meet with the RCSB PDB team at ISMB to learn more.» 06/30/2024Switch from MMTF to BCIF
As of July 2, 2024, RCSB PDB will no longer serve PDB data in the MMTF compression format. Users should switch to BCIF.» 06/30/2024Notice: NGL Viewer Deprecation
As of June 28, 2024, the NGL molecular viewer will be removed from RCSB.org. Users are encouraged to use Mol* for 3D visualization.» 06/27/2024Paper Published: Cryo-EM Ligand Modeling Challenge
Results of the 2021 Challenge and recommendations for best practices for assessing cryo-EM structures of liganded macromolecules reported at near-atomic resolution have been published in Nature Methods» 06/25/2024
Molecule of the Month
Quarterly News (see archive)
Issue 102 - June 2024
New Training Opportunities; A Biocurator Milestone; Building 3D Paper Models of Protein Domains; and more.
Cell signaling through Rube Goldberg Machines by Dr. Fatahiya Kashif, Federal Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan
Annual Reports
2023 Annual Report
Download the 2023 Annual Report (PDF) for an overview of recent activities, including RCSB PDB APIs and pairwise alignment tools.