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RCSB Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB) enables breakthroughs in science and education by providing access and tools for exploration, visualization, and analysis of:
Experimentally-determined 3D structures from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) archive | |
Computed Structure Models (CSM) from AlphaFold DB and ModelArchive |
These data can be explored in context of external annotations providing a structural view of biology.
Features & Highlights
Register Now for Crash Course: Python For Cheminformatics-Driven Molecular Docking
This free virtual course will demonstrate the power and flexibility of python on May 1, 2025
Developers: Switch to Sequence Coordinates Service by May 31, 2025
The new Sequence Coordinates Service supports better access to RCSB PDB features
Register for the April 10 Virtual Office Hour on Sequence Annotations Viewer
Learn how to map 1D sequence annotations onto a 3D structure at RCSB.org.
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Statistics were recently redesigned. Share your feedback and enter into a drawing for a mug featuring the artwork of David S. Goodsell.
Register for March Training Events
Join us for free upcoming virtual events: Extended PDB ID Office Hour (Mar 13), Exploring Bird Flu with RCSB.org (Mar 17), and RCSB PDB APIs with Python (Mar 24)
Register for the May 8 Workshop on PDB Deposition
Attendees will become proficient in leveraging various OneDep features and tools, including ORCiD management, validating data, submitting batches of structures, and completing depositions with minimal manual input.
Register for the April 7 Virtual Office Hour on Depositing IHM Data
Interested in learning more about the deposition, validation, and biocuration of structures determined using integrative and hybrid methods? Bring you questions to a virtual Office Hour.
Register Now for Webinar on API Access with Python
Join us for Streamlining Access to RCSB PDB APIs with Python on Monday March 24
Register for the March 13 Virtual Office Hour on Supporting Extended PDB IDs
Interested in learning more about plans to extend PDB IDs to 12 characters? Bring you questions to a virtual Office Hour.
Register Now for Webinar on Seeing Bird Flu in 3D
Join us for Exploring Influenza A H5N1 Virus Protein Structures Using RCSB.org Tools on Monday March 17
See new feature archive
Paper Published: PDB and a transformative impact on science and society
Read about the evolution and growth of the PDB, including its immense impact on basic and applied research in virtually all areas of biology and medicine» 04/01/2025
Guide to Understanding PDB Data: Computed Structure Models
PDB-101's Guide helps non-experts navigate through the PDB. A new chapter gives context to understanding Computed Structure Models generated from AI/ML and available from RCSB.org» 03/27/2025
Meet RCSB PDB at the American Chemical Society Meeting
Visit a poster on "Improving data representation of metalloproteins in the Protein Data Bank"» 03/20/2025
March 24 is World TB Day
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious illness, primarily found in the lungs, caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis» 03/19/2025
PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of nutrition.» 03/15/2025
Poster Prize Awarded at The Biophysical Society Meeting
The wwPDB Foundation made awards to Hsiang-Ling Huang (The Ohio State University College of Medicine) for Mechanisms of dysferlin-mediated membrane repair in health and disease.» 03/11/2025
New version of PDB-IHM validation reports now include assessments of crosslinking mass spectrometry-based structure models
IHM validation software version 2 and updated validation reports are now released» 03/10/2025
March 10-16: Brain Awareness Week
Explore PDB-101 Resources to learn about proteins related to our nervous system and mental health» 03/09/2025
IUCr2026 Awaits
Sign up to receive news and updates about the structural science Congress» 03/05/2025
Molecule of the Month
Quarterly News (see archive)
Issue 104 - January 2025
In this issue: Target Zero documentary series, 2024 statistics, wwPDB news, a major Molecule of the Month announcement and more.
Education Corner: Molecule of the Month: Celebrating 25 Years of Storytelling and Announcing New Beginnings by Drs. David Goodsell and Janet Iwasa
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.
