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Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol on November 1, 2024
wwPDB to deprecate FTP download protocol in the PDB archive
Poster Prize Awarded at The Protein Society
The wwPDB Foundation made an award to Aubrey Putansu at The Protein Society meeting for An Expanded Integrator Sensor Motif for GPCR Ligand Detection
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Poster Prize Awarded at LACA
The wwPDB Foundation awarded Zaighum Abbas at the Latin American Crystallographic Association Meeting for The Role of SEPT7 in Magnaporthe oryzae: Structural Insights and Functional Implications
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024
Congratulations to David Baker, who was recognized for computational protein design, and to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper, who were recognized for protein structure prediction. These achievements also celebrate the work of the PDB depositor community and the PDB archive that underpinned development of their prediction methods.
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wwPDB Data Release Policy on Public Preprint Archives
Contributions to public preprint archives that mention PDB/EMDB/BMRB entry IDs are deemed by the wwPDB to be publications
Register for the November 7 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.
Annotation of Protein Modifications in the PDB
Protein chemical modifications (PCMs) and post translational modifications (PTMs) annotation is now included in CCD files, and updated atomic coordinate files are being rolled out.
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Paper Published: IHMCIF
Read about An Extension of the PDBx/mmCIF Data Standard for Integrative Structure Determination Methods» 11/05/2024
Meet RCSB PDB at SACNAS
Learn about summer internship opportunities and more at the Rutgers booth #648» 10/27/2024
Interview with Director Emerita Helen Berman
Read about The huge protein database that spawned AlphaFold and biology's AI revolution in Nature» 10/20/2024
Happy Birthday, Irving Geis
Celebrate Geis' birthday (October 18, 1908) with a tour of the Geis Digital Archive of his pioneering works of biomolecular art at PDB-101» 10/17/2024
PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of athletics and well-being. Learn how the ten enzymes of glycolysis break down sugar in our diet in Glycolytic Enzymes» 10/15/2024
Paper Published: MolViewSpec Toolkit
Learn about Describing and Sharing Molecular Visualizations Using the MolViewSpec Toolkit» 10/10/2024
Explore Structural Biology with CSMs
Visit PDB-101 for more about Nobel Prize-winning Computed Structure Models and their measures of reliability; limitations; and how they can help determine experimental structures» 10/09/2024
Fall Newsletter Published
Highlights Training Opportunities; Biocurator Milestone of >10,000 Depositions Processed; Influenza Virus painting; and more. In the Education Corner, learn about Paper Nucleic Acid Models for Hands-on Education» 10/07/2024
Access IHM structures at wwPDB DOI Landing Pages
Structures determined by integrative and hybrid methods (IHM) are now available at wwPDB DOI landing pages alongside experimental structures in the PDB archive» 10/02/2024
Molecule of the Month
Malaria Parasite PTEX
The parasite that causes malaria exports hundreds of proteins to remodel the cells that it infects.
Read MoreQuarterly News (see archive)
Issue 103 - October 2024
In this Issue: Fall Training Opportunities; A Biocurator Milestone of >10,000 Depositions Processed; Influenza Virus painting; and more.
Education Corner: Paper Nucleic Acid Models for Hands-on Education by Cassandra K. Hayne and Phoebe A. Rice, The University of Chicago
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.
