PDB50 Presentation Recordings

In 2021, the PDB community celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the PDB with symposia, materials, and more. Select presentation recordings are below; visit RCSB PDB and wwPDB for additional details and resources.

ACA | Biophysical Society | Rutgers IQB

PDB50 at the American Crystallographic Association

The 2021 ACA Transactions Symposium (July 30-31, 2021) was dedicated to celebrating the manifold contributions to fundamental biology, biomedicine, bioenergy, and bioengineering/biotechnology made by PDB Data Depositors and PDB Data Consumers over the past five decades.

The Organizing Committee for this symposium included Stephen K. Burley (RCSB PDB), David Rose (University of Waterloo), Natalie Strynadka (University of British Columbia), and Rui Zhao (University of Colorado). Helen M. Berman (RCSB PDB) joined the organizers in chairing the symposium.

This Transactions Symposium was supported by Rigaku, Bruker, and IUCr Journals.

Presentations from high profile experimental and computational structural biologists working in the United States, Canada, and South America were augmented by short round table discussions regarding future directions in structural biology and the important role that the Protein Data Bank can play in a rapidly changing landscape.

Each speaker's presentation can be accessed below. In addition, you can watch the whole program chronologically (including introductions and panel discussions) using this YouTube Playlist.


Frances H. Arnold Photo

Frances H. Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Lecture: Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life

Squire J. Booker Photo

Squire J. Booker

Penn State

Crystallographic Snapshots of TsrM, a Cobalamin-Dependent S-adenosylmethionine Methylase

Rafael M. Couñago Photo

Rafael M. Couñago

SGC/UNICAMP, Brazil

Developing Novel Tools to Guide the Discovery of New Cell-permeable, On-target Anti-infective Compounds

Wayne A. Hendrickson Photo

Wayne A. Hendrickson

Columbia University

Reflections on Resolution and Revolution-the PDB and me

Mike Martynowycz Photo

Mike Martynowycz

HHMI/UCLA

Cryo-FIB Milling Improves MicoED Data and Structures

Wladek Minor Photo

Wladek Minor

University of Virginia

Structural biology response to biomedical threat

Eva Nogales Photo

Eva Nogales

HHMI/UC Berkeley

Structural Relationships between human transcriptional coactivators TFIID and SAGA

John Rubinstein Photo

John Rubinstein

Sick Kid's Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Macromolecular Machines at Energized Membranes

Andrej Sali Photo

Andrej Sali

RCSB PDB/UCSF

From integrative structural biology to cell biology

Chris Sander Photo

Chris Sander

Harvard Medical School

Protein folding computed from evolutionary information

Erica Ollmann Saphire Photo

Erica Ollmann Saphire

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

A Global Consortium, Next-generation SARS-COV-2 Antibody Therapeutics and Stabilized Spike

Cynthia Wolberger Photo

Cynthia Wolberger

Johns Hopkins

Histone H2B Ubiquitination in Transcription Regulation


Biophysical Society Celebrates 50 Years of the Protein Data Bank

In celebration of PDB50, BPS hosted a virtual symposium on October 6, 2021, highlighting some of the high-impact applications of protein structural data, with a particular focus on the areas of structure prediction and membrane protein biophysics. Gaetano T. Montelione, joined by RCSB PDB Director Stephen K. Burley and Director Emerita Helen M. Berman, organized this commemorative event.

Each speaker's presentation can be accessed below. In addition, you can watch the whole program chronologically (including introductions and closing remarks) using this YouTube Playlist.


David Baker Photo

David Baker

University of Washington

The Coming of Age of De Novo Protein Design

Helen Berman Photo

Helen Berman

Rutgers University and RCSB Protein Data Bank

The First 50 Years of the Protein Data Bank

Stephen K. Burley Photo

Stephen K. Burley

Rutgers University and RCSB Protein Data Bank

Looking Ahead to the Next 50 Years of the Protein Data Bank

Jue Chen Photo

Jue Chen

The Rockefeller University and HHMI

ABC Transporters: Molecular Pumps Powered by ATP

Linda Columbus Photo

Linda Columbus

University of Virginia

The Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Proteins Involved in Bacterial Pathogenesis: LspA and Opa

John Jumper Photo

John Jumper

DeepMind, Inc

Highly Accurate Protein Structure Prediction with AlphaFold

Rod MacKinnon Photo

Rod MacKinnon

The Rockefeller University and HHMI

The Incredible Diversity of K+ Channels

Ruth Nussinov Photo

Ruth Nussinov

NIH and Tel Aviv University

Unraveling Oncogenic Mechanisms and Signaling with Structures

Christine Orengo Photo

Christine Orengo

University College London

Enriching the Evolutionary and Functional Insights Enabled by Structural Data from the PDB

Nieng Yan Photo

Nieng Yan

Princeton University

The Molecular Choreography of Cav/Nav Channels – A Mission Impossible by Today's AI


Rutgers Institute of Quantitative Biomedicine PDB50 Lecture

In celebration of PDB50, RCSB PDB and IQB hosted a seminar by Gregory A. Petsko, D.Phil. on November 4th, 2021.

Gregory A. Petsko Photo

Gregory A. Petsko

Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Truth Sometimes Triumphs: A History of Structural Enzymology


Celebrating PDB Contributions from Rutgers University Structural Biologists

In celebration of PDB50, RCSB PDB and IQB hosted a virtual Crash Course Celebrating PDB Contributions from Rutgers University Structural Biologists on November 2, 2021. The event featured many speakers from different institutes, schools, and programs at Rutgers.

Abbreviations used in speakers' affiliations:

CABM: Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
CINJ: Cancer institute of New Jersey
IQB: Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine
NJMS: New Jersey Medical School
     MB&MG Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
     CII: Center for Immunity & Inflammation

SAS: School of Arts and Sciences
     C&CB: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
     CBN: Cell Biology and Neuroscience
     MBB: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
SEBS: Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
     B&M: Biochemistry and Microbiology
RWMS: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
     B&MB: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
WI: Waksman Institute

Each speaker's presentation can be accessed below. In addition, you can watch the whole program chronologically (including introductions and closing remarks) using this YouTube Playlist.


Eddy Arnold Photo

Eddy Arnold

CABM; SAS-C&CB; CINJ

Use of structural information to guide successful design of HIV/AIDS treatments

Helen M. Berman Photo

Helen M. Berman

RCSB PDB; IQB; SAS-C&CB

Nucleic acid structures and the Protein Data Bank

Jean Baum Photo

Jean Baum

SAS-C&CB

Investigating alpha-Synuclein amyloid seeding processes by NMR

Stephen K. Burley Photo

Stephen K. Burley

RCSB PDB; IQB; SAS-C&CB; CINJ

Protein Data Bank at 50 years of age

Wei Dai Photo

Wei Dai

IQB; SAS-CBN

Structural elucidation of beta-(1,3)-glucan synthase from Candida glabrata using cryo-electron tomography

Richard Ebright Photo

Richard Ebright

WI; SAS-C&CB

Structural biology of transcription and transcriptional regulation

Jason Kaelber Photo

Jason Kaelber

IQB; Rutgers Cryo-EM and Nanoimaging Facility; CINJ

How Colicin E1 stoppers the multidrug efflux pump TolC

Arek Kulczyk Photo

Arek Kulczyk

IQB; SEBS-M&B; CINJ

A story from under the poisonous umbrella: Towards cryo-EM structure determination of the ribosome-Shiga toxin complex

Joe Marcotrigiano Photo

Joe Marcotrigiano

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (previously Rutgers CABM; SAS-C&CB)

Receptor binding and entry of Hepatitis C Virus

Guy Montelione Photo

Guy Montelione

Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute-C&CB (previously Rutgers CABM; SAS-MBB)

Conformational plasticity in molecular recognition

Andrew Nieuwkoop Photo

Andrew Nieuwkoop

SAS-C&CB

Solving protein structures with proton detected solid-state NMR: 15 years of progress

Vasileios Petrou Photo

Vasileios Petrou

CII; NJMS-MB&MG

Structure determination of small proteins by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy

Ann Stock Photo

Ann Stock

CABM; RWJMS-B&MB; CINJ

Bacterial response regulators: Diverse regulatory mechanisms enabled by structurally conserved domains