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Explore Multiple Sequence Alignments in 1D and 3D
Select proteins and/or residue regions to view multiple 3D structures aligned in Mol*
Ligand Expo: Scheduled downtime and request for feedback
Ligand Expo will be down in January 2022. Please take this survey to help us understand which features are used the most.
Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol in the PDB Archive
wwPDB plans to deprecate FTP download protocol on November 1st 2024
Register Now for Virtual Crash Course: Using KBase to access PDB Structures and CSMs
Learn about the protein structure-related tools, visualizations, and workflows that have been integrated into KBase on Thursday November 10, 2022
Remembering John Westbrook on the Anniversary of His Passing
John D. Westbrook Jr. (1957-2021) was incredibly beloved and respected by his colleagues at Rutgers and throughout the world, known for his dry wit and endless enthusiasm for thinking about all aspects of data and data management.
Undergrads/Grads: Apply to the Molecule of the Month Boot Camp (January 2023)
Limited spaces available for the Science Communication in Biology and Medicine Virtual Boot Camp: January 9-13, 2023. Applications due October 31, 2022.
Improved EM validation with Q-score
wwPDB validation of EM structures for which there is both a model and an EM volume will include the Q-score metric
Register Now for Virtual Crash Course: Exploring Computed Structure Models from Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning at RCSB.org
Learn how to search, visualize, and analyze CSMs alongside PDB structures using RCSB.org tools on Thursday September 22, 2022
Future Planning: PDB entries with extended CCD or PDB IDs will be distributed in the PDBx/mmCIF format only
PDB users and related software developers should review code and begin to prepare for this change. Entries containing extended CCD or PDB IDs will not be distributed in legacy PDB file format.
DNS name changes for PDB archive downloads from RCSB PDB
Programmatic users (ftp, rsync or https) should update scripts as soon as possible.
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Molecule of the Month
Click Chemistry
A modular approach to chemistry simplifies the construction of complex protein-targeting molecules.
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Issue 95 - Fall 2022
Exploring Computed Structure Models at RCSB.org; Goodsell receives awards from The Protein Society and ACA; and more. Fall 2022 Issue
Annual Reports
2021 Annual Report
Download the 2021 Annual Report (PDF) for an overview of recent RCSB PDB activities, publications, and a look back at celebrating 50 years of the PDB archive.
