DNA Day 2015: April 25

04/21

NHGRI's National DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project and the discovery of DNA's double helix. It's also a day for students, teachers, and the public to learn more about genetics and genomics.

Celebrate by:

• Creating a paper model of DNA (available from PDB-101's Educational Resources in English and Spanish)
• Visiting the National Human Genome Research Institute's DNA Day website for teaching tools, a chatroom, and webcasts
• Extracting DNA in your own kitchen (strawberries recommended; you can pound them in a plastic bag instead of using the  blender)
• Reading the original 1953 publications relating to the discovery and learning about the scientists involved at NPG's Double Helix: 50 years of DNA
• Watching the NSF's Chalk Talk: DNA
• Exploring Molecule of the Month features on DNA, Designed DNA Crystal, DNA Polymerase, and more at PDB-101

News Index

• 12/29 Happy Holidays

• 12/22 Poster Prize Awarded at AsCA

• 12/15 Smart Searching

• 12/08 Tour of Ligand Deposition

• 12/01 Validate Before Depositing to Save Time

• 11/24 Advanced Search: Multiple ID Search

• 11/17 Comparison Tool for Exploring Sequence and Structure Alignments

• 11/10 Visualize Structure Quality and Mutations with Protein Feature View

• 11/03 Structure Summary Pages Redesigned

• 10/27 Upcoming Meeting: SACNAS

• 10/20 Molecular Origami: Insulin

• 10/13 Fall Newsletter Published

• 10/06 Access New Website Features

• 09/29 Poster Prize Awarded at ISMB/ECCB

• 09/22 Poster Prize Awarded at ECM29

• 09/15 RCSB PDB Software Shared on GitHub

• 09/08 Head Back to School with PDB-101

• 09/01 Poster Prize Awarded at ACA

• 08/25 Annual Report Published

• 08/18 Take an Interactive Tour of the Protein Data Bank

• 08/11 Save References to Mendeley and Endnote

• 08/04 Explore PDB Structures by Browsing Annotations

• 07/28 Web Services for Accessing PDB Data

• 07/21 Summer Newsletter Published

• 07/14 Membrane Query and Annotation

• 07/07 wwPDB Deposition Tool Replaces ADIT for Crystal Structures

• 07/07 Poster Prize Awarded at ICSG

• 06/30 Contact Customer Services with Questions and Feedback

• 06/23 Map Genomic Position to Protein Sequence and Structure

• 06/16 HIV Video Challenge Awards

• 06/09 Science Olympiad National Protein Modeling Results

• 06/02 Vote Now!

• 05/26 Visualize in 3D with PV

• 05/19 Download Batches of Data

• 05/12 Molecule of the Month Paper Published

• 05/05 Experience the Art of Science

• 05/05 HS Video Challenge Deadline: May 31

• 04/28 Access New Website Features

• 04/28 Join our Development Team in San Diego

• 04/21 Rutgers Day (April 27)

• 04/21 DNA Day 2015: April 25

• 04/14 Education Corner: The Science of HIV

• 04/07 Spring Newsletter Published

• 03/31 Take an Interactive Tour of the Protein Data Bank

• 03/24 Build 3D Paper Models of Biomolecules

• 03/24 Join the RCSB PDB Team

• 03/17 Visit the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering on March 22

• 03/10 2015 High School Video Challenge

• 03/03 New Publications

• 03/03 San Diego Science Olympiad Protein Modeling Results

• 02/24 Exploring Structure Quality

• 02/17 2015 High School Video Challenge Materials

• 02/10 BioJava 4.0.0 Released

• 02/03 NJ Science Olympiad Protein Modeling Results

• 01/27 wwPDB Deposition Tool Replaces ADIT for Crystal Structures

• 01/20 RCSB PDB Mobile for iOS and Android Update

• 01/13 Winter Newsletter Published

• 01/06 New Calendar Celebrates 15th Anniversary of Molecule of the Month

• 01/06 Video Challenge for High School Students