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Hamburg days at PDBe

Hamburg days at PDBe

This week, the PDBe team at ÀÖÌìÌÃÓÎÏ·ÍøÕ¾ hosted no fewer than seven structural biology colleagues from EMBL-Hamburg.

EMPIAR supports "Method of the Year"

EMPIAR supports "Method of the Year"

The official announcement of EMPIAR in Nature Methods prompts Gerard Kleywegt, Head of the Protein Data Bank in Europe, to reflect on the origins and future directions of this essen

What does the new wwPDB deposition system mean for you?

What does the new wwPDB deposition system mean for you?

This week saw the launch by the wwPDB partners (PDBe, PDBj, RCSB and BMRB) of a new, integrated

New wwPDB deposition system for NMR and 3DEM

New wwPDB deposition system for NMR and 3DEM

The wwPDB partners are pleased to announce the launch of a new Deposition & Annotation system that supports structures determined using 3DEM, NMR, and X-ray, neutron and electron crystallography.

Looking back at PDBe in 2015

Looking back at PDBe in 2015

The year 2015 was a busy one at PDBe. Gerard Kleywegt looks back.  

Cellular recycling top 2015 PDB structure

Cellular recycling top 2015 PDB structure

Just as old plastic bottles are ground up at the recycling plant to be used to make new ones, so cells also recycle proteins. Proteins which are damaged or no longer required are sent to one of several different recycling plants in the cell.

Successful workshop on "3D Segmentations and Transformations"

Successful workshop on "3D Segmentations and Transformations"

On 7 and 8 December 2015, two dozen experts on segmentation of EM maps and electron tomograms, on ontologies and on EM-data archiving met at Madingley Hall near Cambridge for an expert workshop on �3D Segmentations and Transformations - Building Bridges Between Cellular and Molecular Structural

Open source search technologies workshop announced

Open source search technologies workshop announced

PDBe are happy to announce a hands-on, interactive workshop for developers interested in understanding the different open source search technologies available to implement search systems for biological data resources.

PDBe webinar available online

PDBe webinar available online

PDBe has run a webinar recently showing some of the new and unique features of its revamped PDB entry pages and demonstrating its powerful new search system for PDB data.

EMDataBank announces 2015 Map Challenge

EMDataBank announces 2015 Map Challenge

The EMDataBank partners (http://emdatabank.org/) are inviting interested scientists to register as participants or assessors in the 2015 EMDataBank Map Challenge.

PDBe is recruiting a scientific programmer

PDBe is recruiting a scientific programmer

PDBe is working to extend and improve the archival, integration and dissemination of 3D cryo-electron microscopy (EM) and tomography (ET) data.

wwPDB Hybrid/Integrative Methods Task Force recommendations published

wwPDB Hybrid/Integrative Methods Task Force recommendations published

In October 2014, PDBe hosted the first workshop of the wwPDB Hybrid/Integrative Methods Task Force at ÀÖÌìÌÃÓÎÏ·ÍøÕ¾ (see http://www.nature.com/news/data-bank-struggles-as-pro