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9P91
Avian TRPM8 (Parus major) semi-swapped, ligand-free structure resolved in cell vesicles using cryo-EM
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Register for the April 23 Open Discussion–Deposition, Validation, and Biocuration
Bring your questions about Deposition, Validation, and or Biocuration to this Office Hour. Biocurators will answer general questions about the process or about your specific entry or session.
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This new feature delivers faster and more scalable structural comparisons across experimentally determined and predicted Computed Structure Models (CSMs).
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Remembering Philip E. Bourne
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Curate, validate, and standardize macromolecular structures from the PDB community at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Register for the March 26 Webinar on the New PDB Beta Archive
Learn how to become an early adopter of the future of the PDB. The new directory structure is organized around extended PDB IDs and will replace the current PDB archive when all 4-character PDB IDs are assigned.
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Ever wondered about the difference between an asymmetric unit and a biological assembly? Come to this office hour to see how to access these data from RCSB.org
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New PDB Beta Archive Available for Testing
The beta archive is organized around and in support of the transition to extended PDB IDs. The directory structure will replace the current PDB Archive when all 4-character PDB IDs have been assigned.
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Poster Prize Awarded at ASBMB
Congratulations to Sara Scanlan (James Madison University) for The Structural Mechanism of Malate Dehydrogenases and Support for the Reciprocating Mechanism of Catalysis.» 03/30/2026
PDB-101 Focus: Biotechnology
PDB-101 materials explore how researchers are using biology in industry. Learn how GFP-like proteins found in nature or engineered in the laboratory now span every color of the rainbow» 03/25/2026
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Paper Published: Multi-scale structural similarity embedding search across entire proteomes
Learn about a scalable structural similarity search strategy designed to traverse enormous volumes of 3D biostructure data, including both experimentally determined atomic coordinates and Computed Structure Models» 03/18/2026
Register for PDB Workshops at IUCr2026
Discounted pricing for early IUCr meeting registration ends March 31.
Join wwPDB for free hands-on pre-meeting workshops to learn how to deposit IHM structures determined using 3DEM plus chemical crosslinking and how to leverage various OneDep features and tools for efficient PDB deposition» 03/16/2026
March 16-22: Brain Awareness Week
Explore PDB-101 Resources to learn about proteins related to our nervous system and mental health» 03/15/2026
Poster Prize Awarded at The Biophysical Society Meeting
Congratulations to Haley R. Johnson (Baylor College of Medicine) for Base Hunting, A New Approach to Base Identification to Determine DNA Sequence from Cryo-EM Density Maps.» 03/10/2026
Watch the Exploring CSMs at RCSB.org Office Hour
Learn how to use RCSB.org features to navigate 3D Computed Structure Models from AlphaFold DB and ModelArchive» 03/09/2026
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Issue 108 - January 2026
This issue highlights upcoming IUCr workshops; 2025 deposition statistics, a new molecular animation highlighting Vitamin A and Vision and more.
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