EMDataResource news items https://www.emdataresource.org/allnews.html Thursday, April 07, 2022 14:00:00 EST en-us A new time-saving EM-specific template for metadata input is now available at the PDB_EXTRACT website. The template eases the burden of depositing multiple related structures to the wwPDB OneDep System. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/pdbextract_announce.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/pdbextract_announce.html 2022-04-07 14:00:00 EST EMDR has a new web service for validation of RNA structures determined using cryo-EM and other experimental methods. RNA adopts complex three-dimensional folding patterns in biology such as ribosomal particles, spliceosomes, RNA viruses, and polymerase complexes. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ptp_announce.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ptp_announce.html 2022-03-02 14:00:00 EST From February 25, 2022, deposition of half-maps for single-particle, single-particle-based helical, and sub-tomogram averaging reconstructions to the EM Data Bank (EMDB) will become mandatory. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_mandatory_half_maps.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_mandatory_half_maps.html 2021-12-31 14:00:00 EST From February 9, 2022, the wwPDB EMDB Core Archive will exclusively support version 3 of its data model and retire version 1.9.6 header files from the archive. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_v3_change.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_v3_change.html 2021-08-17 14:00:00 EST The final version of the paper describing the outcomes of the 2019 Model Metrics Challenge is now published in Nature Methods with an accompanying News and Views commentary https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2019_challenge_paper.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2019_challenge_paper.html 2021-02-15 14:00:00 EST February 1, 2021: Our next model challenge launches today: the 2021 EMDataResource Ligand Model Challenge. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ligandchallenge2021.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ligandchallenge2021.html 2021-02-01 14:00:00 EST The wwPDB archive has now been updated to include validation reports for every released set of EM model coordinates in the PDB and every released EMDB map entry. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2021_EM_val_reports.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2021_EM_val_reports.html 2021-01-15 14:00:00 EST In 2020 we made several important enhancements to the EMDR website to better enable our visitors to quickly find and view summary information about their map entries of interest. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2020_EMDR_updates_features.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2020_EMDR_updates_features.html 2020-12-02 14:00:00 EST Following ground-breaking developments in 2018, CASP (Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction) will present another round of exciting progress in the field via virtual conference Nov 30-Dec 4, 2020. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/casp14_conf.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/casp14_conf.html 2020-11-18 14:00:00 EST A 3-day virtual/online meeting "Cryo-EM Validation in the Age of SARS-CoV-2: Methods, Tools and Applications" (Nov 18-20) will present current thinking on cryo-EM map and map/model validation, and consider future research directions. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2020_Nov_validation_symposium.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2020_Nov_validation_symposium.html 2020-11-11 14:00:00 EST Sept-2020: Updated validation reports for all X-ray, NMR, and 3DEM structures released in the PDB archive are now available. Of particular importance for cryo-EM, the updated report format includes EM map analysis, and fit of EM model to its map volume. FSC curves are also included to compare reported and estimated resolution, where either half maps or FSC data was uploaded. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2020_updated_val_reports.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2020_updated_val_reports.html 2020-09-23 14:00:00 EST June 15 2020: "Outcomes of the 2019 EMDataResource model challenge: validation of cryo-EM models at near-atomic resolution" is available as a preprint at BioRxiv while under consideration for publication. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2019_challenge_preprint.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/2019_challenge_preprint.html 2020-06-16 14:00:00 EST The 14th Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction (CASP) round started on May 18, 2020. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/casp14_call.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/casp14_call.html 2020-05-21 14:00:00 EST Beginning April 15 2020, the Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) will end its practice of releasing map entry metadata (so-called XML header files) prior to release of the primary map and associated files. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ending_EMDB_header_release.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ending_EMDB_header_release.html 2020-04-08 14:00:00 EST 1 April 2020: To aid COVID-19-related research efforts, we provide here several coronavirus(CoV)-related resources and links, including a new enhanced search for CoV-related maps, and movies comparing SARS spike trimers. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/coronavirus_resources.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/coronavirus_resources.html 2020-04-01 14:00:00 EST 5 February 2020: Congratulations are in order to the cryo-EM community for reaching a significant new milestone: more than 10,000 maps representing a wide variety of biological assemblies are now available in the EM Data Bank archive. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ten_thousand_emdb_entries.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ten_thousand_emdb_entries.html 2020-02-05 14:00:00 EST A publication by members of the EMDR team describing the history of developing data standards for Cryo-EM methods is now available online via the journal Structural Dynamics. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/evolving_cryoEM_standards.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/evolving_cryoEM_standards.html 2020-01-29 14:00:00 EST To ensure consistent and coherent rules for EMDB data processing, a comprehensive policy and procedures document has been drawn up for the EMDB and is now available to view on the EMDB website. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_policy_2020.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_policy_2020.html 2020-01-15 14:00:00 EST Time-stamped snapshots of the PDB and EMDB archives are available as of January 1, 2020. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_pdb_timestamp_2020.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_pdb_timestamp_2020.html 2020-01-06 14:00:00 EST Validation reports provided in the wwPDB OneDep system now have additional validation for EM maps to help users identify potential discrepancies in their data. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/wwPDB_EM_validation_reports.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/wwPDB_EM_validation_reports.html 2019-11-06 14:00:00 EST Versioning now allows depositors to update their coordinates while retaining the same PDB accession code. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/keep_pdb_id.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/keep_pdb_id.html 2019-08-07 14:00:00 EST The Workshop on Biological Structure Determination using Cryo-EM was held on July 22-23, 2019 as part of the American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting in Covington, Kentucky USA. Materials for the workshop can be accessed via this post. https://www.emdataresource.org/docs/aca_workshop_2019.html https://www.emdataresource.org/docs/aca_workshop_2019.html 2019-07-31 14:00:00 EST EMDataResource is trying something new and has put together a smaller, shorter-timeline EM model challenge. The deadline for submission of completed models fitted to target maps (2-3 Angstrom resolution range) is now May 28 (3 PM US Eastern). https://www.emdataresource.org/news/modelchallannounce2019.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/modelchallannounce2019.html 2019-04-20 14:00:00 EST The allocation of 4 digits for EMDB accession codes will soon come to an end. New EMDB accession codes will include an additional digit and will expand incrementally as the available range of codes is exhausted. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_id_expansion_soon.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_id_expansion_soon.html 2019-02-20 14:00:00 EST The EMDataBank/Unified Data Resource for 3DEM Project, established in 2007 to serve the scientific community as a global portal for deposition, search , services, and events related to 3D (cryo) electron microscopy, has a new name: EMDataResource. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/rename_emdataresource.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/rename_emdataresource.html 2019-02-07 14:00:00 EST "The CryoEM Map and Model Structure Challenges," a thematic collection of 18 peer-reviewed articles plus editorial being published in the Journal of Structural Biology, is now available online. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/challengesVSI.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/challengesVSI.html 2018-11-26 14:00:00 EST The Cryo-EM Workshop: A Guide to High Resolution Structure Determination was held on July 21, 2018 as part of the ACA Annual Meeting in Toronto. Materials from the workshop can be accessed through the links below. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/aca_workshop_2018.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/aca_workshop_2018.html 2018-08-07 20:00:00 EST The wwPDB OneDep system will require contact authors to provide their unique ORCID identifiers later this summer. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/orcid_id.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/orcid_id.html 2018-06-29 10:00:00 EST The new version of OneDep improves the process of data replacement for PDB and EMDB entries, prior to their release. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/onedep_file_replacement.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/onedep_file_replacement.html 2018-05-25 10:00:00 EST Due to rapid growth, EMDB is running out of 4 digit accession codes. Going forward, EMDB accession codes will have a variable format for their numerical portion. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_id_expansion.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_id_expansion.html 2018-05-23 14:00:00 EST Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction (CASP) community experiments aim to advance the state of the art in protein structure modeling. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/casp13_call.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/casp13_call.html 2018-03-28 14:00:00 EST In collaboration with the Journal of Structural Biology we are in the process of producing a special issue on the 2016 Map and Model Challenges. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/jsb_special_issue.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/jsb_special_issue.html 2018-02-14 14:00:00 EST Congratulations to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson, who have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy, a technique that allows scientists to visualize the structural details of biological molecules and gain insights into how living systems function. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/nobel_prize.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/nobel_prize.html 2017-10-12 11:00:00 EST In 2016 EMDataBank (now EMDataResource) ran two community challenges in parallel to create awareness of the need for cryoEM structure validation as a routine process in research studies and publications, and to expedite development of quantitative tools for assessment. The Map and Model Challenges were developed by cryoEM and modeling community experts, respectively, who have been charged with developing challenge tasks, promoting worldwide participation, evaluating the results, and producing a report. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/challengeswrapup.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/challengeswrapup.html 2017-08-21 16:00:00 EST The wwPDB is planning to introduce in 2017 a new procedure for the management by the Depositor of Record (where the Depositor of Record is defined as the Principal Investigator for the entry) of substantial revisions to previously released PDB archival entries. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/fileversioningupdate.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/fileversioningupdate.html 2017-05-17 13:00:00 EST On July 12, 2017, the wwPDB partners plan to update the PDB FTP archive with PDB structure entry files conforming to V5.0 of the PDBx/mmCIF dictionary which already supports the global wwPDB system for Deposition, Biocuration, and Validation of PDB data - OneDep. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/vrsn_five_archive_update.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/vrsn_five_archive_update.html 2017-05-03 15:00:00 EST As part of the Proceedings of the CCP-EM Spring Symposium, Ardan Patawardhan (PDBe) provides an overview of trends affecting the field of cryo-EM, making use of data available in the EMDB archive. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/trendsinemdb.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/trendsinemdb.html 2017-05-01 15:00:00 EST The paper describing wwPDB OneDep system is now available. The wwPDB has deployed a unified system for deposition, biocuration, and validation of macromolecular structures globally across all wwPDB, EMDB, and BMRB deposition sites to meet the evolving requirements of the scientific community to archive structural data over the coming decades. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/onedeppaper.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/onedeppaper.html 2017-02-09 15:00:00 EST 19 January 2017: This week, a delegation from the Society of Chinese Cryo Electron Microscopy (SCCEM) visited EMBL-EBI to discuss how cryo-EM data in EMDB and EMPIAR could be made available to users from within China. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/china_mirrors_archives.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/china_mirrors_archives.html 2017-01-21 12:30:00 EST The wwPDB and the EMDataBank/Unified Data Resource for 3DEM Project have collaborated to update the experimental methods descriptions of all electron microscopy and electron crystallography-derived structures in the PDB archive. With this work now completed, all 3DEM-derived entries have better-organized content and conform to the revised data model developed by the EMDataBank team for use within the wwPDB OneDep System. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/remediation_3dem.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/remediation_3dem.html 2016-12-14 09:30:00 EST The Assessment Phase of the EMDataBank Map Challenge is now officially open, and all are welcome to participate. The Challenge Phase (July 2015-Apr 2016) was a tremendous success, with 66 submitted maps spread across the 7 image data benchmark targets. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/mapchallengeassessment.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/mapchallengeassessment.html 2016-11-08 10:30:00 EST The wwPDB and the EMDataBank/Unified Data Resource for 3DEM Project are collaborating to update the experimental methods descriptions of all electron microscopy and electron crystallography-derived structures in the PDB archive. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/remediation_em_pdb.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/remediation_em_pdb.html 2016-10-17 10:30:00 EST The new wwPDB Validation Server at https://validate.wwpdb.org now generates preliminary validation reports for structures solved by NMR and 3D Electron Microscopy, in addition to X-ray crystallography. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/vldtn_server_upgrade.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/vldtn_server_upgrade.html 2016-08-11 13:00:00 EST Effective September 6th, 2016, deposition to the PDB of atomic models determined by 3D Electron cryo-Microscopy (3DEM) will require prior or simultaneous deposition of the associated 3DEM volume maps to EMDB. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/mapvol_required.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/mapvol_required.html 2016-07-06 13:00:00 EST The wwPDB Partners and the EMDataBank are pleased to announce that validation reports for all Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and 3D Cryo Electron Microscopy (3DEM) structures already represented in the global PDB archive have been publicly released. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/new_nmr_em_vldtnrprts.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/new_nmr_em_vldtnrprts.html 2016-05-04 11:00:00 EST Starting May 31st 2016, the legacy deposition systems EMDep, AutoDep, and EM-ADIT will no longer accept new EMDB and PDB submissions. Depositors with in-progress sessions on the legacy systems will be able to access and complete their deposition sessions until September 30th 2016. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/dep_systems_retiring.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/dep_systems_retiring.html 2016-04-11 13:00:00 EST The wwPDB Partners and the EMDataBank are pleased to announce that validation reports for all Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and 3D Cryo Electron Microscopy (3DEM) structures already represented in the global PDB archive will become publicly available in May. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/new_validation_reports.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/new_validation_reports.html 2016-03-09 12:00:00 EST The second International Conference on Image Analysis in Three-dimensional Cryo-EM, will be held at Granlibakken Conference Center, Lake Tahoe, California from March 30 to April 2, 2016. The second workshop in this series will again focus on cutting edge techniques for image analysis in Cryo-EM. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/scnd_intrntnl_conf_imganalysis.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/scnd_intrntnl_conf_imganalysis.html 2016-02-23 13:45:00 EST The wwPDB partners and the EMDataBank project 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. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/wwpdb_da.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/wwpdb_da.html 2016-01-11 14:45:00 EST New open access articles about EMDataBank and EMDB access are now available online, in advance of publication in the upcoming January 2016 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/new_publications.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/new_publications.html 2015-11-23 12:00:00 EST Nov 9, 2015: We have two major announcements regarding the ongoing EMDataBank Map Challenge. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/map_challenge_announcements.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/map_challenge_announcements.html 2015-11-09 09:30:00 EST All members of the Scientific Community--at all levels of experience--are invited to participate as Challengers, and/or as Assessors. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/announcing_model_challenge.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/announcing_model_challenge.html 2015-10-14 10:00:00 EST EMDataBank/Unified Data Resource for 3DEM is pleased to announce the 2015 Map Challenge. All members of the Scientific Community--at all levels of experience--are invited to participate as Challengers, and/or as Assessors. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/announcing_map_challenge.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/announcing_map_challenge.html 2015-07-21 16:30:00 EST EMPIAR (Electron Microscopy Pilot Image ARchive) is a public archive for raw image data (micrographs, particles, and tilt-series) related to EMDB entries. Important uses of EMPIAR data include validation and as test-data for methods development and teaching. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/empiar.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/empiar.html 2014-11-10 10:30:00 EST The PDBe tilt-pair validation web-server is now available from http://www.pdbe.org/tiltpair. You can use this service to perform a tilt-pair analysis on your own data. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/tilt_vldtn_srvr.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/tilt_vldtn_srvr.html 2014-09-08 15:00:00 EST The EMDB team at the Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe; http://pdbe.org) has two vacancies for scientific programmers to work on an exciting new MRC and BBSRC funded project to help bridge the worlds of cellular and molecular structural biology. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/pdbeopenings.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/pdbeopenings.html 2014-06-13 09:30:00 EST June 2014: EMDataBank Partner PDBe was recently awarded funding by MRC and BBSRC to set up a public archive for raw image data (micrographs, particles, and tilt-series) related to EMDB entries. The archive currently contains 7 datasets related to EMDB map entries, including a few multi-frame direct electron detector datasets. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/rawimgdatapilot.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/rawimgdatapilot.html 2014-06-05 11:00:00 EST EMDataBank Partner PDBe (EBI) and their collaborators at the Science & Technology Facilities Council in Daresbury are developing a web service as part of the BioMedBridges project that will enable the EMDB and PDB archives to be searched on the basis of 3D volumetric shape matching, rather than solely on the basis of metadata and/or coordinate models. The PDBe/STFC Biomedbridges team requests your input on 3D volume segmentation, which in many cases will be a necessary step before volume matching. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/3dem_vlmsgmntsrvy.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/3dem_vlmsgmntsrvy.html 2014-03-18 13:00:00 EST A record number of EM structural data entries were released in 2013: 544 EMDB maps, and 236 EM-PDB models. The overall size of the EM structural data archives has also substantially increased. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/grwth_em_data.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/grwth_em_data.html 2014-01-07 16:00:00 EST The first International Conference on Image Analysis in Three-dimensional Cryo-EM, to be held at Granlibakken Conference Center, Lake Tahoe, California from March 12 to March 15, 2014. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/intnl_cnfrnc_img_anlys.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/intnl_cnfrnc_img_anlys.html 2013-12-04 12:00:00 EST Recent improvements to web-based visualisation and analysis of 3DEM data from EMDB and PDB are described in an open access article published in the November issue of the Journal of Structural Biology. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/web_vslztn_anlys.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/web_vslztn_anlys.html 2013-12-04 12:00:00 EST We have created a short online poll to collect your opinions about a possible change to EMDB data release policy. Should complete experimental metadata associated with EMDB map entries continue to be available/searchable prior to map release? https://www.emdataresource.org/news/release_policy_poll_news.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/release_policy_poll_news.html 2013-10-21 09:00:00 EST The use of 3D cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction (3DEM) methods to experimentally determine structures of biological macromolecules, complexes and machines is rapidly increasing in the structural biology community. For journal articles reporting new 3DEM structures via single particle, helical, electron crystallography, and sub-tomogram averaging methods, we find that the overall map-deposition rate to EM Data Bank (EMDB) is approaching 70%. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/journal_dep_rate_policy.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/journal_dep_rate_policy.html 2013-09-24 12:00:00 EST In order to meet the challenges of ever greater numbers of PDB depositions, involving ever larger and more complex structures, often determined using multiple methods, the Worldwide Protein Data Bank partners (wwPDB; http://wwpdb.org/) are developing a completely new system for deposition and annotation of PDB entries. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/lrg_strct_dpstn.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/lrg_strct_dpstn.html 2013-05-22 12:00:00 EST On 16 January 2013, the EMDB archive plans to adopt an updated format, v.1.9.0, for the entry header file (XML file associated with each map). This means that EMDB header files distributed from wwPDB partner sites will conform to the 1.9.0 format, and EMDataBank deposition/annotation/search services will start using this format. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_hdr_update.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_hdr_update.html 2012-12-11 12:00:00 EST Changes to FTP access for map data: reminder. As we announced early in the year, the EMDB map archive is now distributed alongside the PDB archive by all three wwPDB partner sites. To download or retrieve EMDB map or header files, please go to one of the three current distribution sites. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/sept_news.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/sept_news.html 2012-09-26 12:00:00 EST The September 2012 special issue of Biopolymers "2010 Cryo-EM Modeling Challenge" is now online. The issue contents include an editorial and eight articles describing results from the 2010 cryo-EM modeling challenge. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/biopolymers_special_issue.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/biopolymers_special_issue.html 2012-08-08 12:00:00 EST Every now and then depositors of EM data approach us with questions (or gripes) about the deposition process, in particular when both a map and a model are to be deposited. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/twelve_golden_rules.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/twelve_golden_rules.html 2012-07-24 12:00:00 EST Tomographic data deposition was the main topic of an informal afternoon meeting at the 2012 3DEM GRC that drew ~20 conferees. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/tomograph_requirements.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/tomograph_requirements.html 2012-06-25 12:00:00 EST A new MRC Partnership grant to provide computational support for UK scientists using electron cryo-microscopy for structural biology will aim to create a new Collaborative Computational Project, CCP-EM. Two excellent, motivated computational scientists are sought to support the Partnership grant and CCP-EM project. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ccp_em_positions.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/ccp_em_positions.html 2012-04-05 12:00:00 EST 7-March-2012: The EM Data Bank (EMDB), the primary archive for experimentally-determined maps obtained using three-dimensional electron microscopy methods, has joined the PDB archive (ftp://ftp.wwpdb.org), as announced previously. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_joins_pdb.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_joins_pdb.html 2012-03-07 12:00:00 EST We are pleased to announce the publication of the outcome of the first Electron Microscopy Validation Task Force (EM VTF) meeting in the journal Structure (Henderson et al., Structure (2012)) https://www.emdataresource.org/news/em_vtf.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/em_vtf.html 2012-02-08 12:00:00 EST The 6th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Supramolecular Assemblies by Hybrid Methods will be held March 14-18, 2012 in Lake Tahoe, CA. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/hybrid_methods.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/hybrid_methods.html 2012-01-15 12:00:00 EST The EM Data Bank (EMDB), the primary archive for experimentally-determined maps obtained using three-dimensional electron microscopy methods, will join the PDB archive on 7 March 2012. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_wwpdb_announce.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdb_wwpdb_announce.html 2011-12-23 12:00:00 EST We are pleased to announce improved 3D web-based viewing of maps and associated coordinate models from EMDataBank atlas pages. The molecular visualization program OpenAstexViewer has been adapted by the EMDataBank team to display EM maps and their associated coordinate models. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/improved_3d_viewing.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/improved_3d_viewing.html 2011-10-05 12:00:00 EST In October 2011, the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) will host a scientific symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of the inception of the PDB, and the many scientific contributions it archives. The program will showcase the scientific impact made by structural biology during the past 40 years with a distinguished panel of scientists who have been instrumental in the development of the PDB and structural biology. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/pdb40.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/pdb40.html 2011-06-10 12:00:00 EST A special issue of Biopolymers will cover the results of the first Cryo-EM Modeling Challenge held in 2010 with accompanying workshop at PSB 2011. The challenge was very successful with 136 models submitted by 10 different research groups using 13 different software packages. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/cryoem_mdl_challng_update.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/cryoem_mdl_challng_update.html 2011-05-12 12:00:00 EST February 2011: Congratulations are in order to the cryoEM community for reaching a significant milestone: more than 1000 maps representing a wide variety of biological assemblies are now archived in the EM DataBank. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/thousand_emdb_entries.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/thousand_emdb_entries.html 2011-02-17 12:00:00 EST Effective January 2011, the option to hold EM map volumes for two years before release to the public will no longer be available. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/updated_hold_policy.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/updated_hold_policy.html 2010-11-15 12:00:00 EST Up-to-date information about EMDataBank.org including history, current status, and future plans can be found in two publications now available online and in press. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdatabank_new_publications.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/emdatabank_new_publications.html 2010-10-15 12:00:00 EST September 2010: We are pleased to announce that a more uniform set of maps is now available through EMDataBank.org search services and ftp mirror sites. https://www.emdataresource.org/news/map_uniformity.html https://www.emdataresource.org/news/map_uniformity.html 2010-09-14 12:00:00 EST