PDB50: A Special Symposium Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Protein Data Bank
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On May 4-5, 2021, a special symposium will be hosted by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
PDB50 will mark an important milestone in the history of structural biology. In 1971, the structural biology community established the single worldwide archive for macromolecular structure data â€" the Protein Data Bank (PDB). From its inception, the PDB has embraced a culture of open access, leading to its widespread use by the research community. PDB data are used by hundreds of data resources and millions of users exploring fundamental biology, energy and biomedicine.
Structural biology and structural bioinformatics have had an enormous impact on our understanding of the mechanism and function of biological macromolecules. The PDB acts as a custodian for all these data, representing a repository of the vast majority of the achievements and milestones of the structural biology community. The archive is managed by the Worldwide Protein Data Bank consortium (wwPDB) of partner sites in Asia, Europe and America.
This celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Protein Data Bank as the first open access digital data resource in biology will include presentations from speakers from around the world who have made tremendous advances in structural biology and bioinformatics. Students and postdoctoral fellows are especially encouraged to attend and will be eligible for poster awards.
The online sessions will take place between 11 a.m. â€" 4:30 p.m. EST each day.
The event will be recorded and made available to registered participants after the meeting.
Important dates
March 1511:59 p.m. PSTAbstract deadlineMarch 15
11:59 p.m. PSTEarly registration deadlineMay 1
11:59 p.m. PSTRegular registration deadline
Speakers will include:
- Edward Arnold, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Helen M. Berman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and University of Southern California
- Thomas L. Blundell, University of Cambridge
- Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin, Utrecht University
- Stephen K. Burley, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and University of California, San Diego
- Wah Chiu, Stanford University
- Johann Deisenhofer, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Juli Feigon, University of California, Los Angeles
- Angela Gronenborn, University of Pittsburgh
- Jennifer L. Martin, University of Wollongong
- Stephen L. Mayo, California Institute of Technology
- Zihe Rao, ShanghaiTech University and Tsinghua University
- Hao Wu, Boston Children's Hospital
Sponsorships
Sponsorship opportunities are available;Â contact the wwPDB Foundation for more information.
Organizers
- Celia Schiffer, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Helen M. Berman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey;Â RCSB PDB
- Stephen K. Burley, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey;Â RCSB PDB
- Jeffrey C. Hoch, University of Connecticut;Â BMRB
- Gerard J. Kleywegt, European Bioinformatics Institute;Â PDBe
- Genji Kurisu, Osaka University; PDBj
- John L. Markley, University of Wisconsinâ€"Madison; BMRB
- Sameer Velankar, European Bioinformatics Institute;Â PDBe
- Christine Zardecki, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey;Â RCSB PDB
