Head Back to School with PDB-101

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Learn about the structure and function of tRNA by building a paper model in this new PDB-101 activity.

The PDB-101 website packages together resources that promote exploration in the world of proteins and nucleic acids for teachers, students, and the general public.  Major topics include:

• Author Profiles are a unique historical and educational tool that display a timeline of the structures associated with a particular researcher.  Example profiles and searches for authors and structural genomics centers are available.

• Educational Resources and materials, including posters, animations, and classroom lessons. Recently, a tRNA-building activity was added to the list of available activities.

• Molecule of the Month articles describe the structure and function of a molecule, offer interactive views and discussion topics, and links to specialized pages to help explore specific example structures.  Each feature can be accessed from a pull-down menu or from the archive.

• Structural View of Biology. Built around the Molecule of the Month series, this feature promotes a top-down exploration of the PDB. Readers can travel through high-level functional categories (such as Protein Synthesis and Health and Disease) and descriptive subcategories (like Replication or Immune System) to access relevant articles that describe molecules in simple terms and provide specific examples.

• Understanding PDB Data is a reference to help explore and interpret individual PDB entries. Broad topics include how to understand PDB data, how to visualize structures, how to read coordinate files, and potential challenges to exploring the archive.

To enter this educational view of the RCSB PDB, click on the blackboard PDB-101 logo or its related widget in the left-hand menu. This view offers easy navigation: select any Molecule of the Month article from the top bar menu or mouse over the upper-left PDB-101 pulldown menu to jump to other sections. Select the blue RCSB PDB logo from the top of the page at any time to return to the main website.

News Index

• 12/25 Happy Holidays

• 12/18 Join the RCSB PDB Team

• 12/18 Papers Published

• 12/11 Announcement: Meeting on Hybrid Methods

• 12/11 Map PDB Structures to Full-length Protein Sequences

• 12/04 Advanced Search: Multiple ID Search

• 11/27 World AIDS Day: December 1

• 11/27 MyPDB: Keep up-to-date with new structures... automatically!

• 11/20 Take our quick survey

• 11/20 Educational Activities and Lessons

• 11/13 Ligand Searching

• 11/13 Take our quick survey

• 11/06 Explore Gallery View of Search Results

• 10/30 Improved Drug Searches and Annotations

• 10/23 New Website Release

• 10/16 Explore the Structural Biology of HIV

• 10/16 Nobel Prize Awarded for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors

• 10/09 Fall Newsletter Published

• 10/02 Turn Your Computer into a PDB Structure Kiosk

• 10/02 Advanced Search: Sequence Motif

• 09/25 Explore PDB Data Overviews

• 09/18 High Resolution Images at the RCSB PDB

• 09/11 Poster Prize Awarded at ECM

• 09/11 Customized Home Page: Structure Comparison Tool

• 09/04 Head Back to School with PDB-101

• 08/28 Smart Searching with the Top Bar Suggestion Box

• 08/21 Poster Prize Awarded at ACA

• 08/21 Download RCSB PDB Mobile for the iPhone/iPad

• 08/14 Poster Prize Awarded at ISMB

• 08/14 Improved Ligand Reports

• 08/07 Build complex queries with Advanced Search

• 07/31 Protein Society Annual Symposium

• 07/31 Prepare data for deposition with pdb_extract and SF-Tool

• 07/24 Upcoming Meeting: ACA

• 07/17 Different Ways To Explore New Entries

• 07/10 ISMB and 3DSIG Meetings

• 07/10 Summer Newsletter Published

• 07/03 Author Profiles: Timeline Display of a Researcher's Structures

• 06/26 Latest Website Release

• 06/19 National Protein Modeling Champions

• 06/19 Personalize the RCSB PDB with MyPDB

• 06/12 Top Bar SMILES String Searching

• 06/05 Molecule of the Month reaches 150

• 05/29 Tour the PDB with Drill-down Pie Charts

• 05/22 Domain-based Structural Alignments

• 05/15 New Poster: Virus Structures

• 05/08 Customized Home Page: Sequence Search

• 05/08 Bookmark and Post Webpages

• 05/01 Latest Website Release

• 04/24 Create a Collage of Structures

• 04/24 Rutgers Day (April 28)

• 04/17 Exhibiting at Experimental Biology

• 04/17 DNA Day 2012: April 20

• 04/10 Spring Newsletter Published

• 04/03 Depositing Structures with Ligands

• 03/27 Browse the PDB by GO Terms, EC Number, Source Organism, and More

• 03/20 J.P. Stevens HS Wins NJ Protein Modeling Event

• 03/20 Visit the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering on March 24

• 03/13 PDBMobile and iOS 5.1

• 03/13 Preview New 3D Similarity Tab

• 03/13 Sound Science

• 03/06 Explore a Structural View of Biology at PDB-101

• 02/28 Visualize Molecular Surfaces with Protein Workshop

• 02/21 New Structures Widget

• 02/21 Visit the Biomolecular Discovery Dome at Biophysical Society

• 02/14 Ligand Summary Pages

• 02/07 Free Webinar and Updated Tutorial

• 02/07 Volunteer Structures For Foldit

• 01/31 Free Webinar on How to use the RCSB PDB

• 01/31 Announcement: Meeting on Hybrid Methods

• 01/24 Newsletter Published

• 01/17 NJ Science Olympiad Protein Modeling Results

• 01/10 Web Services for Accessing PDB Data

• 01/03 Annual Report Published