DNA Day 2014: April 25

04/22

NHGRI's National DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project and the discovery of DNA's double helix. It's also a day for students, teachers, and the public to learn more about genetics and genomics.

Celebrate by:

• Creating a paper model of DNA (available from PDB-101's Educational Resources in English and Spanish)
• Visiting the National Human Genome Research Institute's DNA Day website for teaching tools, a chatroom, and webcasts
• Extracting DNA in your own kitchen (strawberries recommended; you can pound them in a plastic bag instead of using the  blender)
• Reading the original 1953 publications relating to the discovery and learning about the scientists involved at NPG's Double Helix: 50 years of DNA
• Watching the NSF's Chalk Talk: DNA
• Exploring Molecule of the Month features on DNA, Designed DNA Crystal, DNA Polymerase, and more at PDB-101

Build PDB-101's paper model of DNA

News Index

• 12/30 Happy Holidays

• 12/23 ADIT To Be Retired for Depositions from X-ray Crystallography

• 12/23 Congratulations to 2014 Poster Prize Winners

• 12/16 Contact Customer Services with Questions and Feedback

• 12/09 Save References to Mendeley and Endnote

• 12/09 Inclusion of Large Structures in the PDB Archive

• 12/02 World AIDS Day Symposium

• 12/02 Join the RCSB PDB Team

• 12/02 Art of Science on Display

• 11/25 Dr Frank Allen 1944-2014

• 11/25 ADIT To Be Retired for Depositions from X-ray Crystallography

• 11/18 RCSB PDB Software Shared on GitHub

• 11/11 RCSB PDB Reference in the Top 100

• 11/11 New Website Release

• 11/04 Join the Conversation

• 10/28 Membrane Query and Annotation

• 10/28 Web Services for Accessing PDB Data

• 10/21 Comparison Tool for Exploring Sequence and Structure Alignments

• 10/14 Upcoming Meeting: SACNAS

• 10/07 Fall Newsletter Published

• 09/30 Map Structures to Sequences with Protein Feature View

• 09/23 Paper Published: RCSB PDB Mobile

• 09/16 Exploring Structure Quality

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

• 09/02 Take the PDB-101 Survey

• 09/02 Join the RCSB PDB Team

• 08/26 Poster Prize Awarded at ISMB

• 08/26 Announcement: Meeting on Hybrid Methods

• 08/19 Poster Prize Awarded at IUCr

• 08/12 New Website Release

• 08/05 wwPDB Events at IUCr (August 5-12)

• 07/29 Personalize the RCSB PDB

• 07/22 Explore PDB Structures by Browsing Annotations

• 07/15 RCSB PDB Leadership Transition

• 07/08 Summer Newsletter Published

• 07/01 Quick Tour of Search Results

• 06/24 Depositing Data? Use the wwPDB Deposition & Annotation System

• 06/17 HIV Video Challenge Awards

• 06/10 Poster Prize Awarded at ACA

• 06/10 Papers Published

• 06/03 Vote Now!

• 05/27 RCSB PDB Mobile for iOS and Android

• 05/20 Special Events in Albuquerque at ACA 2014

• 05/20 Art of Science Travels to Paris, France

• 05/13 PDB Reaches 100,000

• 05/13 Molecular Machinery Update

• 05/06 Video Challenge for High School Students

• 04/29 New Website Release

• 04/22 Visit the USA Science and Engineering Festival Expo on April 26 & 27

• 04/22 DNA Day 2014: April 25

• 04/15 Resources for High School Video Challenge

• 04/08 Spring Newsletter Published

• 04/01 Build a Model of GFP

• 04/01 Our Best Wishes to Phil

• 03/25 Learn How to Create Molecular Animations

• 03/25 The Art of Systems Biology and Nanoscience

• 03/18 Visit the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering on March 22

• 03/11 Author Profiles: Timeline Display of a Researcher's Structures

• 03/11 Meet the RCSB PDB Team

• 03/04 Membrane Query and Annotation

• 02/25 Video Challenge for High School Students

• 02/18 Releasing Structures on Hold for Publication

• 02/11 Find PDB Structures with Protein Purification Tags

• 02/04 Tour of Ligand Deposition

• 01/28 Binding Site Visualization

• 01/21 Big Picture on Proteins

• 01/14 RapiData 2014

• 01/14 Teacher Workshop in Boulder, Colorado

• 01/07 Winter Newsletter Published