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Biophysical Society Celebrates 50 Years of the Protein Data Bank (PDB50)

Established in 1971, the Protein Data Bank (PDB), an archive of macromolecular structural data that is freely and publicly available to the global community, is marking its 50th birthday this year. In celebration, BPS will host a virtual symposium on October 6, 2021, highlighting some of the high-impact applications of protein structural data, with a particular focus on the areas of structure prediction and membrane protein biophysics. Gaetano T. Montelione, joined by RCSB PDB Director Stephen K. Burley and Director Emerita Helen M. Berman, are organizing this commemorative event.

Organizers

  • Helen M. Berman, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey and RCSB Protein Data Bank, USA
  • Stephen K. Burley, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey and RCSB Protein Data Bank, USA
  • Gaetano T. Montelione, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Speakers

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David Baker

University of Washington, USA   
The Coming of Age of De Novo Protein Design

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Helen M. Berman

Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey and RCSB Protein Data Bank, USA
The First 50 Years of the Protein Data Bank
 

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Stephen K. Burley

Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey and RCSB Protein Data Bank, USA
Looking Ahead to the Next 50 Years of the Protein Data Bank

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Jue Chen

Rockefeller University and HHMI, USA
 ABC Transporters: Molecular Pumps Powered by ATP
 

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John Jumper

DeepMind, Inc, United Kingdom   
Highly Accurate Protein Structure Prediction with AlphaFold
 

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Rod MacKinnon

Rockefeller University and HHMI, USA
The Incredible Diversity of K+ Channels

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Ruth Nussinov

NIH, USA, and Tel Aviv University, Israel
Unraveling Oncogenic Mechanisms and Signaling with Structures 

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Christine Orengo

University College London, United Kingdom
Enriching the Evolutionary and Functional Insights Enabled by Structural Data from the PDB