The Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) is a public repository for cryogenic-sample Electron Microscopy (cryoEM) volumes and representative tomograms of macromolecular complexes and subcellular structures. It covers a variety of techniques, including single-particle analysis, helical reconstruction, electron tomography, subtomogram averaging, and electron crystallography. More...

As of 11 March 2026, EMDB contains 55205 entries (latest entries, trends).

EMDB News

  • Publication: Chart builder: an interactive tool for user driven data visualization in the electron microscopy data bank. Fonseca N et al. (2026) Front. Bioinform. doi: 10.3389/fbinf.2026.1763403

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  • With this week's update, the PDB now contains a record 250,441 entries! This milestone is reached thanks to the efforts and contributions of the entire structural biology community. How many cryoEM structures have you deposited?

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  • The EMDB and wwPDB have reached a historic milestone, releasing 10,000 EMDB entries in a single year!

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