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EMBL-EBI Publishes Impact Report
June 4, 2026
All EMBL-EBI data resources together lead to an estimated £11.8bn/year in research productivity gains. These data also drive developments in technologies like AlphaFold, cryoSPARC and modelAngelo. We are privileged to be part of that. Read about the report and case studies here >
EMDB Chart Builder
March 9, 2026
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
PDB Reaches a New Milestone
March 6, 2026
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?
10,000 Entries in a Year
January 23, 2026
The EMDB and wwPDB have reached a historic milestone, releasing 10,000 EMDB entries in a single year!
3DEM Structure-Map Validation
August 20, 2025
Q-score as a reliability measure for protein, nucleic acid and small-molecule atomic coordinate models derived from 3DEM maps
Grigore Pintilie, Chenghua Shao, Zhe Wang, Brian P Hudson, Justin W Flatt, Michael F Schmid, Kyle L Morris, Stephen K Burley, Wah Chiu. (2025) Acta Cryst D81: 410-422 doi: 10.1107/S2059798325005923
EMBL-EBI Impact Analysis Survey
July 28, 2025
A total of 2,540 respondants took the time to fill in this EMBL-EBI survey. We will learn how EMDB and other services like EMPIAR and PDB help you and this will help EMBL-EBI make the case for why open data resources are critical to life science research. Thank you for the incredible number of responses.
EMDB has officially been elevated to a Core Data Resource by ELIXIR
January 6, 2024
We are delighted to share that EMDB has officially been elevated to a Core Data Resource by ELIXIR, recognising it as a European data resource of fundamental importance to the wider life-science community and the long-term preservation of biological data.
EMDB Nucleic Acids Research paper
November 23, 2023
We are happy to share the most recent version of the EMDB Nucleic Acids Research paper. The paper describes recent developments and future plans of the EMDB in the context of the worldwide Protein Data Bank. Check it out now! https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad1019
EMDB Now Provides Metadata in mmCIF Format
October 4, 2023
We are now providing the metadata for all EMDB entries in mmCIF files as well as the existing XML format! For more details see wwPDB news.
Kyle Morris Appointed New EMDB Team Leader
October 2, 2023
Kyle Morris has joined the EMDB as our new team leader! Kyle brings 10 years of first-hand experience in cryoEM to our team, from his own research, as well as work in imaging and structural biology facilities.
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C. difficile phage phiCD508 tail tube in spontaneously contracted state
C. difficile phage phiCD508 tail sheath in spontaneously contracted state
Amyloid beta oligomer Interactions with Extracellular Vesicles by Cryo-ET
AMG986-bound APLNR dimer in active state 2b in complex with Gi-protein
AMG986-bound APLNR dimer in active state 2a in complex with Gi-protein
Cryo-EM structure of drosophila TRPgamma determined in GDN, state 1
Cryo-EM structure of drosophila TRPgamma determined in GDN, state 2
Cryo-EM structure of two abaucin-bound LolDF in Acinetobacter baumannii
Cryo-EM structure of nucleotide-free LolDF in Acinetobacter baumannii
Cryo-EM structure of four abaucin-bound LolDF in Acinetobacter baumannii
Cryo-EM structure of Medicago truncatula GA3-GID1b-DELLA1 ternary complex
Cryo-EM structure of quinary complex GA3-MtGID1b-MtDELLA1-SLY1-ASK1
Cryo-EM structure of Leu-enkephalin-BMS-986187-bound DOR-Gi2 complex
The receptor local map of asimadoline-BMS-986187-bound KOR-Gi1 complex
The receptor local map of Leu-enkephalin-BMS-986187-bound DOR-Gi complex
The Gi protein local map of Leu-enkephalin-BMS-986187-bound DOR-Gi complex
Cryo-EM Structure of YfdQ Reveals a Widespread Novel Family of Bacteriophage-Associated Proteins with Shell-Like Assemblies
Structure of the human astrovirus VA1 capsid spike bound to antibody 7C8
Structure of the human astrovirus VA1 capsid spike bound to antibody 2A2
Structure of the Bombyx mori bmCENP-HIKM-LN-T-OP complex without the CS module
The dimeric KICSTOR-GATOR1 supercomplex (constitutive GATOR1 dimer, SZT2 fragment)
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-B (eIF2B) bound to phosphorylated eIF2alpha (NTD)
BG505 MD39.3 Env gp151 MPER nanodisc in complex with DH511.2, BG18, and VRC01 Fabs
Nipah virus fusion protein ectodomain in complex with 8C7 antibody fab
Hendra virus fusion protein ectodomain in complex with 9A9 antibody fab
Structure of human TRPV3-Q580P Olmsted syndrome mutant in the closed state
Light chain amyloidosis double protofilament amyloid fibril - IGLV6-57
Refined plasminogen binding group A streptococcus M-like protein isolate from AP53 bound to human plasminogen
CryoEM structure of WNV (Kunjin strain) with the Fab of WNV-86 antibody
Cryo-EM structure of HAdV-C6 hexon trimer in complex with human coagulation factor X (FX)
Cryo-EM structure of HAdV-C5 hexon trimer in complex with human coagulation factor X (FX)
Cryo-EM structure of HAdV-C6 hexon trimer in complex with prothrombin (FII)
RRr20_wk72_07 Fab in complex with BG505 MD39 SOSIP and RM20A3 Fab
RQd20_wk56_28 Fab in complex with V703-0537_L14 SOSIP and 3BNC117 Fab
RVz20_wk72_08 Fab in complex with BG505 MD39 SOSIP and RM20A3 Fab
Hedgehog coronavirus ErinCoV-12-19 spike receptor binding domain in complex with hedgehog APN (locally refined)
Hedgehog coronavirus ErinCoV-Ger12 spike receptor binding domain in complex with hedgehog APN (locally refined)
Hedgehog coronavirus ErinCoV-Ger12 spike receptor binding domain in complex with hedgehog APN
Hedgehog coronavirus ErinCoV-12-19 spike receptor binding domain in complex with hedgehog APN
CryoEM map of Yeast RNA polymerase II elongation complex apo-state-I-A
CryoEM map of Yeast RNA polymerase II elongation complex apo-state-I-B
Structure of Yeast RNA polymerase II elongation complex apo-state-I
Structure of Yeast RNA polymerase II elongation complex with NTP-state-VII-A
Structure of Yeast RNA polymerase II elongation complex with NTP-state-VII-C
Characterization standard for in-situ cryo-electron tomography: structure of PP7 virus-like-particle in E. coli from plunge freezing by single particle analysis
Subtomogram averaged porcine UOX assembly map with helical symmetry applied
Subtomogram averaged mouse UOX assembly map with helical symmetry applied
Tomogram of mouse liver tissue containning urate oxidase assembly
Subtomogram averaged rat UOX assembly map with helical symmetry applied
15-subunit assembly of cyanide dihydratase from Stutzerimonas stutzeri (Pseudomonas stutzeri AK1)
Dark-state structure of human medium-wavelength cone opsin (OPN1MW)
Assembly intermediate of human mitochondrial ribosome small subunit in complex with NOA1, ERAL1, METTL17, MCAT and TFB1M (state N1)
Structure of the O-oligosaccharyl transferase PglL from Neisseria meningitidis in complex with a nanobody
Cryo-ET structure of N-terminally truncated membrane-bound EHD2 complex
Cryo-EM structure of the SbmA V102G mutant variant in an expanded outward-open conformation
Structure of the SARS-CoV spike glycoprotein in complex with a homotrimeric Bicycle molecule - state with one RBD-up
Cryo-EM structure of the human potassium chloride cotransporter T906A/T1007A phospho-knockout mutants KCC2b bound ATP in LMNG (outward-facing state, dimer)
CryoEM structure of WIV1 spike monomer in complex with neutralizing antibody V1WT_41
CryoEM structure of WIV1 spike monomer in complex with neutralizing antibody V1WT_06
CryoEM structure of WIV1 spike monomer in complex with neutralizing antibody VA14_26
GT-C O-Mannosyltransferase TMEM260 co-purified with natural donor and in complex with acceptor peptide
Structure of a stalled E. coli 70S RNC-NuoK-70 in complex with SecYEG-YidC (Focused Refinement)
Structure of a stalled E. coli 70S RNC-NuoK-70 in complex with SecYEG-YidC (Consensus Refinement)
Structure of a stalled E. coli 70S RNC-NuoK-86 in complex with SecYEG (Consensus Refinement)
Extended tail of C. difficile phage phiCD508 subjected to 3D variability analysis