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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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Cryo-EM structure of human cannabinoid receptor 2-Gi complex with agonist '1029
Cryo-EM structure of human cannabinoid receptor 2-Gi complex with agonist '5249
Consensus map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 60S
Focused map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 60S
In situ structure of mouse urate oxidase assembly with helical symmetry applied
Foucused_map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 60S and cycloheximide (CHX)
Consensus map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 60S and cycloheximide (CHX)
Consensus map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 80S and initiator tRNA
Focused map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 80S (focused on tRNA-like structure)
Focused map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 80S and initiator tRNA
Cryo-EM structure of ATTRA97S amyloid fibrils extracted from patient-derived abdominal adipose biopsy tissue.
Focused map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 80S (focused on 40S head)
cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 80S
cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 80S and initiator tRNA
Consensus map for cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 80S
cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 60S
cryoEM structure of tobacco mosaic virus tRNA-like structure complexed with tobacco 60S and cycloheximide (CHX)
Cryo-EM structure of Congo Red-bound ATTRA97S amyloid fibrils extracted from patient-derived abdominal adipose biopsy tissu
Cryo-EM structure of ThS-bound ATTRA97S amyloid fibrils extracted from patient-derived abdominal adipose biopsy tissue.
Human mitoribosome bound to TACO1 (Translational activator of COX1), mRNA, A/A-, P/P- and (partial) E/E-tRNAs
Cryo-EM structure of the LB_DQB0303_A Fab - HLA-DQB1*03:03/DQA1*02:01 human alloantibody-HLA complex
Cryo-EM structure of the LB_DQB0602_B Fab - HLA-DQB1*06:02/DQA1*01:02 human alloantibody-HLA complex
Cryo-EM composite structure of 70S ribosome of marine cold bacterium Pseudoalteromonas translucida (P. haloplanktis)TAC125.
Cryo-EM structure of the LB_DQB0301_A Fab - HLA-DQB1*03:01/DQA1*05:02 human alloantibody-HLA complex
Salmonella Flagellar Export Gate with FlhB in the context of the intact basal body
Salmonella Flagellar Export Apparatus (FliPQR/FlhB/FlhA) in the context of the intact basal body
Salmonella Flagellar Export Apparatus FlhA transmembrane domain nonamer in the context of the intact basal body
Cryo-EM Structure of the Type III-Bv CRISPR Complex from Dissulfurispira thermophila bound to target RNA with complementary PFS
Cryo-EM structure of ternary complex NSD2-PWWP1:CRBN:DDB1 in complex with NSD2-LDD, an LDD degrader
Cryo-EM Structure of the Type III-Bv CRISPR Complex from Dissulfurispira thermophila bound to target RNA with non-complementary PFS
Focused refinement map of hM4Di(GRANPA) in complex with mGsI and diphenhydramine
Latent-state loperamide-mu opioid receptor-Gi GDPbS complex (rebound) - Consensus map
Cryo-EM Structure of the Type III-Bv CRISPR Complex from Dissulfurispira thermophila bound to a crRNA
Cryo-EM structure of the monomeric HIV-2 Vif-human APOBEC3H-CBFbeta complex
Cryo-EM structure of the dimeric HIV-2 Vif-human APOBEC3H-CBFbeta complex
CryoEM structure of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus MoFeP (C2 symmetry)
CryoEM structure of heterologous nitrogenase complex (2:1 G. diazotrophicus-FeP:A. vinelandii-MoFeP) inhibited by BeFx (C2 symmetry)
CryoEM structure of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus nitrogenase complex (2:1 FeP:MoFeP) inhibited by BeFx (C2 symmetry)
CryoEM structure of Heterologous nitrogenase complex (2:1 A. vinelandii-FeP:G. diazotrophicus-MoFeP) inhibited by BeFx (C2 symmetry)
asymmetric unit of bacteriophage LUZ19 head computed in I4 symmetry
portal - core interface of bacteriophage LUZ19 computed in C4 symmetry
Portal and adaptor protein of bacteriophage LUZ19 computed in C12 symmetry
middle core protein of bacteriophage LUZ19 computed in C8 symmetry
cap and middle core protein of bacteriophage LUZ19 computed in C4 symmetry
RNA polymerase II bound to Gdown1 and RPAP2 (Gdown1 N-terminus map)
Cryo-EM structure of the mitochondrial NCLX in its trimeric state
Cryo-EM structure of the mitochondrial NCLX in its monomeric state
Cryo-EM structure of human histone deacetylase 6 tandem catalytic domain (HDAC6 CD1-2)
BC-BCCP/CT-BCCP domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pyruvate carboxylase- local refinement
RNA polymerase II bound to Gdown1 and RPAP2 (Gdown1 C-terminus map)
Characterization standard for in-situ cryo-electron tomography: structure of PP7 virus-like-particle in E. coli from plunge freezing (partial dataset)
Characterization standard for in-situ cryo-electron tomography: structure of PP7 virus-like-particle in E. coli from high-pressure freezing and FIB-milling (full dataset)
Characterization standard for in-situ cryo-electron tomography: structure of PP7 virus-like-particle in E. coli from plunge freezing (full dataset)
Characterization standard for in-situ cryo-electron tomography: structure of PP7 virus-like-particle in E. coli from high-pressure freezing and FIB-milling (partial dataset)
R0-state of wild type human mitochondrial LONP1 protease bound to endogenous ADP
Locally refined cryo-EM structure of human cannabinoid receptor 2 with agonist '5249