{"id":1302,"date":"2022-02-02T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/materials\/structural-bioinformatics-materials\/day-1\/introduction-to-structural-biology-data\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:30:50","slug":"introduction-to-structural-biology-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/materials\/structural-bioinformatics-materials\/structural-biology-data-and-sequences\/introduction-to-structural-biology-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to structural biology data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trainer:<\/strong> Jennifer Fleming, Sameer Velankar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/materials\/structural-bioinformatics-materials\/course-organisers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jack Turner<\/a>, Gerard Kleywegt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Overview:<\/strong>&nbsp;In this lecture an introduction is to structural biology data and its role in modern day biosciences is provided, giving historical context to the archiving of macromolecular data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Learning outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of this session you will be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Describe the history of macromolecular data archiving<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>List the major repositories of macromolecular data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Materials<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ftp.ebi.ac.uk\/pub\/training\/2025\/Structural_bioinformatics_2025\/Day_1\/Introduction%20to%20structural%20biology%20data%2027OCT2025.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation slides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Further reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ZTGJ0jx-SNvQQcrjg_fg96H9JJfD585b\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ZTGJ0jx-SNvQQcrjg_fg96H9JJfD585b\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Structural biology data archiving &#8211; where we are and what lies ahead<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fXrLmgyMohmZ0vOpcauSakLdFRoiEkOC\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fXrLmgyMohmZ0vOpcauSakLdFRoiEkOC\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great expectations &#8211; the potential impacts of AlphaFold DB<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yKfyEoj2XGwNnOQzhriuylOmDENydYga\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whither structural biologists?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Mzop_9hBz07i-dpFvH2OKDA964HnJnqS\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Mzop_9hBz07i-dpFvH2OKDA964HnJnqS\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1IjKAoRCRD1xbWkeI7rApGFYqv616Irxs\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1IjKAoRCRD1xbWkeI7rApGFYqv616Irxs\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protein Data Bank: the single global archive for 3D macromolecular structure data<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bR4SA9UJYz7szlkjgh0ZB993S8vTWxtb\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bR4SA9UJYz7szlkjgh0ZB993S8vTWxtb\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Highly accurate protein structure prediction for the human proteome<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1IbeGpWg9BuvWReLeg-kfUbdKOZ0Af_8G\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A paradigm shift in structural biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1QG39Mk7zVUQvyVP1pv0iLg0cm4x5sXGW\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volume EM: a quiet revolution takes shape<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trainer: Jennifer Fleming, Sameer Velankar, Jack Turner, Gerard Kleywegt Overview:&nbsp;In this lecture an introduction is to structural biology data and its role in modern day biosciences is provided, giving historical context to the archiving of macromolecular data. 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