Crash Course: Understanding PDB Validation

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific


Access course video recordings and materials at PDB-101


Learn about primary PDB structure quality metrics, including those in the validation slider graphic; how PDB structure quality varies across the archive; and identify good structure(s) for research from RCSB.org.

Who should attend?

Professionals and graduate students interested in learning about strategies to take full advantage of PDB data in the fields of:

  • Structural biology
  • Cheminformatics and computational chemistry
  • Bioinformatics and computational biology

Journal article reviewers and editors will also benefit from this webinar.

After the seminar, users will:

  • Know about the primary PDB structure quality metrics
  • Understand PDB structure quality varies across the archive
  • Know how to identify good structure(s) for research from RCSB.org

Questions? Please contact info@rcsb.org

This Crash Course is organized by RCSB PDB and Rutgers Institure for Quantitative Biomedicine.