Use PDB data to their full extent: Understanding PDBx/mmCIF 

Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 | 1:00 PM EDT 

Registration: go.rutgers.edu/u3vpwjet <https://go.rutgers.edu/u3vpwjet> 


* This RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB) virtual course will be broadcast on Zoom. 
Please fill out the registration form to receive the Zoom link. Registration 
will be available online from March 1, 2023 to May 3, 2023. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

Understand the basics of PDBx/mmCIF data dictionary and file format that 
underpin archiving of more than 200,000 experimentally determined 
three-dimensional biostructures in the PDB. Learn about software tools for 
generating and working with PDBx/mmCIF files, and programmatic access for 
harvesting PDB data. Main topics: 

 * PDBx/mmCIF format description and examples 
 * PDBx/mmCIF data model 
 * Software tools for generating, editing, and visualizing PDBx/mmCIF files 
 * PDBx/mmCIF dictionary extensions, including ModelCIF for computed 
   structure models (CSM) from AI/ML 
 * Parsing data from PDBx/mmCIF files for your research 



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 



PROGRAM | Download Printable Program 
<https://iqb.rutgers.edu/sites/iqb.rutgers.edu/files/crashcourses/mmCIF-crash-course.pdf>
 


1:00–1:10 PM Welcome
Stephen K. Burley, M.D., D.Phil. 
Director, RCSB PDB and Founding Director, 
Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers University 

1:10–1:25 PM Introduction and course objectives 
Gregg Crichlow, Ph.D., RCSB PDB, Rutgers University

1:25–1:45 PM PDBx/mmCIF format - Not your parents’ legacy PDB format 
Ezra Peisach, Ph.D., RCSB PDB, Rutgers University 

1:45–2:05 PM PDBx/mmCIF data files - Lifting the lid off the black box 
Brian Hudson, Ph.D., RCSB PDB, Rutgers University 

2:05–2:50 PM Programmatic data access and analysis using PDBx/mmCIF files 
Irina Persikova, Ph.D. and Chenghua Shao, Ph.D., 
RCSB PDB, Rutgers University 

2:50–3:00 PM Closing remarks and acknowledgements 
Stephen K. Burley, M.D., D.Phil. 


Development and management of the PDBx/mmCIF data dictionary is a collaborative 
effort involving RCSB PDB, Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB, wwPDB.org 
<http://www.wwpdb.org/>) partners, and members of the wwPDB PDBx/mmCIF Working 
Group (wwpdb.org/task/mmcif <https://www.wwpdb.org/task/mmcif>). 


CO-ORGANIZERS 

RCSB PDB Biocurators: Gregg Crichlow, Justin Flatt, Sutapa Ghosh, Brian Hudson, 
Yuhe Liang, Ezra Peisach, Irina Persikova, Monica Sekharan, Chenghua Shao, 
Jasmine Young 
(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey). 


QUESTIONS

Contact Michelle Sanghera [email protected] 

 
CO-SPONSORS 

RCSB Protein Data Bank 
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RCSB PDB is supported by grants from the NSF (DBI-1832184), the US DoE 
(DE-SC0019749), and the NIH (R01GM133198). 
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iqb.rutgers.edu <https://iqb.rutgers.edu/>

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