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News & Announcements

10/31/2024

wwPDB to deprecate FTP download protocol in the PDB archive

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10/29/2024

The wwPDB Foundation made an award to Aubrey Putansu at The Protein Society meeting for An Expanded Integrator Sensor Motif for GPCR Ligand Detection

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10/22/2024

The wwPDB Foundation awarded Zaighum Abbas at the Latin American Crystallographic Association Meeting for The Role of SEPT7 in Magnaporthe oryzae: Structural Insights and Functional Implications

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