October 30: Structure Summary Pages (Virtual Office Hour; 1-2pm ET, 10-11am PT) Individual PDB structures and Computed Structure Models can be explored through Structure Summary Pages (example) that provide high-level information about the entry, with additional tabs that offer a 3D structure view (Mol*), external structure annotations, experimental information, sequence annotations, genome alignments, ligand quality information and the versioning history of the data files. Tour the features available from these pages at this virtual office hour with RCSB PDB's Rachel Kramer Green. This event will be of interest to all users of PDB data and RCSB.org <http://rcsb.org/>, particularly educators and students interested in feature demonstrations. Please bring your questions and comments to this open discussion. Register: http://go.rutgers.edu/a2ef6b0q <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://go.rutgers.edu/a2ef6b0q&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1761736790452368&usg=AOvVaw0k11AgHNcTxktSjD16mqCi> November 6: Exploring the workhorses of biotechnology: Using RCSB.org <http://rcsb.org/> to analyze plastic-degrading enzymes (Webinar; 1-2pm ET, 10-11am PT) Globally, plastic production has surpassed 8 billion tons, however, less than 10% has been recycled. Plastic has replaced other materials such as wood, metal, and glass due to low production costs, with production continuing at a rapid rate of >400 million tons per year. However, recycling costs for plastic remain high necessitating the development of new recycling technologies. Over the last decade, plastic-degrading enzymes have become a rich area of biotechnology discovery. In this webinar, RCSB PDB's Alison Biester will demonstrate how to use RCSB.org <http://rcsb.org/> tools to explore structures of plastic-degrading enzymes. These tools and the underlying PDB data are critical for advancing the biotechnologies of plastic recycling. After the webinar, users will be able to: - Understand biotechnological approaches for plastic recycling - Harness the power of Advanced Search to identify plastic-degrading PDB structures - Explore sequence-structure relationships using the Sequence Annotations viewer and Mol* - Gain scientific insights from Pairwise Structure Alignment The workshop is intended for: - Researchers and professionals interested in how structural biology can benefit biotechnology - Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in biological sciences - Anyone interested in learning more about RCSB.org <http://rcsb.org/> Register: https://go.rutgers.edu/505kykfk <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://go.rutgers.edu/505kykfk&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1761736790452368&usg=AOvVaw3W-tV9x-FTWXOr7k6upD0T> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHRISTINE ZARDECKI Associate Director, RCSB Protein Data Bank Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway NJ 08854 E: christine.zardecki@rcsb.org RCSB.org <https://rcsb.org/> | linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/rcsb-protein-data-bank> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/RCSBPDB> | twitter <https://twitter.com/buildmodels> | bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/rcsbpdb.bsky.social> | youtube <https://www.youtube.com/user/RCSBProteinDataBank>