Jasmine Young

Biography

The Protein Data Bank (PDB) archive is the single worldwide repository of information about the 3D structures of large biological molecules, including proteins and nucleic acids. These are the molecules of life that are found in all organisms including bacteria, yeast, plants, flies, other animals, and humans. Understanding the shape of a molecule deduce a structure's role in human health and disease, and in drug development. The structures in the archive range from tiny proteins and bits of DNA to complex molecular machines like the ribosome. The PDB archive is available at no cost to users. The PDB archive is updated weekly. The PDB was established in 1971 at Brookhaven National Laboratory under the leadership of Walter Hamilton and originally contained 7 structures. After Hamilton's untimely death, Tom Koetzle began to lead the PDB in 1973, and then Joel Sussman in 1994. Led by Helen M. Berman, the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) became responsible for the management of the PDB in 1998. In 2003, the wwPDB was formed to maintain a single PDB archive of macromolecular structural data that is freely and publicly available to the global community. It consists of organizations that act as deposition, data processing and distribution centers for PDB data. Stephen K. Burley became Director in 2014. In addition, the RCSB PDB supports a website where visitors can perform simple and complex queries on the data, analyze, and visualize the results. Details about the history, function, progress, and future goals of the RCSB PDB can be found in our Annual Reports and Newsletters. The PDB Advisory Notice defines the conditions for using data from the PDB archive. Our Policies & References page describes copyright restrictions on RCSB PDB materials, our privacy policy, and citation information. Data deposition and release policies are available from wwpdb.org. RCSB PDB development follows our Mission, Vision, and Values (PDF). Staff are located at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and the University of California, San Diego. Job listings for open positions are posted online.

Research Interest

Biological Macromolecular Structures