Structural bioinformatics provides methods and tools to analyse, predict, archive and validate the three-dimensional (3D) structure data of biomacromolecules such as proteins, RNA or DNA. The specific 3D shapes of macromolecules allow them to perform many functions within cells. Understanding their structures is therefore crucial for understanding the interactions and functions of cells, which in turn opens up potential for innovations in biotechnology and drug development.

The 3D-BioInfo Community is concerned with improving the ontologies and validation tools for enabling better integration of the data and methods for analysing and predicting protein structures and their complexes.

This series of 10 webinars is organised by the ELIXIR 3D Bioinfo Community and will present the 5 major aims of the community around protein structural annotations, protein complexes, protein ligand interactions, protein nucleic acid interactions and protein engineering. The webinars will also highlight recent developments towards meeting these aims. 

June 29th 2021, 15.00 CEST

FAIR Infrastructure for protein structural and functional annotations (3D-BioInfo Activity I)

Speakers:
1. Sameer Velankar, PDBe at EBI    Overview of the 3D-Beacons project (15+5 min)

1. Ian Sillitoe, UCL                          3D-Beacons client and API (Ian 15+5 min)

2. Gerardo Tauriello                        Model quality (Gerardo 15+5 min)

20 July 2021

17 August 2021

21 September 2021

19 October 2021

16 November 2021