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SBGrid presentation at USNC/Cr

Published: March 7, 2022

We're looking forward to presenting in the upcoming USNC/Cr workshop series - Exploring Structural Database Use in Crystallography - where we'll introduce attendees to the tools and services available to SBGrid Consortium members: …

Developer Tale: Resolution solutions

Published: Feb. 25, 2022

A childhood gift of a microscope appears in the origin stories of many scientists, but usually it’s the seen object, with its startling new clarity, that inspires life-long curiosity. For Willy Wriggers, the …

SBGrid Spring Webinar Mini-Series - CryoEM of membrane proteins: from sample to structure

Published: Feb. 24, 2022

We're excited to announce a new webinar mini-series starting March 15th - CryoEM of membrane proteins: from sample to structure - with a terrific group of speakers including opening and closing keynotes from …

SBGrid Webinar Series

Updated: Nov. 12, 2021

Join us for our Software Webinar Series - Tuesdays at 12pm ET - to hear from software developers about what's new in structural biology. Community members connect via Zoom. Subscribe to SBGridTV to …

BioGrids for SBGrid Users Tutorial

Published: Nov. 5, 2021

For SBGrid users who are already familiar with the SBGrid software installation platform, members may opt-in in to include the BioGrids software stack in their installation. BioGrids in an SBGrid-style collection of ~ …

User Tale: Of enzymes and membranes

Published: Oct. 28, 2021

When people see the results of blood tests that predict their risk for heart disease and stroke, they may exclaim “egads!” Maybe they should say “DGAT!” instead, especially when they look at their …

User Tale: Step-by-step

Published: Sept. 26, 2021

From the viewpoint of her undergraduate classmates at University of Amsterdam, Gabby Rudenko might as well have been relocating to Siberia when she sought training in protein structure at the northern tip of …

User Tale: Moving muscle

Published: July 26, 2021

The parents of Montserrat Samso could not have predicted the symmetry of her name and her future work as a scientist. She is named for a large geologic structure near Barcelona where she …

Developer Tale: Particle catcher

Published: June 28, 2021

If insects had horror movies, one of the scariest would feature tiny monsters. The grisly drama would spotlight the real-life threat to insects from young threadworms, smaller than eyelashes, and their symbiotic gut …

User Tale: Designer drugs

Published: Feb. 25, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has schooled scientists in unexpected ways. Ho Leung Ng, for example, was surprised to learn coronavirus infections are common and often fatal in cats. “I’m more of a dog person,” …

User Tale: Right place, right time

Published: Jan. 29, 2021

As a kid, Ernesto Fuentes lived in Brazil just long enough to stock up on the soccer skills he now shares with his kids. His affinity for structural biology may have arisen at …

User Tale: Shape-shifting secrets of membranes

Published: Nov. 27, 2020

The story of how a viral protein meets a cell membrane has become a compelling narrative during the COVID-19 pandemic. James Hurley at University of California, Berkeley, understands the appeal better than most …

SBGrid / University of Otago Webinar Series

Published: Nov. 12, 2020

Many thanks to all who joined our most recent mini-series - Cryo-electron microscopy: from Sample to Structure - hosted in collaboration with Prof. Kurt Krause of University of Otago, Prof. Piotr Sliz of …

User Tale: Enzymatic action

Published: Sept. 28, 2020

Inside cells, DNA is coiled around histone proteins, making spools of nucleosomes. Cynthia Wolberger studies the molecular machines that unwrap the chromatin packing to transcribe or repair genes. The structures reveal complicated biological …

User Tale: Rules of motion

Published: July 31, 2020

Priyamvada Acharya studies how proteins on the surface of HIV move to invade cells and evade the immune system. For many years her research has been focused on the HIV-1 envelope (Env), a …

User Tale: Cosmic Squared

Published: June 27, 2020

As one of best selling games of all time, Minecraft and its spinoffs are familiar to hundreds of millions of dedicated fans. But few people know about the video game’s legacy in cryo-electron …

User Tale: Kaps are Cool

Updated: April 29, 2020

Three weeks after most research on campus was paused in the first wave of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic, Yuh Min Chook learned that a cancer drug her group helped develop was going into …

User Tale: Spiraling into focus

Updated: March 30, 2020

Some things take time and patience. Like generating higher atomic resolution structures from cryo-electron microscopy. Or reconstructing a protein’s hidden coils in atomic models. Or mastering the skills and teamwork in field hockey. …

OS Alerts: Mac Catalina 10.15 and CentOS 8

Updated: March 25, 2020

We've got a couple of operating system alerts for those of you looking to buy new computers or update existing Mac or Linux machines: SBGrid is not compatible with MacOS 10.15 "Catalina without …

User Tale: Seeing cilia

Published: Feb. 27, 2020

For sports buffs, the end of winter ushers in a new season of competitive delights. Alan Brown’s spring thoughts turn to Formula One and the pre-season test runs of new designs and rampant …