Success Story: Web-based Bioinformatics

• Formed the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB)

  • Rutgers University
  • UC San Diego
  • NIST

• RCSB acquired the Protein Data Bank

  • International archive of biological macromolecules (ᡂ,000 entries)

• Discovery/development of medications, catalysts, chemical separations, sensors

• Web-based tools for analysis, submission

• NIST responsibility - data uniformity, master archive, experimental techniques

PDB Hits - Approaching

One Million Per Month!

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