title: The Protein Data Bank at 40: reflecting on the past to prepare for the future.
abstract: A symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Protein Data Bank archive (PDB), organized by the Worldwide Protein Data Bank, was held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) October 28-30, 2011. PDB40's distinguished speakers highlighted four decades of innovation in structural biology, from the early era of structural determination to future directions for the field.
authors.affiliation: RCSB PDB, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. berman@rcsb.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kleywegt
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Markley
mesh_terms: D030562:Databases, Protein / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*