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Congratulations to Emily Schaffter (Clark University) for Differential Interactions between Calmodulin and the IQ Motifs of the HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligases UBE3B and UBE3C» 11/25/2025Video: Immunology and Cancer
Visit PDB-101 to watch a three-part series exploring the cellular and molecular details of the human immune response to cancer. Now available in English and Spanish.» 11/17/2025Poster Prizes Awarded at LACA
Congratulations to Miguel Arbeláez (University of São Paulo and National University of Colombia) and Francisco Patrick Ferreira da Silva (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil)» 11/12/2025PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of nutrition.» 11/11/2025Education Corner: Cambridge Structural Database
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