Group meetings, funding, new members and other news about the PCDDB
1 January 2020PCDDB Upgraded and successful server upgrade
The PCDDB website gets updated with a new look and a number of new features. The PCDDB is also migrated to an upgraded server
18 November 2019ELIXIR Biohackathon 2019
Sergio Gomes Ramalli attends the 2019 Biohackathon in paris, with the objective of improving the interoperability of the core intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) resources		ELIXIR Biohackathon
1 September 2018Sergio Gomes Ramalli joins the PCDDB team
Sergio Gomes Ramalli joins the PCDDB team as lead developer and a research assistant		Website
31 May 2018Farewell Dr Lee
Dr. Lee Whitmore, the developer of the PCDDB and the DichroWeb server, who has worked with the Wallace/Janes groups on tools for CD spectroscopy for the past 15 years, has left Birkbeck and the project on 31 May 2018. He has not only provided advice and information to users online but has also been a major participant/lecturer in CD meetings and workshops in the UK and around the world, and at the SRCD meetings in Beijing (2009) and Germany (2015), where many users will have met him. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours.
01 January 2018BBSRC renews funding for the PCDDB
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom has renewed the funding of the PCDDB with a 5 year award via the research initiative: Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund.		BBSRC
12 July 2017EU/UK Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting.
Dr Whitmore leads the PCDDB/DichroWeb Users Forum at the EU/UK Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting at The University of Warwick, UK.		Website
10-11 July 2017Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School.
Drs Janes and Whitmore lecture at the Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School at The University of Warwick, UK.		Website
June 2017Elliot Drew joins the PCDDB team.
Elliot Drew joins the PCDDB team in the laboratory of Dr. Bob Janes at Queen Mary University of London.
June 2017DichroMatch update (DM@PCDDB) paper published.
The PCDDB team publish a paper in Protein Science entitled "DichroMatch at the Protein Circular Dichroism Data Bank (DM@PCDDB): A Web-based Tool for Identifying Protein Nearest Neighbors using Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy" (doi: 10.1002/pro.3207).		Article
January 2017PCDDB update paper published.
The PCDDB team publish a paper in the Nucleic Acids Research database issue entitled "PCDDB: new developments at the Protein Circular Dichroism Data Bank" (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw796).		Article
January 2017PDB2CD paper published.
Drs Mavridis and Janes publish a paper in Bioinformatics entitled "PDB2CD: a web-based application for the generation of circular dichroism spectra from protein atomic coordinates" (doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btw554).		Article
September 2016DichroMatch functionality incorporated into the PCDDB.
DichroMatch is a spectral matching application which facilitates finding and ranking close matches with spectra that are in the PCDDB.		Interface
13 July 2016EU/UK Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting.
Dr Whitmore leads the PCDDB/DichroWeb Users Forum at the EU/UK Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting at The University of Warwick, UK.		Website
11-12 July 2016Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School.
Drs Janes, Miles and Whitmore lecture at the Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School at The University of Warwick, UK.		Website
13 April 2016UCL Bioinformatics meeting.
Drs Mavridis and Whitmore give talks on the PCDDB, associated tools and bioinformatics applications at the Bloomsbury Center for Bioinformatics, University College London, UK.		BCB wesbite
07 January 2016Video guide for measuring the true pathlength of optical CD cells.
Dr. Andy Miles explains CD cell pathlength measurement using interferometry.		See video
August 2015IUBMB Meeting in Brazil.
Dr Janes gives a presentation at the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.		Website
July 2015Biophysical Journal makes the PCDDB a recommended depository.
The PCDDB is now a recommended depository for protein circular dichroism spectra for the Biophysical Journal.		Journal website
8 July 2015UK/EU Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting.
Dr Mavridis speaks at and Dr Whitmore leads the PCDDB/DichroWeb Users Forum at the UK/EU Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting at The University of Warwick, UK.
6-7 July 2015Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School.
Professor Wallace and Drs Janes and Miles lecture at the Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School at The University of Warwick, UK.
18 May 2015PCDDB Advisory Board Meeting at the 590th WE-Heraeus Seminar.
PCDDB Advisory Board meeting held as a satellite meeting at the 590th WE-Heraeus Seminar in Bad Honnef, Germany.
18 May 2015Circular Dichroism workshop at the 590th WE-Heraeus Seminar.
Professor Wallace and Drs Janes, Mavridis and Whitmore attend the 590th WE-Heraeus Seminar in Bad Honnef, Germany.		Twitter
09 December 2014500th spectra deposited.
A spectrum of the MEG-14 protein from Schistosoma mansoni is the 500th record to be publically released on the PCDDB.		CD0004056000
05 November 2014Plot multiple spectra.
It is now possible to plot multiple PCDDB spectra on the same axes for comparison.		Example
September 2014Biochemistry makes the PCDDB a recommended depository.
The PCDDB is now a recommended depository for protein circular dichroism spectra for the journal Biochemistry.		Journal website
06 September 2014First meeting of the PCDDB Bioinformatics Advisory Board.
The PCDDB Bioinformatics Advisory Board held its first meeting in conjunction with the Informatics Based Approaches for Circular Dichroism Data workshop at ECCB14 in Strasbourg, France.
06 September 2014Circular Dichroism workshop at the ECCB2014 conference.
Professor Wallace and Drs Janes, Mavridis and Whitmore attend the Informatics Based Approaches for Circular Dichroism Data workshop at ECCB14 in Strasbourg, France.		Twitter
June 2014UK/EU Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting.
Dr Whitmore speaks at the UK/EU Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting at The University of Warwick, UK.
June 2014Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School.
Professor Wallace and Drs Janes and Miles lecture at the Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School at The University of Warwick, UK.
13 May 2014Video guide for using DichroWeb.
A video tutorial on how to use Dichroweb to get the best results when analysing your Circular Dichroism data.		See video
01 May 2014New validation classifications.
In conjunction with the ValiDichro project, validation categories are expanded to show where records have a complete or incomplete set of tests included in their overall status. Validation reports of already released records are fixed at the time of deposition.
07 March 2014Search interface improved.
It is now possible to search for records by experimental temperature.		Search
03 March 2014PLOS journals make the PCDDB a recommended depository.
The PCDDB is now a recommended depository for all PLOS Journals.		Website
February 2014Applied Photophysics blog post.
Professor Wallace writes a blog entry about the PCDDB for Applied Photophysics Ltd.		Website
January 2014Nature Publishing Group and their journal Scientific Data makes the PCDDB a recommended depository.
The PCDDB is now a recommended depository for Nature Publishing Group Journals.		Website
November 2013PCDDB is listed and recommended on Biosharing.org.
The PCDDB record on the Biosharing.org website is accepted and recommended.		Website
October 2013Dr. Mavridis joins the PCDDB team
Dr. Lazaros Mavridis joins the PCDDB team in the laboratory of Dr. Bob Janes at Queen Mary University of London.
October 2013Featured Spectrum of the Month
The PCDDB now carries a featured spectrum of the month on the home page. Featured spectra are interesting records drawn from all records that contain a PDB identifier. An archive of previous months is available.		Web page
27 September 2013250th spectra deposited.
A spectrum of the Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase protein from Sus scrofa is the 250th record to be publically released on the PCDDB.		CD0003991000
11 September 2013UK/EU Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting.
Dr Whitmore speaks at the UK/EU Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting at The University of Warwick, UK.
9-10 September 2013Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School.
Professor Wallace and Drs Janes and Miles lecture at the Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer School at The University of Warwick, UK.
July 2013ValiDichro paper published in Necleic Acids Research
NAR publishes "ValiDichro: a website for validating and quality control of protein circular dichroism spectra" by Woolett, Whitmore, Janes and Wallace.		Article
July 2013ValiDichro stand-alone website released
The ValiDichro validation software is now available on a stand alone server for those who wish to check validation without submitting data to the PCDDB.		Website
01 January 2013BBSRC renews funding for the PCDDB
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom has renewed the funding of the PCDDB with a 5 year award via the research initiative: Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund.		BBSRC
9-12 September 2012PCDDB at ECCB'12
Dr Whitmore presents a poster at the European Conference on Computational Biology meeting in Basel, Switzerland.		Website
15 August 2012Deposition interface improved.
It is now possible to preview the spectra uploaded to the PCDDB in both graphical and data views before they are committed as new records.		Deposit
04 June 2012Tutorial paper published in Chirality.
A comprehensive guide to depositing, searching, accessing and downloading PCDDB data has been published in the journal Chirality.		Abstract
27 February 2012Search interface improved.
It is now possible to search for records according to their deposition date (before, after, between).		Search
06 January 2012Search interface improved.
It is now possible to search for proteins by their PDB identifiers.		Search
8 December 2011UK/EU Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting.
Dr Whitmore speaks at the UK/EU Circular Dichroism User Group Meeting at The University of Warwick, UK.
6-7 December 2011Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer(Winter) School.
Professor Wallace and Drs Janes, Miles and Klose lecture at the Circular and Linear Dichroism Summer(Winter) School at The University of Warwick, UK.
12 October 2011Search interface improved
It is now possible to include and exclude spectra by their validation status.		Search
20 September 2011PCDDB Tutorial Video.
Dr Andy Miles shows you how to use the PCDDB.		See video
06 September 2011Search interface improved.
It is now possible to search by protein type.		Search
01 September 2011Two New Video guides.
Two new video guides have been uploaded to our youtube channel. You can now see Dr. Andy Miles showing how to measure a CSA spectrum and demonstrating how to use that spectrum to calibrate experimental spectra using CDTool and Excel.		YouTube channel
August 2011Complete reference dataset deposited to the PCDDB
Reference datasets are used in the analysis of protein CD spectra. The reference dataset MP180, containing 30 membrane proteins has been deposited into the PCDDB to coincide with it's publication by Abdul-Gader, Miles and Wallace in Bioinformatics 27, 2011, pp. 1630-1636.
18 August 2011New database fields added.
New fields introduced: Sample/Protein Supplier, Sample/Mutation Details, Experiment/Continuous or Stepped Scan, Calibration/Final Spectrum Calibrated.
23 May 2011Video guide for using CD cells.
A new video guide for Cleaning and Loading Circular Dichroism Cells featuring PCDDB co-director Dr. Bob Janes has been posted onto YouTube.		See video
01 April 2011PCDDB Deposition functions are now available.
Registered users may submit their spectra for inclusion into the Data Bank. Please note that this update also includes changes to our accession numbering system.		View details
01 March 2011Accession codes updated.
After consultation with our International Scientific Advisory Board, we have made changes to our accession numbering system. The searching facility will alias any old PCDDBid codes to their new counterparts. A look-up table is provided.		View table
03 December 2010International Scientific Advisory Board Meeting.
The second meeting of the PCDDB International Scientific Advisory Board convenes today in London, UK. The three day meeting includes participation at the annual UK CD users meeting at The University of Warwick.
01 December 2009PCDDB open for accession.
The PCDDB is now open for accessions. The initial holdings are 71 records that comprise the SP175 dataset of Lees et al (Bioinf. 22, 2006, 1955-62). Deposition mode will be opened when we have finalised such procedures.
Accession codes updated.

After consultation with our International Scientific Advisory Board, we changed our accession numbering system on 1 March 2011. The searching facility will alias any old PCDDBid codes to their new counterparts and we give a complete look-up table here.

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