About Fieldnotes
A living map of the people, organizations, funding, and software that shape structural biology. Curated by Andy Burnim. Corrections welcome.
Browse the Landscape Directory for a structured overview, or explore the graph below.
Entry points
Archives and governance
wwPDB — the consortium that runs the Protein Data Bank
- Archives: RCSB PDB, PDBe, PDBj, BMRB, EMDB
- Validation: wwPDB task force-X-Ray Validation, wwPDB task force-Ligand Validation Workshop
Software consortia
- PHENIX Consortium — US-led MX/cryo-EM refinement (LBNL + Cambridge + Duke + LANL)
- CCP4 Consortium — UK-led MX software (Harwell + York + Liverpool + MRC-LMB)
- DIALS — modern data processing (Diamond + LBNL)
DiffUSE and protein dynamics
- Jaime Fraser (PI), Nozomi Ando, James Holton, Steve Meisburger, Michael Wall, Stephanie Wankowicz
- Multi-conformer tools: Daniel Keedy (qFit), Marcus Fischer (FLEXR)
Conferences
- Erice International School of Crystallography — 2022 diffuse scattering school, 2026 structural cell biology + ML