PDB-101: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

PDB-101

Molecule of the MonthMotM
Browse
Learn
Train
Teach
Global HealthHealth
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Cancer
SciArt
Events
- Art of Science
- Poster Prize
- PDB50
- Science Olympiad
- Video Challenge
About

Training and outreach portal of

Molecular explorations
through biology and medicine

Training and outreach portal of

News 2021

Season's Greetings
12/24

Biocurator Milestone: >10,000 Depositions Processed
12/17

2021 FASEB BioArt Winner
12/14

Watch Presentations from the May PDB50 Celebration
12/06

Structural Biology and Nobel Prizes
12/05

Structural Science: New Ways to Teach the Next Generation
11/30

Watch Presentations from the October 6 PDB50 Celebration
11/23

Congratulations Mickayla!
11/15

New Flyer: SARS-CoV-2 Genome and Proteins
11/09

PDB50 Recognized in the Congressional Record
11/02

Undergrads/Grads: Apply to the Molecule of the Month Boot Camp (January 2022)
11/01

Celebrating PDB and Rutgers Structural Biologists
10/28

Obituary for John Westbrook
10/27

PDB50: The Game
10/26

Making Big Data Biology
10/24

Supporting the PDB Archive
10/22

50 Years of Community Building
10/21

Rutgers Today
10/20

PDB Turns 50
10/19

Take the RCSB.org User Survey and Win
10/19

Structural Biology Playing Cards
10/19

New PDB Citation MeSH Network Explorer
10/18

Happy Birthday, Irving Geis
10/18

Celebrating PDB50 in Virtual Reality
10/15

The PDB in JBC
10/14

Synergies between the PDB and the community
10/13

Biocurator Milestone: >10,000 Depositions Processed
10/12

Video: Celebrating PDB50
10/11

PDB Pioneers
10/08

User Survey: Tell RCSB PDB About Your Interests
10/07

PDB and the Pandemic
10/06

Structural Biology and Nobel Prizes
10/05

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021
10/04

Fall Newsletter Published
10/03

Video: Opioids and Pain Signaling
09/28

Congratulations, Amy and Mickayla!
09/13

Bringing Molecular Structure to Life
09/09

Poster Prize Awarded at ISMB/ECCB
08/31

Poster Prize Awarded at ACA
08/24

PDB50 at ACS August 25
08/17

Impact of PDB Structures on Anti-Cancer Drug Approvals
08/10

VAX Paintings
08/03

PDB50: Function Follows Form
07/26

Summer Newsletter Published
07/15

Molecular Landscapes
07/06

PDB50 at ACS August 25
06/22

Guide to Understanding PDB Data: Carbohydrates
06/15

Congratulations to Poster Prize Winners
06/08

Education Corner: Exploring the Structure-Function Relationship
06/01

How the Protein Data Bank Changed Biology
05/25

Evolution of PDB-101
05/21

Award-Winning Videos on Molecular Mechanisms of Drugs for Mental Disorders
05/18

CellPAINT Contest Winners
05/12

Vote Now for the Viewer's Choice Award
05/07

Explore the History of the PDB
04/27

EXTENDED: Enter the 2021 CellPAINT Contest by May 6
04/24

Annual Report Published
04/24

Celebrate DNA Day on April 25
04/23

Scientific Software Developers and Postdocs
04/15

Spring Newsletter Published
04/13

Developers: HTTPS enforcement starts May 10
04/09

Download Molecular Landscapes
04/06

Enter the 2021 CellPAINT Contest by May 1
04/01

Molecular Landscapes: E. coli
03/23

Submit Abstracts for PDB50
03/07

More than 1,000 SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Protein Structures Available
03/02

High School Students: Submit Videos By April 27
02/25

Join Us at the Feb 24 Biophysical Society Job Fair
02/21

PDB50: Submit Posters by March 15
02/15

Molecular Valentines
02/11

PDB50 Backgrounds For Virtual Meetings
02/02

Powerful New Tools for Exploring 3D Structures
01/26

Winter Newsletter Published
01/11

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

10/04

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.

PDB structures help us understand these discoveries. Visit PDB-101 to learn more about Piezo1 Mechanosensitive Channel and Capsaicin Receptor TRPV1.

Piezo1 Mechanosensitive Channel

Capsaicin Receptor TRPV1

Browse PDB-101 to explore articles and resources that highlight many of the PDB structures and related experimental techniques associated with Nobel Prizes, including a timeline of awards made in Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Physics and corresponding Molecule of the Month articles.

Past news and events have been reported at the RCSB PDB website and past Newsletters.

About PDB-101

Researchers around the globe make 3D structures freely available from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) archive. PDB-101 training materials help graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and researchers use PDB data and RCSB PDB tools. Outreach content demonstrate how PDB data impact fundamental biology, biomedicine, bioengineering/biotechnology, and energy sciences in 3D for a diverse and multidisciplinary user community. Education Materials provide lessons and activities for teaching and learning.

PDB-101 is developed by the RCSB PDB.

RCSB PDB (citation) is hosted by

Rutgers RAD logo.png

RCSB PDB is a member of

RCSB PDB Core Operations are funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (DBI-2321666), the US Department of Energy (DE-SC0019749), and the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant R01GM157729.