The Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) is a public repository for cryogenic-sample Electron Microscopy (cryoEM) volumes and representative tomograms of macromolecular complexes and subcellular structures. It covers a variety of techniques, including single-particle analysis, helical reconstruction, electron tomography, subtomogram averaging, and electron crystallography. More...

As of 03 June 2026, EMDB contains 58166 entries (latest entries, trends).

EMDB News

  • All EMBL-EBI data resources together lead to an estimated £11.8bn/year in research productivity gains. These data also drive developments in technologies like AlphaFold, cryoSPARC and modelAngelo. We are privileged to be part of that. Read about the report and case studies here >

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  • Publication: Chart builder: an interactive tool for user driven data visualization in the electron microscopy data bank. Fonseca N et al. (2026) Front. Bioinform. doi: 10.3389/fbinf.2026.1763403

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  • With this week's update, the PDB now contains a record 250,441 entries! This milestone is reached thanks to the efforts and contributions of the entire structural biology community. How many cryoEM structures have you deposited?

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