Bite-Sized Post-16 Biology & Chemistry Learning & Teaching Resources
Using the Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe)
These resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
About
These project resources are peer-produced. The objective of the project was to develop resources for either student self-study or to support learning and teaching.
To access the resources please hover your mouse over the PDBE PROJECT link on the header above - this is a drop-down menu.
This project has been running since 2013 in collaboration with colleagues at the Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), initially Dr Gary Battle (2013-2015), then Dr Matthew Conroy (2015-2019) and currently Dr David Armstrong (2019-). The PDBe is part of the European Bioinformatics Institute and is based at the Wellcome Genome Campus at Hinxton, near Cambridge.
The objective of the project was initially to develop resources to support the teaching and learning of protein structure, function and application for post-16 biology and chemistry. These resources are for either student self-study or teacher support. They could also be used for on-campus outreach sessions.
All resources use the PDBe's online worldwide protein database and viewer, LiteMol, which is free to access online.
THE PDBe HAVE RECENTLY REPLACED LITEMOL WITH A NEW EMBEDDED VIEWER CALLED MOL* WHICH HAS GREATER FUNCTIONALITY THAN LITEMOL. WE WILL UPDATE OUR INFORMATION SHEETS TO REFER TO THIS NEW VIEWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - WATCH THIS SPACE!
How to use the resources
Download and use any of the sheets as you see fit.
The documents are drafts for trial and are intentionally pdf files so they cannot be edited. Let us know if there are any changes to content or additional content you'd like to see.
Technical details
We recommend downloading and installing the PyMOL protein viewer software. This is free for educational use. It allows optimum viewing and manipulation of the protein structures and many of the exercises require PyMOL to view the protein structures.
Creators
These resources were developed between 2014-2017 by year 12 Nuffield Research Placement students, an undergraduate summer project student and a stage 4 MChem project student.
The students who produced the resources were:
Other Resources
If you have landed directly onto this page and you are a post-16 or equivalent biology (or chemistry?) teacher you will also be interested in our parallel project with LIPID MAPS which produced a range of learning and teaching resources on lipids, phospholipids and related biology and biochemistry. They are hosted on a set of webpages on this same website - please just hover your mouse over the LIPID MAPS PROJECT title at the top of this page (which will reveal a drop-down menu).
Get in touch!
If you are a post-16 (or equivalent) biology or chemistry teacher in the UK (or anywhere else in the World as our resources are designed to be generic) and have any questions, suggestions or comments, please contact me either by email at [email protected] or via Twitter @PHoare1963. I look forward to hearing from you!
These project resources are peer-produced. The objective of the project was to develop resources for either student self-study or to support learning and teaching.
To access the resources please hover your mouse over the PDBE PROJECT link on the header above - this is a drop-down menu.
This project has been running since 2013 in collaboration with colleagues at the Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), initially Dr Gary Battle (2013-2015), then Dr Matthew Conroy (2015-2019) and currently Dr David Armstrong (2019-). The PDBe is part of the European Bioinformatics Institute and is based at the Wellcome Genome Campus at Hinxton, near Cambridge.
The objective of the project was initially to develop resources to support the teaching and learning of protein structure, function and application for post-16 biology and chemistry. These resources are for either student self-study or teacher support. They could also be used for on-campus outreach sessions.
All resources use the PDBe's online worldwide protein database and viewer, LiteMol, which is free to access online.
THE PDBe HAVE RECENTLY REPLACED LITEMOL WITH A NEW EMBEDDED VIEWER CALLED MOL* WHICH HAS GREATER FUNCTIONALITY THAN LITEMOL. WE WILL UPDATE OUR INFORMATION SHEETS TO REFER TO THIS NEW VIEWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - WATCH THIS SPACE!
How to use the resources
Download and use any of the sheets as you see fit.
The documents are drafts for trial and are intentionally pdf files so they cannot be edited. Let us know if there are any changes to content or additional content you'd like to see.
Technical details
We recommend downloading and installing the PyMOL protein viewer software. This is free for educational use. It allows optimum viewing and manipulation of the protein structures and many of the exercises require PyMOL to view the protein structures.
Creators
These resources were developed between 2014-2017 by year 12 Nuffield Research Placement students, an undergraduate summer project student and a stage 4 MChem project student.
The students who produced the resources were:
- Lucy Jakubecz - stage 4 MChem project student, spring 2014
- Alexa Ramos, Heworth Grange School, Gateshead - Nuffield Research Placement student, summer 2015
- Toni Robinson, Excelsior Academy, Newcastle - Nuffield Research Placement student, summer 2015
- Rebecca Kirkley, Joseph Nelthorpe, Zaid Saud, Tilly Softly, and Alexandru Ulianov, Emmanuel College, Gateshead - yr13 project students, 2016-17
- Adam Stubbs - School of Chemistry outreach summer project student, summer 2017
- Alex Greer, Bedlington High School - Nuffield Research Placement student, summer 2017
- Anna McKie, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham - Nuffield Research Placement student, summer 2017
- Olivia Turnbull, Newcastle Sixth Form Centre - Nuffield Research Placement student, summer 2017
- Wing Yan Ye, Longbenton Academy - Nuffield Research Placement student, summer 2017
Other Resources
If you have landed directly onto this page and you are a post-16 or equivalent biology (or chemistry?) teacher you will also be interested in our parallel project with LIPID MAPS which produced a range of learning and teaching resources on lipids, phospholipids and related biology and biochemistry. They are hosted on a set of webpages on this same website - please just hover your mouse over the LIPID MAPS PROJECT title at the top of this page (which will reveal a drop-down menu).
Get in touch!
If you are a post-16 (or equivalent) biology or chemistry teacher in the UK (or anywhere else in the World as our resources are designed to be generic) and have any questions, suggestions or comments, please contact me either by email at [email protected] or via Twitter @PHoare1963. I look forward to hearing from you!