The experimental techniques for the determination of the 3D structure of proteins have significantly progressed recently. As a consequence, the number of known 3D structures increases continuously, with about 35,000 structures currently available. However, this still only covers a small fraction of the proteome.
This workshop first aims at introducing the homology modeling techniques. This approach is a method for constructing a theoretical model of the 3D structure of a protein at the atomic level, based on its sequence and the experimentally determined structures of similar proteins.
In addition, an introductory course to the design of high quality images for publication will be given.

This tutorial make use of the free program Chimera, which can be found at the following address: http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera