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This report describes the outcomes of the Data Management Challenges in 3D Electron Microscopy workshop. Key topics discussed include data models, validation and raw-data archiving. The meeting participants agreed that the EMDataBank should take the lead in addressing these issues, and concrete action points were agreed upon that will have a substantial impact on the accessibility of three-dimensional EM data in biology and medicine.
In this issue of NSMB, we have opened our pages to the research community to express their thoughts about the importance of the Biological Magnetic Resonance Bank as it copes with budget cuts and faces the termination of its funding from the National Library of Medicine in 2014.
The Biological Magnetic Resonance Bank (BMRB) is facing the threat of having its funding discontinued. Concerned about this situation, the editors of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology have asked the community why it is important to continue to support the BMRB. We have also asked John Markley, head of the BMRB, to present his case.
