Teaching

Courses, tutorials, and an illustrated book on protein structure, developed by the Richardson lab for students, crystallographers, and anyone learning to read macromolecular models.

Molecular structure graphic
BCH622

Structure of Biological Macromolecules, the Duke graduate course taught by Dave and Jane Richardson, with lectures, readings, and downloads.

All-atom contact dots
CSH Tutorial

Using all-atom contact analysis for model diagnosis and repair, the Cold Spring Harbor workshop on MolProbity, KiNG, and rebuilding.

Myoglobin ribbon diagram
Elastic Scattering

A lesson series on the physics behind diffraction: light and molecular scattering, the Bragg equation, and the Patterson function.

Porin beta-barrel ribbon diagram
Anatomy & Taxonomy

The annotated Anatomy and Taxonomy of Protein Structure, Jane Richardson's classic illustrated guide, online in full and as PDFs.