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New position in Genebuild team

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

The Ensembl Genebuild team has a new externally-funded position at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, primarily aimed at improving gene annotation resources on fishes and other aquatic vertebrates. This role will involve tasks such as: Gene annotation on new assemblies, … Continue reading →

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Job Opportunity – Genebuild team

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Senior Bioinformatician (Ensembl developer) Ensembl has one permanent post open in the Genebuild team. We are looking for a highly motivated bioinformatician who will work as part of a team to: Produce automatic gene annotation on chordate species using the … Continue reading →

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Job opportunity in Ensembl Genebuild team

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Senior Bioinformatician (Ensembl Developer) We are seeking a highly motivated bioinformatics developer to join the Ensembl genebuild team. The bioinformatician will work as part of a team and their responsibilities will include: Producing automatic gene annotation on chordate species using … Continue reading →

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New Pre! sites for Rat and Chinese softshell turtle

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Pre! sites have been released for two species: Rat (Rattus norvegicus) and Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis). The rat assembly Rnor_5.0 (GCA_000001895.3) was submitted by the Rat Genome Sequencing Consortium. This assembly is composed of 21 chromosomes and 1439 unplaced scaffolds. Click … Continue reading →

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New Pre! sites for Painted turtle and Spotted gar

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Pre! sites have been released for two species: Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) and Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus). The western painted turtle assembly Chrysemys_picta_bellii-3.0.1 (GCA_000241765.1) was submitted by the International Painted Turtle Genome Sequencing Consortium. The painted turtle is used as a model … Continue reading →

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New Pre! sites for cat, chicken, dog, squirrel, and squirrel monkey

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Pre! sites have been released for five species: cat (Felis catus), chicken (Gallus gallus), dog (Canis lupus familiaris), squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) and thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus). The cat assembly Felis_catus-6.2 (GCA_000181335.2) was submitted by the International Cat Genome Sequencing … Continue reading →

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New Pre! sites for coelacanth, pig and Chinese hamster ovary cell line CHO-K1

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Pre! sites have been released for three species: Comorese coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), pig (Sus scrofa) and Chinese hamster (Cricetulus griseus).   The Comorese coelacanth assembly LatCha1, provided by the Broad Institute, is in the process of full automatic gene annotation. … Continue reading →

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Workshop on automatic gene annotation

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Join us for a workshop titled, “Introduction to automatic gene annotation”. This workshop, running 1-2 November at CSHL, is aimed at developers.  Two Ensembl developers will present sessions on how to create your own core database, including the loading of … Continue reading →

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New Pre! sites for cod, ferret, and tilapia

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Pre! sites have been released for three new species: Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo). The Atlantic cod annotation will be released on our main site for Ensembl release 65, while Nile … Continue reading →

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Accessing alternate sequences in human

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Bronwen (Genebuild)

Have you noticed any strange-looking chromosome names when browsing the human data? For example, you might notice sequence region names looking like “Chromosome HSCHR17_2_CTG4: 68,302,419-68,526,413” or “Chromosome HG75_PATCH: 34,442,621-34,976,908”. The names refer to genomic sequence that differs from the genomic … Continue reading →

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