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Continue readingWhat’s coming in Ensembl 111 / Ensembl Genomes 58
Ensembl 111 and Ensembl Genomes 58 are expected to be released in November 2023. Find out what’s coming in the new release, although we cannot guarantee everything listed here will make it into the final release.
Continue readingFree Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in October
Sign up for our virtual series covering the Ensembl genome browser and accessing Ensembl data via its REST API. Both workshops will be held from Tuesday to Thursday, with the browser course running from 10th to 12th October and the REST API course from 17th to 19th July (09:00 – 12:00 BST). Read on for more information and how to register.
Continue readingChanges to the annotation of genes located on human patch regions
In Ensembl release 110, we have introduced changes to the way that the location of human genes located on patches are annotated and stored in the Ensembl databases.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Shradha from Ensembl Plants
For this month’s Getting to know us series, we talked to Shradha Saraf, a bioinformatician in the Ensembl Plants team. Her advice to her younger self is to follow your dreams! Read more about Shradha and her role in the team below.
Continue readingGSOC 2023: Our contributors and their projects
Today’s blog focuses on this year’s Google Summer of Code (GSoC). GSoC is an international program founded by Google in 2005 with the purpose of bringing together open-source organisations, and developers interested in contributing to open-source software and getting an exposure to real-world software development techniques. Host organisations list project ideas, and applicants discuss these ideas directly with mentors from the organisations and devise a project proposal to Google, who issue a small stipend to successful applicants.
Continue readingEnsembl Bacteria releases new annotation for all of its genomes
In Ensembl 110 / Ensembl Genomes 57, we have introduced in-house prokaryotic gene annotation across genomes available in Ensembl Bacteria.
Continue readingCool stuff Ensembl VEP can do – enhanced Structural Variant annotation
In Ensembl release 110, we have extended the analysis options available for structural variants (SV) in Ensembl VEP including more detailed molecular consequence predictions, more efficient integration of information from reference SV sets, support for breakend variant annotation and the integration of CADD-SV scores.
Continue readingExpanding Ensembl Metazoa gene treesÂ
As of Ensembl 110 / Ensembl Genomes 57, gene trees within Ensembl Metazoa have been expanded to cover 275 species by dividing them into 3 taxonomic clade sets: Metazoa, Protostomia, and Insecta. In addition, the release and update frequency of metazoan gene trees will change, with Metazoa and Protostomia being updated in every even-numbered release and Insecta being updated in every odd-numbered release. Read on to find out more about this update.
Continue readingEnsembl 110 has been released!
We are pleased to announce the release of Ensembl 110, and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 57. This release brings exciting updates, such as the addition of regulation data to five animal genomes studied extensively in agriculture, the re-annotation of genomes in Ensembl Bacteria, and changes to REST API endpoints in our comparative genomics data. We have updated genomes across the different Ensembl sites, the addition of 15 rice varieties and invertebrate metazoan genome assemblies.
Can’t find a species you are looking for? Don’t forget that new genome assemblies and annotations are continuously added to Ensembl Rapid Release!
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