We are looking for a highly motivated Python Software developer to join the Ensembl Production Team. Come and help us design and implement the future of Ensembl data processing at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), which is located on the Wellcome Trust Campus near Cambridge in the UK. Closing date: 8 June 2022
Continue readingGetting to know us: Nuno from Ensembl Variation
We are reviving our Getting to know us blog series! First up is Nuno Agostinho, who joined the Variation team at the end of 2021. Here, we’ll get to know Nuno, what his role is, and how he became part of the Ensembl project.
Continue readingCool stuff Ensembl VEP can do: run faster with Nextflow
Ensembl VEP is now wrapped in a Nextflow pipeline which means you can analyse large variant sets more quickly using simple parallelisation.
Continue readingEnsembl 106 has been released!
We are pleased to announce the release of Ensembl 106, and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 53 featuring lots of new and updated data in this release including new and updated vertebrate, plant, worm and metazoan genomes as well as AlphaFold data for human, mouse, zebrafish, maize and soybean.
Genome assemblies and annotation for many new species are also being continuously added to the Ensembl Rapid Release genome browser.
Continue readingDisruption to Ensembl services
Due to scheduled maintenance work, a number of Ensembl services will be temporarily unavailable on Monday 28th March 2022 between 08:30 and 13:30 (BST).
Continue readingRetiring our public databases for Ensembl releases 24 to 47
We will retire our public database instances for Ensembl releases 24 to 47 in April 2022. These databases can be hosted locally using our new Docker container.
Continue readingFree Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in March
Sign up for our recurring virtual series covering the genome browser and the REST API. Both workshops will be held between Tuesday – Thursday, with the Browser on 8th-10th March and the REST API on 15th-17th March 2022 (2pm-5pm GMT). Read on for more information and registration instructions.
Continue readingRetirement of Ensembl mobile site
The Ensembl mobile site will be retired in the Ensembl 106 release.
Continue readingCool stuff Ensembl VEP can do: flagging variants predicted to allow NMD escape
A new plugin was released in Ensembl VEP version 105 which reports when a variant introducing a premature stop codon may allow the transcript to escape nonsense-mediated decay (NMD).
Continue readingWhat’s coming in Ensembl release 106 / Ensembl Genomes 53?
Ensembl 106 and Ensembl Genomes 53 are expected in February 2022. Check out what we’re up to, although we can’t guarantee everything listed here will make it into the final release.
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