As part of Ensembl’s contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, we have brought in some important new COVID-19 mutation data related to rapidly spreading strains and changes in virus effectiveness. This priority set of mutations comes from the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) and is soon to be included in the Ensembl COVID-19 browser.
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Important changes of data availability in Ensembl gene trees and BioMart
In Ensembl 103, and subsequent releases, we will be limiting the number of species represented in our gene trees and the BioMart data export tool. These changes are required to most effectively support our rapid growth in the number of available species.
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Registration is now open for two free virtual Ensembl workshops covering the genome browser and the REST API. The Browser workshop will be held between Tuesday 26th January – Thursday 28th January 2021 (2pm-5pm) and the REST API workshop will be held between Wednesday 3rd February – Friday 5th February 2021 (2pm-4:15pm). More information and registration instructions can be found below.
Update: registration is now closed as all of the available places on the virtual Ensembl browser and REST API workshops have been filled. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please e-mail the Ensembl Helpdesk.
Continue readingEnsembl 102 has been released!
We are pleased to announce the release of Ensembl 102, and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 49 featuring lots of new and updated data in this release including the addition of human population frequency data from the NCBI Allele Frequency Aggregator, new plant species and a large update of the available bacterial data.
Genome assemblies and annotation for many new species are also being continuously added to the Ensembl Rapid Release genome browser.
Update to the Ensembl COVID-19 resource
We are pleased to announce an updated release of the Ensembl SARS-CoV-2 genome browser, including new sequence variants generated from sequence data held in ENA and updated community annotation.
Continue readingRetirement of Ensembl Pre! site
The Ensembl pre! site will be retired on 31st January 2021.
Continue readingEnsembl Bacteria updates
The genome annotation data available in Ensembl Bacteria was extensively updated in Ensembl 102/ Ensembl Genomes 49
Continue readingWhat’s coming in Ensembl 102 / Ensembl Genomes 49
Ensembl 102 (and Ensembl Genomes 49) are due to be released in October 2020. As with all releases, we cannot guarantee that anything listed here will make it into the final release.
Continue readingEnsembl Rapid Release
We are excited to announce the launch of the Ensembl Rapid Release website. Ensembl Rapid Release is a new, lightweight genome browser designed to allow quick release of the latest genome annotation for a large number of vertebrate and non-vertebrate species.
Continue readingGENCODE are updating the annotation of human protein-coding genes linked to COVID-19 disease
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic presents a serious challenge to healthcare, economies and societies across the globe, one that has demanded an unprecedented scientific response. Projects across multiple disciplines are now re-directing their usual analytical efforts to meet this challenge head-on, and GENCODE are no exception. Our project produces human gene annotation, and we’re contributing to this scientific effort by re-examining human genes that may be relevant to viral infection and COVID-19 disease. We hope this work will support further research along these lines. For example, updated gene annotation could benefit studies to find disease-linked variants in patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms, including work by Genomics England and others.
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