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Updates to programmatic access to Ensembl and transitioning to the new Ensembl Platform
Ensembl is currently undergoing a major transformation to provide faster, more flexible, and more scalable access to genome data. As outlined in our Ensembl 2026 publication, work on the new platform is well underway and can already be explored at beta.ensembl.org. In this blog, we are sharing important information about upcoming changes to Ensembl data access, including timelines, new services, and what you need to do to prepare.
Continue readingChanges to default track visibility in selected Cactus alignment image views
Gene and Sequence tracks in Genomic Alignment Images for selected Cactus alignments will be hidden from view at medium and large scales in Ensembl Release 114.
Continue readingDefault gene track for Human in Ensembl 114 changed to GENCODE Primary
The default track display for Human in Ensembl 114 displays transcripts from the GENCODE Primary set.
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 readingRetirement of Neandertal Genome website
The Neandertal Genome website will be retired at the end of June 2023. Details about how to access data previously hosted by this resource can be found at the Ensembl Neandertal Project website.
Continue readingRetirement of Ensembl US West AWS mirror
The Ensembl mirror for US West will be retired at the end of January 2023, at the time of Ensembl release 109.
Continue readingRetiring the Post-GWAS tool
The Post-GWAS tool will be retired in Ensembl 108.
Continue readingUpdating branch names of the Ensembl GitHub repos
The branch names of the Ensembl GitHub repos will be changed from ‘master’ to ‘main’ in Ensembl 106 onwards.
Continue readingRemoving Regulatory Evidence from BioMart
Human and Mouse Regulatory Evidence datasets will be retired from the Regulation BioMart in Ensembl 107.
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.
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