In July, we talked to Reham Fatima, a member of the Havana team. The Havana team carry out manual annotation on human, mouse, zebrafish and rat genomes. Reham has contributed to the MANE and GENCODE projects. Read more about Reham’s work at EMBL-EBI and what kind of cuisine she likes the most. You can also see some amazing photographs she has taken in her free time.
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Find out which conferences we are attending, and learn more about the Ensembl project and its staff
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 readingGetting to know us Jorge from Ensembl Outreach
Welcome to our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series, where we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions about their role in the project. For this month, we chatted with Jorge Batista da Rocha, who is the project leader of the Ensembl Outreach team. Join us as we learn more about Jorge’s role at Ensembl.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Suzanna Dickson (visiting PhD student)
Welcome to our Teamsembl blog series, where we chat with folks from the Ensembl team to get a peek into what they do. This month, we got to know Suzanna Dickson, a visiting PhD student with the Ensembl Non-Vertebrates team. Check out what Suzanna has been up to during her placement and hear about her experiences working with us!
Continue readingGetting to know us: Jack Carpenter (visiting PhD student)
In our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series, we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions about their role in the project. In June, we talked to Jack Carpenter, who is a visiting PhD student within the Ensembl Non-Vertebrates team. Learn more about Jack’s placement at Ensembl and the experience he gained
Continue readingGetting to know us: Paulo from Ensembl Regulation
Welcome to our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series, where we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions about their role in the project. For this month, we chatted with Paulo Branco Lins, who is a bioinformatician and software developer within the Ensembl Regulation team. Join us as we learn more about Paulo’s role at Ensembl.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Natalie from Ensembl Automation
In our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions. In February, we interviewed Natalie Willhoft, who recently took over the role of project leader of the Ensembl Automation team. Join us as we learn more about Natalie’s role, what she did before joining Ensembl and find out the exciting things she does with her family in her freetime.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Jon from Ensembl Web
In our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions. To kick off the year, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jon Keatley, who is the project leader of the Ensembl Web team. The Web team is the driving force behind developing, maintaining, and improving the Ensembl websites, including creating user interfaces and data visualisations. Join us as we explore Jon’s journey, the work he is currently involved in and the activities he enjoys with his family outside of work.
Continue readingRetirement of Ensembl Microarray Probe Mapping
Ensembl will retire Microarray Probe Mapping annotation in 2026.
Getting to know us: Ian Tsang (visiting PhD student)
Meet visiting PhD student Ian Tsang, who is doing a three-month work experience placement with the Ensembl Plants team. We talked all about his PhD, what projects he is working on during his time in Ensembl and what he does during his free time.
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