Were you planning on attending or hosting an Ensembl workshop in 2020, but your plans got cancelled due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic? All is not lost, as we’re still providing live virtual training and here’s how it works.
Continue readingCool stuff Ensembl VEP can do – What’s in the cache and how does VEP use it?
We often get questions about Ensembl VEP caches – the compressed data files we create for each new Ensembl release, which can be automatically installed with the VEP installer script – so here’s a quick introduction to these handy data bundles.
Continue readingGet training, virtually
You’re invited to join us for a free, open, virtual training course, 30th November – 2nd December. The course will be held using the Blackboard training platform.
Continue readingUpdate: Disruption to Ensembl services – tools are now restored
Due to problems at our Data Centre starting on Thursday 8th October, we experienced a period of reduced functionality affecting Ensembl tools, user accounts and archives.
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 readingCool stuff the Ensembl VEP can do: getting and using allele frequency data
Allele frequency data is important for variant prioritisation – it helps to identify variants that are less likely to be causing a phenotype or disease. With the Ensembl VEP, you can get allele frequencies for variants that are identical with the variants you analysed and you can use allele frequencies to filter the results of your analysis.
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 readingCool stuff the Ensembl VEP can do: annotating SARS-CoV-2 variants
We had a number of queries about the Ensembl VEP related to its support for SARS-CoV-2. Here, we talk about how you can use the command line VEP to analyse your variants against the SARS-CoV-2 gene set from Ensembl.
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