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Updates to FTP site of the new Ensembl website

26th June 2026 by Jorge Batista da Rocha·Comments Off

The FTP site for the new Ensembl website has a new structure. In the updated structure, files are now organised under GCA/ and GCF/ subdirectories, for example: https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/ensemblorganisms/GCA/. This structure is available for all releases on the site, including the latest partial release 2026-06-07. It will be the standard structure for all subsequent releases.

The structure organised by species name at https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/ensemblorganisms/ will be retired in August 2026. Please be aware that this change will affect workflows and pipelines pointing to this site. This structure has been maintained for partial release 2026-06-07, and it will remain for three more partial releases in July 2026. We recommend adapting pipelines or workflows to the updated structure as soon as possible.** When it is retired, data will be deleted, and URL links to these will fail.

Downtime of new Ensembl – beta.ensembl.org (RESOLVED)

18th June 2026 by Jorge Batista da Rocha·Comments Off

This issue is now resolved and the beta.ensembl.org site is back online.

Due to a server issue our beta.ensembl.org site is currently unable to display genome data and search queries will fail. GraphQL data cannot be served right now too. We’re working to fix this as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Updates to programmatic access to Ensembl and transitioning to the new Ensembl Platform

2nd December 2025 by Louisse Paola Mirabueno·Comments Off

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.

Ensembl Rapid Release has been archived

13th October 2025 by Jorge Batista da Rocha·Comments Off

The Ensembl Rapid Release site (rapid.ensembl.org) has been archived, and is now available at: rapid-archive.ensembl.org. Any hardcoded URLs with the prefix “rapid.ensembl.org” will redirect to the new Ensembl site at beta.ensembl.org.

Integrated Release available now on Ensembl Beta

4th July 2025 by Jorge Batista da Rocha·Comments Off

We have released a coordination of genomic resources and analyses to the new Ensembl site: Ensembl Beta – https://beta.ensembl.org/. This Integrated Release, “Beta Release 2025-02”, contains 2,919 genomes, which are available for current and long-term use.

New data available via Ensembl Beta

7th February 2025 by Jorge Batista da Rocha·Comments Off

Following the freezing of Ensembl Rapid Release, we have added new data to the new Ensembl Website – Ensembl Beta – https://beta.ensembl.org/.

GSOC 2023: Our contributors and their projects

27th July 2023 by Aleena Mushtaq·Comments Off

Today’s blog focuses on this year’s Google Summer of Code (GSoC). GSoC is an international program founded by Google in 2005 with the purpose of bringing together open-source organisations, and developers interested in contributing to open-source software and getting an exposure to real-world software development techniques. Host organisations list project ideas, and applicants discuss these ideas directly with mentors from the organisations and devise a project proposal to Google, who issue a small stipend to successful applicants.

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