We are back with our Getting to know us (a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series after a short hiatus in March. For the month of April, we got the chance to Swati Sinha who is a senior bioinformatician in the Ensembl Genebuild team. The Genebuild team is in charge of the Ensembl automatic annotation pipeline. Read all about Swati and have a look at the amazing photographs she has taken during her travels.
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Free Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in May
Sign up for our virtual series covering the Ensembl genome browser and accessing Ensembl data via its REST API. Both workshops will be held from Tuesday to Thursday, with the browser course running from 7th to 9th May and REST API from 14th to 16th May 2024 (14:00-17:00 BST). Read on for more information and how to register.
Continue readingWhat’s coming in Ensembl release 112 / Ensembl Genomes 59?
Ensembl 112 and Ensembl Genomes 59 are expected in April 2024. Check out what we’re up to, although we can’t guarantee everything listed here will make it into the final release.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Gabriela from Ensembl Regulation
In February, we talked to Gabriela Alejandra Merino from the Ensembl Regulation team. Before joining EMBL-EBI, Gabriela worked on protein function prediction. She is now involved in producing regulatory annotations for Ensembl. Outside of work, Gabriela is very active and participates in swimming competitions. Read on to get to know Gabriela and her work.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Bilal from Ensembl Applications
In January, we talked to Bilal El Houdaigui from the Ensembl Applications team. He has told us all about the projects he is currently involved in, what his typical day looks like and advice he would give his younger self if he could meet him. Continue reading to get to know our colleague Bilal!
Continue readingDowntime of Ensembl search
We are experiencing issues with the Ensembl search system due to unforeseen errors. The search function is currently unavailable and this may affect other functions such as the loading of variants on genomic sequences. To search for entries in Ensembl, you can do one of the following:
- Use the EMBL-EBI website: go to https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ebisearch and enter your search terms into the text box. E.g. if you want to search for human BRCA2 in Ensembl, enter
Ensembl human BRCA2into the search text box. - Use Google: to search for entries in Ensembl via Google, go to www.google.com and enter
site:https://www.ensembl.org [search terms]. E.g. if you want to search for human BRCA2, entersite:https://www.ensembl.org human BRCA2into Google.
We are working to fix this issue as quickly as possible, although a timeline is still unclear for the work to be completed. Services will be resumed as soon as the issue has been resolved. If you have any questions, please contact us on the Ensembl Helpdesk.
Ensembl 111 has been released!
We are pleased to announce the release of Ensembl 111, and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 58 featuring a range of new Ensembl VEP plugins and tonnes of new and updated agricultural, fish, plant and metazoa species!
Genome assemblies and annotation for many new species are also being continuously added to the Ensembl Rapid Release genome browser.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Sarah, non-vertebrate genomics team leader
In the November edition of our Getting to know us blog series, we introduce Sarah Dyer who joined the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in May 2021 leading the non-vertebrate genomics team.
Continue readingDowntime of the Ensembl Asia mirror
The Ensembl Asia mirror is currently unavailable due to an unforeseen error.
Continue readingGetting to know us: Arne from Ensembl Infrastructure
In this edition of our Getting to know us blog series, we introduce Arne Becker, member of the Infrastructure team at Ensembl who joined the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in March 2022. Arne transitioned from IT security to bioinformatics and his work focuses on enhancing the efficiency of data processing pipelines.
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