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Cool stuff the Ensembl VEP can do: new options for custom annotation
During the latest Ensembl VEP releases, we have been enhancing the options available to you when you annotate variants against your own reference data as ‘custom annotation’. Here we detail some of those improvements.
Continue readingEnsembl 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 readingDowntime of Ensembl tools
Due to scheduled maintenance work, Ensembl tools will be temporarily unavailable on Tuesday 6th February 2024 between 11:30 and 13:00 (GMT).
Continue readingCool stuff the Ensembl VEP can do: easy installation and annotation using Docker and Singularity
Here we will highlight how to get the most out of containers, enabling you to quickly start running any version of Ensembl VEP on a computer with Docker/Singularity installed. We have improved the Ensembl VEP Docker build process and updated our instructions on how to use Docker and Singularity.
Continue readingWhat’s coming in Ensembl 111 / Ensembl Genomes 58
Ensembl 111 and Ensembl Genomes 58 are expected to be released in December 2023. Find out what’s coming in the new release, although we cannot guarantee everything listed here will make it into the final release.
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 readingCool stuff Ensembl VEP can do – enhanced Structural Variant annotation
In Ensembl release 110, we have extended the analysis options available for structural variants (SV) in Ensembl VEP including more detailed molecular consequence predictions, more efficient integration of information from reference SV sets, support for breakend variant annotation and the integration of CADD-SV scores.
Continue readingThe human pangenome: a more diverse human reference genome in Ensembl
The human pangenome, a high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that better captures diversity from different human populations compared to the current human reference genome, is now available through Ensembl.
Continue readingDisruption to Ensembl services
Due to scheduled maintenance work, a number of Ensembl services will be temporarily unavailable on Monday 13th March 2023 between 09:30 (GMT) and 14:00 (GMT).
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