The latest update to the Ensembl Rapid Release brought 146 winged insect genome assemblies covering 94 different species across Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera orders. The majority of these come from the Darwin Tree of Life project.
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Update: Temporary disruption to Ensembl services has been resolved
Update: Disruptions are now resolved and Ensembl services are back to normal.
We are currently experiencing problems with the infrastructure in our Harlow data centre that is impacting on our services. Ensembl Tools, including VEP and BLAST/BLAT, are currently unavailable as is access to our public MySQL server. There are also problems with some of the Ensembl Genomes sites (plants.ensembl.org, protists.ensembl.org, metazoa.ensembl.org). We are sorry for the trouble this may cause and we hope to restore them as soon as we can.
Free Ensembl Plants Browser and REST API workshops in November
We’re hosting open virtual courses focusing on plant genomes and dedicated to the plant science community. Both workshops will be held between Tuesday – Thursday, with the Browser on 2nd-4th November and the REST API on 9th-11th November 2021 (2pm-5pm GMT). Read on for more information and registration instructions.
Continue readingFree Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in September
Update: Registration is now closed, as all of the available places on the virtual Ensembl browser and REST API workshops have been filled. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please e-mail the Ensembl Helpdesk.
We’ve got another round of our recurring virtual series covering the genome browser and the REST API. Both workshops will be held between Tuesday – Thursday, with the Browser on 7th-9th September and the REST API on 14th-16th September 2021 (2pm-5pm BST). Read on for more information and registration instructions.
Continue readingFree Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in June
Have you missed out on the open Ensembl workshops in May? We’ve got another round of our recurring virtual series covering the genome browser and the REST API. Both workshops will be held between Tuesday – Thursday, with the Browser on 8th-10th June and the REST API on 15th-17th June 2021 (9am-12pm BST). Read on for more information and registration instructions.
Continue readingEnsembl 104 has been released
Ensembl 104 and Ensembl Genomes 51 are out! This release features updates to human and mouse genes, GRCh37 variation and regulation, new assemblies and variation for vertebrates, new plant species and a large update of the available metazoa data. We also said bye-bye to clone-based gene names and welcomed the new Ensembl Canonical transcripts.
Continue readingFree Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in May
Update: registration is now closed as all of the available places on the virtual Ensembl browser and REST API workshops have been filled. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please e-mail the Ensembl Helpdesk.
We’ve got another round of the free virtual Ensembl workshops covering the genome browser and the REST API. The Browser workshop will be held between Tuesday 18th May – Thursday 20th May 2021 (7pm-10pm BST) and the REST API workshop will be held between Tuesday 25th May – Thursday 27th May 2021 (7:30pm-10pm BST). Read on for more information and registration instructions.
Continue readingUpdate to the Ensembl Canonical transcript set
Upcoming Ensembl release 104 will bring an update to the Ensembl Canonical transcripts. The new Ensembl Canonical definition will prioritise well-supported biologically representative, highly expressed and highly conserved transcripts. MANE Select will be used as the canonical transcript for human protein coding genes where available.
Continue readingWhat’s coming in Ensembl release 104 / Ensembl Genomes 51?
Ensembl 104 and Ensembl Genomes 51 are expected in April. Check out what we’re up to, although we can’t guarantee everything listed here will make it into the final release.
Continue readingRetirement of clone-based gene names
Human, mouse, rat and zebrafish genes without an official gene symbol, have been conventionally named after BAC clones in Ensembl. We plan to remove these names in Ensembl release 104 and resort to using the Ensembl gene stable IDs instead, in line with practices adopted for all other vertebrate species.
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