We’re pleased to announce the release of Ensembl 101, and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 48. The highlights of this release include an update of the human gene annotation and new population frequency data along with 39 new genomes including a new sheep reference and crop cultivars.
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What’s coming up in Ensembl 101 / Ensembl Genomes 48?
Ensembl 101 (and Ensembl Genomes 48) are due out in mid-August 2020. As with all releases, we cannot guarantee that anything listed here will make it into the final release.
Continue readingEnsembl launches COVID-19 resource

Today, Ensembl has joined the international scientific effort to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has spread rapidly since emerging in late 2019. Our SARS-CoV-2 genome browser and related resources at covid-19.ensembl.org are intended to support both basic research and ongoing work to develop treatments, diagnostics and vaccines.
Continue readingEnsembl 100 has been released!
We are very excited to announce the release of Ensembl 100, along with Ensembl Genomes 47! Time has really flown for us. We moved from our beginnings as a browser with just one genome 20 years ago to an integrated resource for many species and data types in 2020. In this release we continue to scale up, bringing you 29 new genomes and a lot more.
Continue readingWhat’s coming in Ensembl 100 / Ensembl Genomes 47
Can you believe it? Our next release will be Ensembl 100! We are planning to release it along with Ensembl Genomes 47 at the end of April 2020. As with all releases, please note that these are intentions and are not guaranteed to make it into the releases.
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