Ensembl 113 and Ensembl Genomes 60 have been released
Ensembl 113 brings major gene and regulatory feature annotation updates in Homo sapiens (human) and Mus musculus (mouse).
2024
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EMBL-EBI’s open data resources for biodiversity and climate research
Science & Technology EMBL-EBI data resources help advance biodiversity and climate change research by enabling scientists to study species interactions, evolutionary processes, ecosystem health, and more.
2024
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The EMBL evolution: Ewan Birney on open data and the ethos of excellence
People & Perspectives Ewan Birney reflects on his time at EMBL and the development of the organisation through a commitment to open data and nurturing scientific talent.
2024
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Welcome: Mallory Freeberg
People & Perspectives The new Team Leader for Human Genomics at EMBL-EBI shares how curiosity and maths shaped her career and what it takes to be a community builder.
2024
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Ancient environmental DNA provides solutions for global food security challenges
EMBL Announcements Researchers explore genetic diversity found in ancient environmental DNA to help modern agricultural practices.
2024
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AlphaMissense data integrated into Ensembl, UniProt, DECIPHER and AlphaFold DB
The integration enables researchers to easily access AI-generated scores estimating how likely genetic variants are to be pathogenic
2024
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Ensembl 112 has been released
Ensembl 112 and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 59 has released. This includes exciting new fish species, many more drosophila species and new VEP updates.
2024
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Ensembl 111 has been released
The Ensembl 111 features a range of new Ensembl VEP plugins and updated agricultural, fish, plant and metazoa species.
2024
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Filling the skills gap to advance genomic medicine: an interview with Emily Perry
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives By upskilling researchers on bioinformatics skills and tools, EMBL alumna Emily Perry is helping to make genomic medicine more accessible.
2023
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Ensembl Bacteria releases new annotation for all its genomes
Ensembl 110 and Ensembl Genomes 57 have introduced in-house prokaryotic gene annotation across genomes available in Ensembl Bacteria. Since its inception, Ensembl Bacteria has imported user-submitted annotations from the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) for…
2023
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Genomic medicine: ushering in a new era in healthcare
Science & Technology EMBL-EBI data resources are being used to deliver thousands of genetic diagnostics to patients every month.
2023
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ProtVar: understanding missense variation in humans
Science & Technology A new tool for the interpretation of missense variation in humans – ProtVar – will help enable drug discovery.
2023
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A more diverse human reference genome
Science & Technology The human pangenome – one of the most complete collections of genome sequences released so far – captures rich human diversity.
2023
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Ensembl 109 has been released
Latest Ensembl and Ensembl Genomes releases bring updates to donkey and horse assemblies, and lots of new plants and metazoa.
2023
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Darwin Tree of Life: first 500 genome assemblies released as project creates a buzz
Science & Technology We look back through some of the 2022 highlights from the Darwin Tree of Life project.
2023
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EMBL-EBI databases considered critical to life sciences
Open data resources that enable global research and development recognised by the Global Biodata Coalition.
2022
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Ensembl 108 has been released
We are pleased to announce the release of Ensembl 108, and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 55 featuring changes in the human default tracks, new genomes in Ensembl Plants and Ensembl Metazoa, and the addition of mitochondrial annotation for Tasmanian devil. Genome assemblies and…
2022
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Biodiversity Genomics Europe: addressing biodiversity loss through genomics
European experts gather to launch a project that aims to characterise and conserve life on Earth using DNA data.
2022
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Ensembl 107 has been released
The Ensembl 107 release contains updates to regulatory annotations and updated vertebrate and metazoan species.
2022
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Supporting the African BioGenome Project to build bioinformatics capacity
ConnectionsLab Matters The African BioGenome Project and EMBL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support each other in building genomics and bioinformatics capacity across Africa
2022
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A machine learning approach for allocating gene function
Science & Technology Researchers in the Ensembl team are making the most of machine learning methods to speed up genome annotation pipelines
2022
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Fergal Martin – Eukaryotic Annotation Team Leader
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Fergal Martin discusses the importance of open access data and his work in different biodiversity initiatives
2022
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Peter Harrison – Genome Analysis Team Leader
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.
2022
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The MANE collaboration: working together to support genome science
Science & Technology Researchers from the MANE collaboration bring you the most comprehensive human genome annotation dataset to date.
2022
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Darwin Tree of Life at EMBL-EBI: reaching the first major milestone
Science & Technology Our researchers highlight their contributions to the Darwin Tree of Life project and how new genome annotations helps to further biodiversity research
2022
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Darwin Tree of Life in 2021: tireless fieldwork and the first beautiful genomes
Science & Technology A look back at some of the 2021 highlights from the Darwin Tree of Life partner institutes.
2021
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Welcome: Sarah Dyer
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
2021
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Piecing together the best reference genome
Science & Technology Researchers reveal the best technology for assembling reference genomes.
2021
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The curious genome of the tuatara, an ancient reptile in peril
Science & Technology A global team of researchers including the Flicek Team at EMBL-EBI has partnered up with the Māori tribe Ngātiwai to sequence the genome of the tuatara, a rare reptile endemic to New Zealand.
2020
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Two EMBL scientists become EMBO Members
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters This year, EMBO elected 63 new members, including Alexander Aulehla, Group Leader and Senior Scientist at EMBL Heidelberg, and Paul Flicek, Associate Director of EMBL-EBI Services, Senior Scientist, Group and Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
2020
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Five things you probably didn’t know about the Human Genome Project
Science & Technology Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first draft of the entire human genome.
2020
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Curious genomes
Science & Technology What are the strangest genomes in EMBL-EBI's Ensembl?
2017
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EMBL in pictures
Lab Matters A snapshot of the many activities and events that took place in the world of EMBL this Autumn.
2015
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GWAS Catalog moves to EMBL-EBI
Lab Matters GWAS Catalog, originally developed by the NHGRI in the US, moves to EMBL-EBI.
2015
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Sheep genome provides rich resource for agricultural research
Science & Technology Reference sheep genome, published by International Sheep Genomics Consortium, available in Ensembl
2014
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ArrayExpress database doubles in size to 100,000 hybridisations
Lab Matters ArrayExpress, the publicly available database of transcriptomics data at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), has doubled in size in 2007, reaching the 100,000-hybridisation milestone. The database now holds snapshots of gene expression…
2007
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Double recognition of EBI scientists by the ISCB
Lab Matters The International Society for Computational Biology has named two scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute as the winners of its awards for 2005. Janet Thornton wins the Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award while the Overton Prize goes to Ewan Birney. Thomas Lengauer, the ISCB’s…
2005
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