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Background image by Spencer Phillips</div> </aside> </div> </div> </div> <div id="primary" class="content-area col-lg-9" itemprop="mainContentOfPage"> <div id="content" class="site-content" role="main"> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15979" class="post-15979 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-02-ensembl-vep category-02-updates tag-bioinformatics tag-ensembl tag-genomics tag-variation tag-vep"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/02/14/cool-stuff-ensembl-vep-can-do-reduce-the-number-of-human-transcripts-you-need-to-consider-without-missing-results/" title="Permalink to Cool stuff Ensembl VEP can do: reduce the number of human transcripts you need to consider without missing results!" rel="bookmark">Cool stuff Ensembl VEP can do: reduce the number of human transcripts you need to consider without missing results!</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/02/14/cool-stuff-ensembl-vep-can-do-reduce-the-number-of-human-transcripts-you-need-to-consider-without-missing-results/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-14T13:26:22+00:00" itemprop="datepublished">14th February 2025</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/aleena/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Aleena Mushtaq</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/02/14/cool-stuff-ensembl-vep-can-do-reduce-the-number-of-human-transcripts-you-need-to-consider-without-missing-results/#respond" itemprop="discussionUrl">0 Comments</a></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>Ensembl VEP calculates the location and likely impact of variant alleles on genes, producing extensive annotations, but there are now a huge number of human transcripts to consider. The new GENCODE Primary transcript set streamlines the variant annotation process, saving time in both analysis and results filtering/ interpretation.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/02/14/cool-stuff-ensembl-vep-can-do-reduce-the-number-of-human-transcripts-you-need-to-consider-without-missing-results/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15950" class="post-15950 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-02-updates category-01-release tag-ensembl-beta tag-genomics tag-new-data tag-rapid-release"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/02/07/new-data-available-via-ensembl-beta/" title="Permalink to New data available via Ensembl Beta聽" rel="bookmark">New data available via Ensembl Beta聽</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/02/07/new-data-available-via-ensembl-beta/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-07T14:06:58+00:00" itemprop="datepublished">7th February 2025</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/jrocha/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Jorge Batista da Rocha</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on New data available via Ensembl Beta聽</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p></p> <p>Following the <a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/11/14/we-will-be-freezing-ensembl-rapid-release/">freezing of Ensembl Rapid Release</a>, we have added new data to the new Ensembl Website – Ensembl Beta – <a href="https://beta.ensembl.org/">https://beta.ensembl.org/</a>.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/02/07/new-data-available-via-ensembl-beta/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15938" class="post-15938 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-02-updates category-01-release tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-genomes tag-genomics tag-plants tag-release tag-variation tag-vep"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/01/28/whats-coming-in-ensembl-release-114-ensembl-genomes-61/" title="Permalink to What鈥檚 coming in Ensembl release 114 / Ensembl Genomes 61?" rel="bookmark">What鈥檚 coming in Ensembl release 114 / Ensembl Genomes 61?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/01/28/whats-coming-in-ensembl-release-114-ensembl-genomes-61/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-28T16:04:01+00:00" itemprop="datepublished">28th January 2025</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/aleena/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Aleena Mushtaq</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/01/28/whats-coming-in-ensembl-release-114-ensembl-genomes-61/#respond" itemprop="discussionUrl">0 Comments</a></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>Ensembl 114 and Ensembl Genomes 61 are expected in March 2025. Check out what we鈥檙e up to, although we can鈥檛 guarantee everything listed here will make it into the final release.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/01/28/whats-coming-in-ensembl-release-114-ensembl-genomes-61/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15889" class="post-15889 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-05-community tag-bioinformatics tag-career tag-developer tag-ensembl tag-software-engineer tag-web"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/01/17/getting-to-know-us-jon-from-ensembl-web/" title="Permalink to Getting to know us: Jon from Ensembl Web" rel="bookmark">Getting to know us: Jon from Ensembl Web</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/01/17/getting-to-know-us-jon-from-ensembl-web/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-17T10:28:42+00:00" itemprop="datepublished">17th January 2025</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/lpmirabueno/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Louisse Paola Mirabueno</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Getting to know us: Jon from Ensembl Web</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>In our <em>Getting to know us </em>(a.k.a. Teamsembl) blog series we talk to Ensembl colleagues and ask them a series of questions. To kick off the year, we had the pleasure of interviewing <a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/jon-keatley" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/jon-keatley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jon Keatley</a>, who is the project leader of the Ensembl Web team. The Web team is the driving force behind developing, maintaining, and improving the Ensembl websites, including creating user interfaces and data visualisations. Join us as we explore Jon’s journey, the work he is currently involved in and the activities he enjoys with his family outside of work.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2025/01/17/getting-to-know-us-jon-from-ensembl-web/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15834" class="post-15834 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-05-community tag-ensembl tag-regulation"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/12/10/retirement-of-ensembl-microarray-probe-mapping/" title="Permalink to Retirement of Ensembl Microarray Probe Mapping聽" rel="bookmark">Retirement of Ensembl Microarray Probe Mapping聽</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/12/10/retirement-of-ensembl-microarray-probe-mapping/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-10T16:13:54+00:00" itemprop="datepublished">10th December 2024</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/jrocha/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Jorge Batista da Rocha</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Retirement of Ensembl Microarray Probe Mapping聽</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Ensembl will retire Microarray Probe Mapping annotation in 2026.聽</span></p> <p><a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/12/10/retirement-of-ensembl-microarray-probe-mapping/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a></p> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15780" class="post-15780 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-01-release tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-genomes tag-rapid tag-rapid-release tag-release"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/11/14/we-will-be-freezing-ensembl-rapid-release/" title="Permalink to We have frozen Ensembl Rapid Release" rel="bookmark">We have frozen Ensembl Rapid Release</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/11/14/we-will-be-freezing-ensembl-rapid-release/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-14T16:40:07+00:00" itemprop="datepublished">14th November 2024</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/jrocha/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Jorge Batista da Rocha</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on We have frozen Ensembl Rapid Release</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>All Rapid Release data, including Release 65, has been uploaded into the new Ensembl Beta site. New genome data will only be released onto the <a href="https://beta.ensembl.org" data-type="link" data-id="https://beta.ensembl.org">Ensembl Beta site</a>.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/11/14/we-will-be-freezing-ensembl-rapid-release/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15700" class="post-15700 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-01-release tag-archives tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-genomes tag-gene-annotation tag-genebuild tag-metazoa tag-plants tag-regulation tag-rest-api tag-variation"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/10/18/ensembl-113-has-been-released/" title="Permalink to Ensembl 113 has been released!" rel="bookmark">Ensembl 113 has been released!</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/10/18/ensembl-113-has-been-released/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-18T12:29:06+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">18th October 2024</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/lpmirabueno/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Louisse Paola Mirabueno</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Ensembl 113 has been released!</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>We are pleased to announce the release of Ensembl 113, and the corresponding release of Ensembl Genomes 60. This release brings major gene and regulatory feature annotation updates in <em>Homo sapiens</em> (Human) and <em>Mus musculus</em> (Mouse). We have updated existing genomes and added additional genomes across the different Ensembl sites, including livestock breeds in Ensembl, three new species in Ensembl Plants and 26 new species in Ensembl Metazoa. Can鈥檛 find the species you are looking for? Don鈥檛 forget that new and exciting genome assemblies and annotations are continuously added to <a href="https://rapid.ensembl.org/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ensembl Rapid Release</a>!</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/10/18/ensembl-113-has-been-released/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15617" class="post-15617 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-01-release tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-97 tag-ensembl-genomes tag-ensembl-genomes-37 tag-ensembl-genomes-40 tag-ensembl-metazoa tag-ensembl-plants tag-ensembl-vep tag-metazoa tag-microarray tag-plants tag-regulation tag-rest-api tag-vep"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/08/13/whats-coming-in-ensembl-release-113-ensembl-genomes-60/" title="Permalink to What鈥檚 coming in Ensembl release 113 / Ensembl Genomes 60?" rel="bookmark">What鈥檚 coming in Ensembl release 113 / Ensembl Genomes 60?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/08/13/whats-coming-in-ensembl-release-113-ensembl-genomes-60/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-13T10:49:07+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">13th August 2024</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/lpmirabueno/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Louisse Paola Mirabueno</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on What鈥檚 coming in Ensembl release 113 / Ensembl Genomes 60?</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>We expect to release Ensembl 113 and Ensembl Genomes 60 in <s>September</s> October 2024. Below is a list of updates that we are hoping to include in the upcoming release. However, please note that we cannot guarantee everything listed here will make it into the final release.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/08/13/whats-coming-in-ensembl-release-113-ensembl-genomes-60/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15608" class="post-15608 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-02-ensembl-vep tag-bioinformatics tag-ensembl tag-variation tag-vep"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/08/09/cool-stuff-ensembl-vep-can-do-supporting-alternative-human-assemblies/" title="Permalink to Cool stuff Ensembl VEP can do: supporting alternative human assemblies" rel="bookmark">Cool stuff Ensembl VEP can do: supporting alternative human assemblies</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/08/09/cool-stuff-ensembl-vep-can-do-supporting-alternative-human-assemblies/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-09T08:22:00+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">9th August 2024</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/aleena/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Aleena Mushtaq</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Cool stuff Ensembl VEP can do: supporting alternative human assemblies</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>The Ensembl VEP command-line tool can annotate and filter variants called against the latest human assemblies, including the telomere-to-telomere assembly of the CHM13 cell line (T2T-CHM13). In this blog post, we provide examples of how to run Ensembl VEP with these new assemblies and list the additional annotations supported via plugins.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/08/09/cool-stuff-ensembl-vep-can-do-supporting-alternative-human-assemblies/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15581" class="post-15581 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-05-community tag-annotation tag-bioinformatics tag-career tag-ensembl tag-havana tag-manual-annotation tag-manual-curation tag-teamsembl"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/07/31/getting-to-know-us-reham-from-ensembl-havana/" title="Permalink to Getting to know us: Reham from Ensembl Havana" rel="bookmark">Getting to know us: Reham from Ensembl Havana</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/07/31/getting-to-know-us-reham-from-ensembl-havana/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-31T14:23:26+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">31st July 2024</time></a></span> by <span class="author vcard" itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.ensembl.info/author/lpmirabueno/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Louisse Paola Mirabueno</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Getting to know us: Reham from Ensembl Havana</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>In July, we talked to <a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/reham-fatima/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Reham Fatima</a>, a member of the Havana team. The Havana team carry out manual annotation on human, mouse, zebrafish and rat genomes. Reham has contributed to the MANE and GENCODE projects. Read more about Reham’s work at <a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">EMBL-EBI</a> and what kind of cuisine she likes the most. You can also see some amazing photographs she has taken in her free time.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/07/31/getting-to-know-us-reham-from-ensembl-havana/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <nav class="navigation pagination" aria-label="Posts"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Posts navigation</h2> <div class="nav-links"><span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current">1</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.ensembl.info/page/2/">2</a> <span class="page-numbers dots">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.ensembl.info/page/69/">69</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://www.ensembl.info/page/2/"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i></a></div> </nav> </div> <footer class="site-info" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WPFooter"> <a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Semantic Personal Publishing Platform">Proudly powered by WordPress</a>. 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