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We have improved the Ensembl VEP Docker build process and updated our instructions on how to use Docker and Singularity.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/11/03/cool-stuff-the-ensembl-vep-can-do-easy-installation-and-annotation-using-docker-and-singularity/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15087" class="post-15087 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-07-status tag-asia-mirror tag-downtime tag-ensembl tag-server-status"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/10/26/downtime-of-our-ensembl-asia-mirror/" title="Permalink to Downtime of the Ensembl Asia mirror" rel="bookmark">Downtime of the Ensembl Asia mirror</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/10/26/downtime-of-our-ensembl-asia-mirror/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-10-26T13:52:47+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">26th October 2023</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 Downtime of the Ensembl Asia mirror</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>The <a href="https://asia.ensembl.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ensembl Asia mirror</a> is currently unavailable due to an unforeseen error.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/10/26/downtime-of-our-ensembl-asia-mirror/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15040" class="post-15040 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-05-community tag-bioinformatician tag-bioinformatics tag-career tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-genomes tag-infrastructure tag-teamsembl"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/10/09/getting-to-know-us-arne-from-ensembl-infrastructure/" title="Permalink to Getting to know us: Arne from Ensembl Infrastructure" rel="bookmark">Getting to know us: Arne from Ensembl Infrastructure</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/10/09/getting-to-know-us-arne-from-ensembl-infrastructure/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-10-09T13:26:51+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">9th October 2023</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: Arne from Ensembl Infrastructure</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>In this edition of our <em>Getting to know us</em> blog series, we introduce <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/arne-becker/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/arne-becker/" target="_blank">Arne Becker</a>, member of the Infrastructure team at Ensembl who joined the European Bioinformatics Institute (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/" target="_blank">EMBL-EBI</a>) in March 2022. Arne transitioned from IT security to bioinformatics and his work focuses on enhancing the efficiency of data processing pipelines.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/10/09/getting-to-know-us-arne-from-ensembl-infrastructure/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15018" class="post-15018 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-01-release tag-dbsnp tag-grch37 tag-mane tag-vep"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/09/13/whats-coming-in-ensembl-111-ensembl-genomes-58/" title="Permalink to What’s coming in Ensembl 111 / Ensembl Genomes 58" rel="bookmark">What’s coming in Ensembl 111 / Ensembl Genomes 58</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/09/13/whats-coming-in-ensembl-111-ensembl-genomes-58/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-09-13T11:39:41+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">13th September 2023</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/bmoore/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Ben (Outreach)</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on What’s coming in Ensembl 111 / Ensembl Genomes 58</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>Ensembl 111 and Ensembl Genomes 58 are expected to be released in December 2023. Find out what鈥檚 coming in the new release, although 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/2023/09/13/whats-coming-in-ensembl-111-ensembl-genomes-58/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15005" class="post-15005 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-04-training tag-bioinformatics tag-biomart tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-genomes tag-genomics tag-rest-api tag-training tag-vep"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/09/11/free-ensembl-browser-and-rest-api-virtual-workshops-in-october/" title="Permalink to Free Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in October" rel="bookmark">Free Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in October</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/09/11/free-ensembl-browser-and-rest-api-virtual-workshops-in-october/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-09-11T15:00:42+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">11th September 2023</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 Free Ensembl Browser and REST API virtual workshops in October</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>Sign up for our virtual series covering the Ensembl genome browser and accessing Ensembl data via its REST API. Both workshops will be held from Tuesday to Thursday, with the browser course running from 10<sup>th</sup> to 12<sub><sup></sup><sup>th</sup></sub> October and the REST API course from 17<sup>th</sup> to 19<sup>th</sup> July (09:00 – 12:00 BST). Read on for more information and how to register.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/09/11/free-ensembl-browser-and-rest-api-virtual-workshops-in-october/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-15011" class="post-15011 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-03-other tag-gencode tag-gene-annotation tag-patch"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/08/31/changes-to-the-annotation-of-genes-located-on-human-patch-regions/" title="Permalink to Changes to the annotation of genes located on human patch regions" rel="bookmark">Changes to the annotation of genes located on human patch regions</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/08/31/changes-to-the-annotation-of-genes-located-on-human-patch-regions/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-08-31T15:51:14+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">31st August 2023</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/bmoore/" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Ben (Outreach)</span></a></span><span class="sep">·</span><span class="comments-link"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Changes to the annotation of genes located on human patch regions</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>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.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/08/31/changes-to-the-annotation-of-genes-located-on-human-patch-regions/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-14919" class="post-14919 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-05-community tag-bioinformatician tag-bioinformatics tag-career tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-genomes tag-ensembl-plants tag-genomics tag-plants tag-stem"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/08/15/getting-to-know-us-shradha-from-ensembl-plants/" title="Permalink to Getting to know us: Shradha from Ensembl Plants" rel="bookmark">Getting to know us: Shradha from Ensembl Plants</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/08/15/getting-to-know-us-shradha-from-ensembl-plants/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-08-15T10:53:08+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">15th August 2023</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: Shradha from Ensembl Plants</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>For this month’s <em>Getting to know us</em> series, we talked to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/shradha-saraf" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/shradha-saraf" target="_blank">Shradha Saraf</a>, a bioinformatician in the Ensembl Plants team. Her advice to her younger self is to <em>follow your dreams</em>! Read more about Shradha and her role in the team below.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/08/15/getting-to-know-us-shradha-from-ensembl-plants/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-14900" class="post-14900 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorised tag-bioinformatics tag-deep-learning tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-beta tag-gencode tag-genomics tag-gsoc"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/07/27/gsoc-2023-our-contributors-and-their-projects/" title="Permalink to GSOC 2023: Our contributors and their projects" rel="bookmark">GSOC 2023: Our contributors and their projects</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/07/27/gsoc-2023-our-contributors-and-their-projects/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-07-27T09:32:10+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">27th July 2023</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 GSOC 2023: Our contributors and their projects</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>Today鈥檚 blog focuses on this year鈥檚 <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google Summer of Code (GSoC)</a>. GSoC is an international program founded by Google in 2005 with the purpose of bringing together open-source organisations, and developers interested in contributing to open-source software and getting an exposure to real-world software development techniques. Host organisations list project ideas, and applicants discuss these ideas directly with mentors from the organisations and devise a project proposal to Google, who issue a small stipend to successful applicants.</p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/07/27/gsoc-2023-our-contributors-and-their-projects/">Continue reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a> </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" id="post-14732" class="post-14732 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-02-updates tag-annotation tag-bacteria tag-ensembl tag-ensembl-genomes tag-update"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/07/24/ensembl-bacteria-releases-new-annotation-for-all-of-its-genomes/" title="Permalink to Ensembl Bacteria releases new annotation for all of its genomes" rel="bookmark">Ensembl Bacteria releases new annotation for all of its genomes</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/07/24/ensembl-bacteria-releases-new-annotation-for-all-of-its-genomes/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-07-24T10:20:00+01:00" itemprop="datepublished">24th July 2023</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 Bacteria releases new annotation for all of its genomes</span></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>In <a href="https://ensembl.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ensembl 110</a> / <a href="https://ensemblgenomes.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ensembl Genomes 57</a>, we have introduced in-house prokaryotic gene annotation across genomes available in <a href="https://bacteria.ensembl.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ensembl Bacteria</a>. </p> <a class="btn btn-default btn-sm" href="https://www.ensembl.info/2023/07/24/ensembl-bacteria-releases-new-annotation-for-all-of-its-genomes/">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"><a class="prev page-numbers" href="https://www.ensembl.info/page/2/"><i class="fa fa-chevron-left"></i></a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.ensembl.info/">1</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.ensembl.info/page/2/">2</a> <span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current">3</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://www.ensembl.info/page/4/">4</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/4/"><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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