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The Ensembl project seeks to enable genomic science by providing high-quality, integrated annotation.

Vertebrates: www.ensembl.org
Non-vertebrates: www.ensemblgenomes.org

You can test the new Ensembl browser and share your feedback at beta.ensembl.org
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · Sep 2
📢 Happy to announce that Ensembl 115 and Ensembl Genomes 62 are out! This release features ~120000 new protein coding transcripts in human GRCh38, 2 new cattle, 7 new plants and 20 new metazoa! 🧬🐮 🫛🪲
Read more here ➡️ zurl.co/poyXM
Ensembl 115 has been released! – Ensembl Blog
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Ensembl job alert! We are looking for a bioinformatics developer to join our Genebuild team: zurl.co/QpnKj
Closing date: 11 Dec 2025
Job: Bioinformatics Developer – Ensembl Genebuild – Ensembl Blog
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November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Join us tomorrow to explore Ensembl resources for pangenomes! Leanne Haggerty is presenting on Ensembl annotation for human, model organism, livestock & crop plant pangenomes.

Free registration: zurl.co/3sSUJ 

Full series:zurl.co/XrVdc
#Pangenomes #Ensembl
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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🚨 NEWS! The GWAS Catalog Diagram is back up! 🚨
Smoother, faster loading for filtered views!
🗺️ Explore now 👉 www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/diagram
Tell us what you think! Are there any features you would like? Help us to make it useful for the #gwas community
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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As new human assemblies become available on beta.ensembl.org - which human reference genome will you choose? This article explores the question with insights from Ensembl’s own Fergal Martin - www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#HumanGenomics #Pangenomes #ReferenceGenomes
Choose your human genome reference wisely - Nature Methods
Scientists can choose between multiple human genome references, and a pangenome reference is coming. Deciding what to use when is not quite straightforward.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Last day to add your input for #phytopathogen genome resources! Complete the survey before it closes: qualtricsxmpy46tq866.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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📣Advance your skills in #pathogen genomics — no coding required — with the #Fungal Pathogen Genomics (Virtual) course #FungiDB @ensembl.org #mycocsm @yeastgenome.bsky.social #CGD
🗓️ 1–5 June 2026 Deadline: 16 March 2026
Apply here: coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/fungal...
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Ensembl Beta 14 is now live! We've added many more genomes, including Uroteuthis edulis, the Swordtip squid from the Aquatic Symbiosis Project. Find out if your favourite species is available with Ensembl Beta's Species Selector: zurl.co/BRLSE

#Ensembl #NewRelease
A screenshot of the Species Selector app on the new Ensembl website, beta.ensembl.org.
October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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FungiDB/VEuPathDB + Ensembl are teaming up to enhance fungal & oomycete genome resources — and we need your input!

Complete the survey by Nov 1st, 2025: 
zurl.co/gKjC1

Your feedback will help guide decisions on genome curation, annotation & data integration.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Happy #AdaLovelaceDay from the @training.ebi.embl.org team!
training.ebi.embl.org EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · Oct 14
Introducing Ada: the new AI assistant from EMBL-EBI Training. We created our training chatbot, Ada, to make it easier and more engaging for users to find the right on-demand training resources from our broad catalogue of training: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/ada

#AdaLovelaceDay #bioinformatics

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Introducing Ada: the new AI training assistant. Explore on-demand bioinformatics training with Ada, your training AI assistant.
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Notice for users of Ensembl Rapid Release - this site has been archived and is now accessible at rapid-archive.ensembl.org. Any saved URLs will now redirect to the latest data on our new site- beta.ensembl.org

Learn more on our blog: www.ensembl.info/2025/10/13/...
October 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Cool update in Ensembl VEP (release 115):
You can now annotate structural variants with @gnomad-project.bsky.social allele frequencies AND ClinVar clinical significance

Perfect for filtering & interpreting SVs!
More info on our blog (zurl.co/3lZjy)
#genomics #bioinformatics
Cool stuff Ensembl VEP can do: annotate structural variants with gnomAD allele frequencies and ClinVar clinical significance – Ensembl Blog
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October 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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So, our definitive paper on the human reference gene set is out this week in Database (Oxford).

We merged and compared @ensembl.org / @gencodegenes.bsky.social , RefSeq and UniProtKB coding genes and investigated the agreements and discrepancies.

Details of what we found in the thread ...
Counts of the merged Ensembl/GENCODE, RefSeq and UniProtKB coding genes with the most likely explanations for the outliers for each gene set. For example, most Ensembl/GENCODE singletons are readthrough genes.
September 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Thank you very much Manovikas Kendra Kolkata for hosting our Ensembl Genome Browser and Train the Trainer workshops!

I enjoyed learning about the neurodiversity research done here and it was great to see how it is readily applied to improving patient's lives!
September 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Ensembl VEP makes variant annotation easy with access to key reference data for filtering and interpretation. Now includes MAVE results, offering further insights across nearly all possible variants in targeted regulatory or coding regions. More on our blog (zurl.co/Aj9HH)
#bioinformatics #genomics
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Ensembl is in Kolkata! 🇮🇳 we connected with researchers at #incob2025 in a workshop about our new Ensembl site - beta.ensembl.org!

Thank you to all who attended for your great questions and to the organisers for this great event! - www.apbionet.org jcbose.ac.in/home
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Ensembl Beta 13 is live!
Check it out to see if your favourite species made the list-mine did! The Mountain Clouded Yellow was just added (beta.ensembl.org/species/fbf7...)
#Genomics #OpenAccessData
Photo of butterfly, mountain clouded yellow
September 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🧬Our team member Sameh ElBadry was invited to deliver a seminar at the Wellcome Genome Campus, sharing how our Responsible Handover Framework of #AI has been integrated into Ensembl

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September 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Heads up! The Ensembl Rapid Release site (zurl.co/2iF0U) will be archived very soon.
All links to it will redirect to our new site: zurl.co/PMirU
The original data will remain accessible at zurl.co/9IQJv.
Questions? Reach us at helpdesk [at] ensembl.org
Homepage of the Ensembl Rapid Release site http://rapid.ensembl.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Latest @deciphergenomics.bsky.social release is now out! Showcasing lots of new data on gene pages and the protein browser.
deciphergenomics.bsky.social deciphergenomics.bsky.social @deciphergenomics.bsky.social · Sep 10
DECIPHER version 11.34 has been released. See the new features at www.deciphergenomics.org #variantinterpretation
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Fantastic few days of bioinformatics at [BC]²! 🧬 #bc2basel

Thanks to everyone who joined our workshop on using Ensembl’s Variant Effect Predictor with alternative assemblies like T2T-CHM13v2.0.

Excited for more great talks & posters today @sib.swiss
September 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Meet @spider-m4n.bsky.social (Jorge Batista da Rocha) in our #TEAMsembl series, where he reflects on his first year at #Ensembl, training on the new browser, AI in learning, and… two dogs who can sniff out cheese 🧀 🐾

Read more at www.ensembl.info/2025/09/08/g...
A photograph of Jorge at Wits University in South Africa.
September 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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We teamed up with @diplomics.bsky.social‬ to deliver Ensembl South African Workshop Series 🇿🇦

We were at Pretoria, Limpopo, Durban and Cape Town!

Always inspiring to see how researchers are applying Ensembl in powerful ways
#genomics #Bioinformatics #OpenAccess
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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📢 Happy to announce that Ensembl 115 and Ensembl Genomes 62 are out! This release features ~120000 new protein coding transcripts in human GRCh38, 2 new cattle, 7 new plants and 20 new metazoa! 🧬🐮 🫛🪲
Read more here ➡️ zurl.co/poyXM
Ensembl 115 has been released! – Ensembl Blog
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September 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Planned Maintenance Notice 🛠️

Ensembl Tools will be unavailable from Tuesday, 9 Sept 2025, 08:30 AM BST until Wednesday, 10 Sept 2025, 08:30 AM BST

Jobs submitted during this time will be queued and processed once maintenance is complete.
September 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Good data needs great guidance – EMBL-EBI have adopted the Responsible Handover Framework into their new Ensembl Beta site, helping thousands interpret genomic data and use their tools with confidence.

Find out more: senseaboutscience.org/activities/r...

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Quote from Beth Flint, Ensembl Coordinator at EMBL-EBI: "We’re always excited to see Ensembl data being used by the scientific community to tackle big questions in biology and genomics. As soon as we heard about the Responsible Handover Framework we wanted to use it for Ensembl. We hope it aids our users in developing a solid understanding of our data and how it is generated so that they can be confident when they incorporate it into their work.”
August 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM