Ensembl

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!

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

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

Photo of butterfly, mountain clouded yellow

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

🧬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

@ebi.embl.org @ensembl.org

Homepage of the Ensembl Rapid Release site http://rapid.ensembl.org

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

Latest @deciphergenomics.bsky.social release is now out! Showcasing lots of new data on gene pages and the protein browser.

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

A photograph of Jorge at Wits University in South Africa.

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...

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

📢 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

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.

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.”

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...

@ebi.embl.org @ensembl.org

It's a bull... It's a beetle... No! It's the Bull Headed Dung Beetle! And its genome is now available on the new Ensembl site - zurl.co/uWaPP Image credit - zurl.co/X15FC

🪰 Welcome to the EMBO Practical Course 'Drosophila genetics and genomics'! #EMBODrosophila

Participants will gain hands-on experience and insights from leading experts in the field – let the learning and collaboration begin! 🙌🏼

@embl.org @embo.org @justinmcrocker.bsky.social

🤔 Still getting your head around how releases will work in the new #Ensembl website? Read all about Ensembl Beta releases in our blog: www.ensembl.info/2025/07/04/i...

A photograph of the Aotus nancymaae (Ma's night monkey).

📢 Ensembl Beta partial release 10 is now out! Gene annotation is now available for another 269 species, including Aotus nancymaae (Ma's night monkey) 🐵

You can explore all available species here:
➡️ beta.ensembl.org/species-sele...

A photo of Rosalind Franklin using a light microscope. Image is from personal collection of Jenifer Glynn, via MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Happy Birthday to Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), whose pioneering work on the crystal structure of DNA led to the discovery of DNA's double helix shape and ultimately to everything we do at Ensembl today! #DNA #WomeninSTEM

A photograph of a speaker on a stage and a screen projecting presentation slides.

A photograph of an EMBL-EBI booth at a conference.

A photograph of a speaker on stage with a screen projecting presentation slides and an audience looking towards the stage.

Did you attend @iscb.bsky.social's #ismbeccb2025 🇬🇧? @ebi.embl.org colleagues (including reps from #Ensembl, @deciphergenomics.bsky.social, @training.ebi.embl.org, @pdbeurope.bsky.social and @expressionatlas.bsky.social) surely did! 🧬

We snapped some pics of @malloryfreeberg.bsky.social in action 🎤

A photograph of Suzanna on a bike trip in Northumberland.

Meet @suzannadickson.bsky.social, a visiting @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social PhD student at #Ensembl! 🌱 She’s supporting bioinformatics training across Africa, helping launch Ensembl Beta, and sharing campus life. Read more in our latest blog ⬇️
www.ensembl.info/2025/07/17/g...

If it has been deposited into the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration INSDC 😉 #OpenScience

Ensembl will be at the EMBL-EBI booth. Come say hello!

Join us at Ensembl! We have two job openings:
Software Developer ( zurl.co/KQV0E)
Closing date: 10 August 2025

Bioinformatics Developer (zurl.co/xX9bC)
Closing date: 10 August 2025

Hi Michel, Thanks for trying Ensembl beta. You can select multiple assemblies at a time (e.g. Grch38 and the latest T2T-CHM13). Please could you email us on helpdesk@ensembl.org as we would love to hear your thoughts on the new site.

Keen eye!
Thank you, and please do let us know your thoughts on Ensembl beta.

Woo-Hoo! This has been a long time coming, and in much testing (beta testing) but the integrated beta more functionality - smooth genome scrolling, nice uploads, and gene + function pages.

Hey, thanks for noticing the diverse range of species in Ensembl! You can now view all the vertebrate and non-vertebrate genomes in beta.ensembl.org

🚀 We've launched an Integrated Release on Ensembl Beta! 
Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use.
You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4

Photo of red-backed vole

Latest update in @ensembl.bsky.social Beta zurl.co/KH8S5 has added over 300 genomes from across the tree of life, including northern red-backed vole! zurl.co/5BGmo
Thank you to the @canadianbiogenome.bsky.social for sharing the data! #genomics #NewGenomes

Feedback from DNA extraction PE activity in Colombia 🇨🇴: we asked high school students to write down their feelings and someone has put down “frustacion and decepcion”
Welcome to the world of lab-based research my friend where honesty (and failed experiments) starts young. 😂🧪🍓
#SciComm #Genetics