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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
August 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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📢 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 photograph of the Aotus nancymaae (Ma's night monkey).
July 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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 photo of Rosalind Franklin using a light microscope. Image is from personal collection of Jenifer Glynn, via MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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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 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.
July 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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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...
A photograph of Suzanna on a bike trip in Northumberland.
July 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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🚀 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
July 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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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
Photo of red-backed vole
July 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Here's a photo of one of our pets #summerfashion
June 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Check out our latest #TEAMsembl feature with @jackhcarpenter.bsky.social, a visiting PhD student at @ebi.embl.org's #Ensembl team 🎉

Learn about Jack's journey from wet-lab biology to bioinformatics, building cool pipelines, and his advice for #bioinf newcomers ⬇️
www.ensembl.info/2025/06/24/g...
A photograph of Jack at Bute Park in Cardiff, Wales.
June 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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In our latest #TEAMsembl blog series, we shine a spotlight on Paulo, a member of the #Ensembl Regulation team. Paulo shares insights into his daily routine - balancing coding and team collaboration, all to advance regulatory annotation automation 🧬👨🏼‍💻

➡️ www.ensembl.info/2025/06/04/g...
A photograph of Paulo with his guitar in Pipa, Brazil.
June 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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It's World Bee Day! 🐝
Did you know that there are about 20000 species of bees around the world?
Scientists can study bee genetic variants to find if the colony is resistant to disease.
There's over 100 Bee Genomes available on Ensembl. Take a look at our Bee-nomes at beta.ensembl.org/species-sele...
Image from Darwin Tree of Life project. A picture of bees and other insects landing on flowers, with genetic code overlaid.
May 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Have a look at what’s growing at Ensembl this spring! We’ve got fresh cucumber 🥒 , garden pea 🫛 and Apple 🍏 genomes available at beta.ensembl.org
Plants and flowers growing in a garden
May 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Had a fantastic time delivering Ensembl training at Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria and with IDPFun
in Buenos Aires! A few classroom snaps—and of course,
@aleenamolbio.bsky.social couldn’t leave without sitting with Mafalda. 🇦🇷📸🧬
#bioinformatics #training #OpenAccess
May 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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In April, we visited the Biotechnical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana, to deliver an #Ensembl browser in beautiful Slovenia 🇸🇮

Find out how to host your own Ensembl workshop at training.ensembl.org/hosting 🧬🧑‍🏫
A photograph overlooking the Ljubljanica river in Ljubljana.
May 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Are you going to ISMB/ECCB 2025 @iscb.bsky.social in Liverpool 🇬🇧? Register for our tutorial on 'Genomic Variant Interpretation & prioritisation for clinical research'. More info: tinyurl.com/ahav9djn
#genomics #bioinformatics
March 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM