Ensembl 2016

Andrew Yates(European Bioinformatics Institute), Wasiu Akanni(European Bioinformatics Institute), M Ridwan Amode(European Bioinformatics Institute), Daniel Barrell(European Bioinformatics Institute), Konstantinos Billis(European Bioinformatics Institute), Denise Carvalho‐Silva(European Bioinformatics Institute), Carla Cummins(European Bioinformatics Institute), Peter Clapham(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Stephen Fitzgerald(European Bioinformatics Institute), Laurent Gil(European Bioinformatics Institute), Carlos García Girón(European Bioinformatics Institute), Leo I. Gordon(European Bioinformatics Institute), Thibaut Hourlier(European Bioinformatics Institute), Sarah Hunt(European Bioinformatics Institute), Sophie H. Janacek(European Bioinformatics Institute), Nathan Johnson(European Bioinformatics Institute), Thomas Juettemann(European Bioinformatics Institute), Stephen Keenan(European Bioinformatics Institute), Ilias Lavidas(European Bioinformatics Institute), Fergal J. Martin(European Bioinformatics Institute), Thomas Maurel(European Bioinformatics Institute), William McLaren(European Bioinformatics Institute), Daniel N. Murphy(European Bioinformatics Institute), Rishi Nag(European Bioinformatics Institute), Michael Nuhn(European Bioinformatics Institute), Anne Parker(European Bioinformatics Institute), Mateus Patrício(European Bioinformatics Institute), Miguel Pignatelli(European Bioinformatics Institute), Matthew Rahtz(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Harpreet Singh Riat(European Bioinformatics Institute), Dan Sheppard(European Bioinformatics Institute), Kieron Taylor(European Bioinformatics Institute), Anja Thormann(European Bioinformatics Institute), Alessandro Vullo(European Bioinformatics Institute), Steven P. Wilder(European Bioinformatics Institute), Amonida Zadissa(European Bioinformatics Institute), Ewan Birney(European Bioinformatics Institute), Jennifer Harrow(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Matthieu Muffato(European Bioinformatics Institute), Emily Perry(European Bioinformatics Institute), Magali Ruffier(European Bioinformatics Institute), Giulietta Spudich(European Bioinformatics Institute), Stephen J. Trevanion(European Bioinformatics Institute), Fiona Cunningham(European Bioinformatics Institute), Bronwen Aken(European Bioinformatics Institute), Daniel R. Zerbino(European Bioinformatics Institute), Paul Flicek(European Bioinformatics Institute)
Nucleic Acids Research
December 19, 2015
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Abstract

The Ensembl project (http://www.ensembl.org) is a system for genome annotation, analysis, storage and dissemination designed to facilitate the access of genomic annotation from chordates and key model organisms. It provides access to data from 87 species across our main and early access Pre! websites. This year we introduced three newly annotated species and released numerous updates across our supported species with a concentration on data for the latest genome assemblies of human, mouse, zebrafish and rat. We also provided two data updates for the previous human assembly, GRCh37, through a dedicated website (http://grch37.ensembl.org). Our tools, in particular the VEP, have been improved significantly through integration of additional third party data. REST is now capable of larger-scale analysis and our regulatory data BioMart can deliver faster results. The website is now capable of displaying long-range interactions such as those found in cis-regulated datasets. Finally we have launched a website optimized for mobile devices providing views of genes, variants and phenotypes. Our data is made available without restriction and all code is available from our GitHub organization site (http://github.com/Ensembl) under an Apache 2.0 license.


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