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

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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 25/09/2026
We are at EuropeanResearchersNight @embl.org An evening for all ages to meet researchers from different fields, try hands-on science (Including a coding workshop!) and see how research shapes our daily lives and our future. #STEM #EMBL
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 08/09/2026
AlphaGenome Variant Impact (AVI) scores, developed by Google DeepMind, predict how likely variants across the whole human genome are to impact gene regulation. AVI scores are available in the Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor to enable easy access into variant analysis workflows.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 04/09/2026
The new Ensembl VEP web interface just got upgraded for human GRCh38 variants! Add scores from AlphaMissense, REVEL, CADD, and SpliceAI. Link gnomAD frequencies, ClinVar & GWAS Catalog phenotypes to your data. Try it at- ensembl.org/tools/vep  Blog- www.ensembl.info/2026/09/04/n...
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 10/08/2026
Ensembl has moved! We are ahead of schedule and all sites now point to the new Ensembl at ensembl.org. It is a major milestone in our 26 year long project! 🧬🧬🧬 Refresh your browser cache for our sites if you find an error this week ⚙️
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 10/08/2026
Ensembl is moving this week! 🧬 Links will point you to the new Ensembl. The default site will be ensembl.org for all species from across the tree of life. We’re starting with the Ensembl Genomes sites, and we’ll end with the Ensembl 116 site.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 29/06/2026
Join @training.ebi.embl.org webinar on 1 July: Transitioning to the new @ensembl.org platform for genome data and annotation. We will cover features in development and the access the current Ensembl site. Register: zurl.co/VNaw3 Qs?: zurl.co/asl8M #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Training
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 26/06/2026
New Ensembl FTP users, heads up! 

The FTP structure for the new site has been updated. The species name-based structure will be retired in August 2026. Overlap dumps are provided to help while you rework existing pipelines. Read more on our blog: zurl.co/sSbPj
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 19/06/2026
Join our Ensembl Transition webinar series with @training.ebi.embl.org, focussing on the move to the new Ensembl browser and what it means for users.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 19/06/2026
If you teach #genomics, support #bioinf training, or use #Ensembl in your courses, check out our new Ensembl for Educators resource at zurl.co/dPKpv and read more about it on the Ensembl blog: zurl.co/rwIPx
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 10/06/2026
Ensembl 116 + Ensembl Genomes 63 are out! Explore new pig, cattle, and oat genomes, updated alignments and new VEP plugins It’s a milestone! Our last on the current platform. New data from here on is via beta.ensembl.org More info on our blog: zurl.co/MrJ2A
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 12/05/2026
Working with structural variants in human genomes? Try our new Alignments viewer with the GRCh38 and T2T-CHM13 genomes on the new Ensembl: zurl.co/LlemO   Built in collaboration with the HGSVC! Read more on on the Ensembl blog: zurl.co/98juQ
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 24/04/2026
30 years ago, the yeast genome was completed by an international team of scientists. Since then, S.cerevisiae has become a key model for understanding conserved biological processes and driving discoveries. Explore the annotated Baker’s yeast R64-1-1 genome in @ensembl.org @yeastgenome.bsky.social
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 18/03/2026
Want to level up your fungal genomics skills? Join our hands-on virtual training in Fungal Pathogen Genomics, covering Ensembl Fungi and other top web-resources for the field. Apply today! coursesandconferences.wellco... Applications close: 28 March 2026 Course runs: 1-5 June 2026
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 12/03/2026
Our #Ensembl colleague, Leanne Haggerty, along with scientists around the globe, recently spoke to Nature Methods (@natureportfolio.nature.com) about the human pangenome and its importance in research. You can read the full article at www.nature.com/articles/s415...
A screenshot of a Nature Methods article on the human pangenome.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 12/02/2026
Ensembl release 116 & Ensembl Genomes release 63 are coming in April 2026! Read more in our declaration of intentions blog: www.ensembl.info/2026/02/12/... From summer 2026, ensembl.org redirects to beta.ensembl.org. Previous versions remain in Ensembl Archives.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 28/01/2026
We are at the Festival of Genomics in London! Join #Ensembl at the “Genome Dome” at 16:00 today to learn about latest new genomes and annotations available via beta.ensembl.org #FOG2026
Photographs of the Festival of Genomics banner and Genome Dome session agenda.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 27/01/2026
Get to know the people behind Ensembl and meet Disha Lodha from the Ensembl Plants & Metazoa team in our latest #Teamsembl blog post at www.ensembl.info/2026/01/27/...
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 13/01/2026
How can animal genomics communities coordinate data resources? Garth Ilsley presents with highlights from the FAANG and Ensembl Regulation data portals #PAG33
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 11/01/2026
Uniprot @uniprot is developing new strategies and workflows for reference proteomes of agricultural species - Pedro Raposo presents at #PAG33
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 11/01/2026
Elspeth Bruford presents on gene naming by the HUGO gene nomenclature committee, over 44000 genes named to date! “Nomenclature should not be offensive or pejorative”! @hgnc.bsky.social #PAG33
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 11/01/2026
New long transcriptomic data are introducing complexities and opportunities into manual genome annotation! Jane Loveland @janeloveland.bsky.social shares new insights @gencodegenes.bsky.social #PAG33
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 11/01/2026
José Pérez-Silva @jgperezsilva.bsky.social presents on gene annotation methods used by Ensembl at #PAG33
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 09/01/2026
If you're in sunny San Diego for #PAG33, join us at our workshop, “Integrated Genome Resources at EMBL-EBI”, to learn more about our exciting new features and data resources for genomics and pangenomics! It's on Sunday 11 January from 8:00– 12:00, we hope to see you there!
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 08/01/2026
New #GeneAnnotation has been added to #Ensembl Beta, including annotation for Dasypus novemcinctus and Buteo buteo! You can explore all available species here: beta.ensembl.org/species-sel... Image credits: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F... commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...
Photographs of the nine-banded armadillo and common buzzard.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 25/12/2025
Riddle number two of the day: this photo was taken at the very last stop of our final Ensembl workshop of the year… can you guess where?
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 05/12/2025
In Nov, @aleenamolbio.bsky.social from Ensembl Outreach visited Uni Valle Colombia to introduce 100 students from 3 public schools in Valle del Cauca to EMBL-EBI research & open-access bioinformatics training. Inspiring the next generation of scientists! 🌱🔬 #STEM #Bioinformatics #Outreach
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 02/12/2025
Attention developers and researchers working with Ensembl programmatically! Upcoming Ensembl API and data access changes are live on our blog. Read more about the new platform, new services, and migration timelines here: www.ensembl.info/2025/12/02/...
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 18/11/2025
New datasets available on beta.ensembl.org! Highlights include oats from the PanOat project, human assemblies from HPRC Release 2 and the pocket water lily, submitted by Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Image credit - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 11/11/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 16/10/2025
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.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 25/09/2025
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!
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 24/09/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 19/09/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 15/09/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 12/09/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 10/09/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 08/09/2025
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.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 04/09/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 08/08/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 28/07/2025
📢 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).
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 25/07/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 23/07/2025
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.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 17/07/2025
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.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 09/07/2025
🚀 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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 02/07/2025
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
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 26/06/2025
Here's a photo of one of our pets #summerfashion
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 24/06/2025
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.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 04/06/2025
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.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 20/05/2025
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.
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 14/05/2025
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
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