UniProt:
Universal Protein Resource version 1.0 goes on-line
Today the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the Swiss
Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) and Georgetown University
Medical Center's Protein Information Resource (PIR) launch UniProt,
a "one-stop shop" that allows easy access to all publicly available
information of protein sequence annotation...more
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Dec
15th 2003
Spin
released SPIN
is the new web-based tool for submitting directly sequenced
protein sequences to the UniProt Protein Resource...more
Dec
11th 2003
Chimpanzee
Pre-release
EnSembl have released the recently deposited chimpanzee assembly
on the pre site at http://pre.ensembl.org/Pan_troglodytes/.
The pre site provides browsability of the genome with intial
gene structures determined by matching UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot and RefSeq
to the chimpanzee. BLAST and SSAHA searches are also enabled
and download of specific regions... more
Dec 8th 2003
EMBL
release 77
Release 77 of the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database contains
30,351,263 sequence entries comprising 36,042,464,651 nucleotides.
This represents an increase of about 6% over Release 76. ...
more.
Dec
8th 2003
InterPro
release 7.1
InterPro release 7.1 is out and contains 10403 entries, representing
2239 domains, 7901 families, 197 repeats, 26 active sites, 20
binding sites and 20 post translational modifications. A complete
list is available from the ftp
site.
Nov
28th 2003
Zebrafish
Pre-release This
site shows the DNA sequence, repeat analysis, ab initio
gene predictions, and BLAST comparisons. A fully-featured Ensembl
build, including a full gene build, cross-references to other
datasets and data mining interface... more
Nov
21st 2003
International
collaborators to form the Worldwide Protein Data Bank
The EBI's Protein Databank in Europe (PDBe), the Research
Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) and the Protein
Data Bank Japan (PDBj) announced a collaboration to form the
Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB).
The wwPDB will ensure the quality and consistency of information
on the three dimensional structures of proteins and other large
molecules available through the PDB... more
Nov
6th 2003
Ensembl
version 18 released
The Ensembl Developers are pleased to announce the release of
Ensembl 18... more
Oct
17th 2003
Swiss-Prot
release 42
Swiss-Prot release 42 is available from the EBI ftp server.
It contains 135'850 sequence entries, comprising 50'046'799
amino acids abstracted from 109'694 references. This represents
an increase of 11% over release 41... more
Oct
17th 2003
TrEMBL
release 25
Release 25 of the TrEMBL Protein Sequence Database is available
from the EBI ftp server. Release 25 has been produced in synch
with Swiss-Prot release 42. It contains 1'117'376 entries and
332'901'127 amino acids... more
Oct 15th 2003
GOA updated.
Version 12.0 Swiss-Prot & TrEMBL GO annotation and version 14.0
of human GOA has been released...more
Sept 5th 2003
EMBL
release 76
Release 76 of the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database contains
27,248,475 sequence entries comprising 33,885,908,155 nucleotides.
This represents an increase of about 5% over Release 75 ...
more
September
1st 2003
A new
support forum for small-to-medium enterprises On October
13, 2003 the EBI will launch a new bioinformatics support network
that is tailor made for small companies. Find out more by visiting
the new SME Support Forum web
pages....more
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August
22nd 2003
The latest
version of SRS (Sequence Retrieval System) is now available
This provides a more friendly intuitive interface, faster and
leaner processing as well as access to more than 100 well documented
applications... more
August
6th 2003
New release
of International Protein Index (IPI) database
The latest release of the IPI for human, mouse and rat is now
available... more
August
5th 2003
Ensembl
version 16 released
The Ensembl Developers are pleased to announce the release of
Ensembl 16... more
August
4th 2003
IntEnz
release
The Integrated relational Enzyme database (IntEnz) is now
available. It contains the latest version of Enzyme Nomenclature
approved by NC-IUBMB (4,381 enzymes) as well as proposed changes
and new enzymes (107 entries). Your comments are welcome...
more
July
31st 2003
SRS3D
released
SRS3D is an integrated environment that allows the end-user
to quickly and easily retrieve/visualise sequence structure
and also feature data from primary, secondary and tertiary protein
databases. It is now publicly available from the EBI.
July
22nd 2003
InterPro
release 7.0
InterPro release 7.0 is out with 8547 entries and a new member,
SUPERFAMILY database. A complete list is available from the
ftp
site.
July 15th 2003
GOA updated.
Version 10.0 Swiss-Prot & TrEMBL GO annotation and version 12.0
of human GOA has been released...more
July
9th 2003
New release
of International Protein Index (IPI) database
The latest release of the IPI for human, mouse and rat is now
available... more
July
7th 2003
New release
of AltExtron data from the ASD group
It contains data on alternative splice events as delineated
from genes in human and 8 other species. In addition to being
available as flat files, the data can be accessed through web
interfaces... more
July
4th 2003
Ensembl
version 15 released
The Ensembl Developers are pleased to announce the release of
Ensembl 15... more
July
4th 2003
Ireland
joins EMBL
Ireland has joined the EMBL organisation to become the 17th
member state. This is the result of a technology foresight exercise
launched by the Irish Council of Science Technology and Innovation
four years ago... more
June
27th 2003
TrEMBL
release 24
TrEMBL release 24 is available from the EBI ftp server. Release
24 has been produced in synch with Swiss-Prot release 41.13.
It contains 1'043'240 entries and 310'062'472 amino acids...
more
June
25th 2003
InterPro
release 6.2
InterPro release 6.2 is out with 8423 entries, two new entry
types and links to structural and taxonomic information as well
as the PDB protein of the month. A complete list is available
from the ftp
site..
June 17th 2003
EMBL
release 75
Release 75 of the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database contains
25,214,767 sequence entries comprising 32,195,012,823 nucleotides.
This represents an increase of about 10% over Release 74. ...
more
June
3rd 2003
MPsrch
4.2.80 released
MPsrch 4.2.80, a fast implementation of the true Smith & Waterman
algorithm for searching sequence databases is now available
from EBI. This implementation was done in collaboration with
Aneda and provides very
rigorous and sensitive search results... more
June
3rd 2003
Ensembl
14 is now available
This release contains new New ZFISH2 whole genome shotgun assembly,
annotation, and estgenes. New estgene database for human. Mosquito
SNP dataset has been updated to dbSNP114. New human Vega manually
annotated gene database. New protein family database. New compara
database... more
May 28th 2003
GOA updated.
Version 9.0 Swiss-Prot & TrEMBL GO annotation, and Version 11.0
of human GOA have been released. Both releases have been integrated
into a single GOA data library accessible via SRS.
Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
The complete genome sequences of SARS viruses are now available
from the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database. The protein sequences
are also available
from the Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL databases... more
about SARS
May
8th 2003
Ensembl
13 is now available
This release contains new assemblies for Mouse and C. elegans.
SNP datasets for Human, Mouse, and Mosquito have been updated.
Also microarray and GKB xrefs have been added... more
May 8th 2003
Genome
Campus DNA day
The European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Sanger
Institute and MRC RFCGR invite you to join them on July 3 2003
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the description of the
structure of DNA, the Sanger Institute's 10th anniversary and
the completion of the human genome sequence... more
April
29th 2003
Director
of the EBI elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The Director of the EMBL-EBI, Professor Janet Thornton, has
been elected Foreign Associate of the National
Academy of Sciences in the US. Election to membership in
the Academy is considered one of the highest honours that can
be accorded to a scientist or engineer... more
April
25th 2003
InterPro
release 6.1
InterPro release 6.1 contains 7785 entries, representing 1744
domains, 5877 families, 147 repeats, and 17 sites. Overall,
there are 3406983 InterPro hits from 729397 SWISS-PROT + TrEMBL
protein sequences. A complete list is available from the ftp
site..
April 17th 2003
'2can
Bioinformatics' website launched
The EBI has today launched the '2can Bioinformatics' educational
resource website. The website provides short and concise introductions
to basic concepts in molecular and cell biology and bioinformatics.
The main emphasis is placed on making it as easy as possible
for the user to understand which tools and databases are available
from the EBI and from sites belonging to it's collaborators...
more
April 15th 2003
Human
Build 33: Essentially complete human genome
This pre-release site shows the first "essentially complete"
assembly of the human genome... more
April 14th 2003
International
Consortium announces the completion of Human Genome Project
two years ahead of schedule
All of the sequence data generated by the Human
Genome Project has been swiftly deposited into public databases,
such as Ensembl + EMBL,
and made
freely available to scientists around the world... more
Mar 18th 2003
EMBL
release 74
Release 74 of the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database contains
23,234,788 sequence entries comprising 30,356,786,718 nucleotides.
This represents an increase of about 8.8% over Release 73...
more
March
12th 2003
InterPro
release 6.0
InterPro release 6.0 is out with 7751 entries, over 3 million
hits in SPTR and new web pages ... more
March
5th 2003
SRS7.x
is launched from the EBI
The new datawarehouse has many new features including sorting
of query results and more than 100 applications (many from EMBOSS)
for the analysis of nucleic and protein sequences... more
March
4th 2003
TrEMBL
release 23
TrEMBL release 23 is available from the EBI ftp server. Release
23 has been produced in synch with Swiss-Prot release 41. It
contains 921'952 entries and 40'914'860 amino acids... more
March
4th 2003
ENSEMBL
11 is now available
This release contains new assemblies for Human, Rat, and C.
elegans. There are also new SNP datasets for anopheles, human,
mouse and rat. The website also has new features, including:
CytoView and new ExonView and TransView... more
Feb 28th 2003
Significant
changes to GOA-SPTR.
GOA SPTr now includes an extra 32657 manual annotations covering
8648 proteins resulting from the integration of data from MGI(Mouse),
SGD(Yeast) and FlyBase (Fly)... more
Feb 17th 2003
Pre-build
ensembl site with mouse m30 genome
pre.ensembl.org provides displays of genomes that are in the
process of being ensembl-annotated. It provides the earliest
possible public view of completed genome assemblies in the world...
more
Feb 13th 2003
Improving
on the training opportunities for teachers EMBO,
the EMBL and
the EFB
join forces to deliver a series of national and international
teachers workshops, to create a practical training programme
for teachers and scientists, and to develop, archive and distribute
the best teaching resources... more
Feb 11th 2003
The Alternative
Splicing Database is launched
This project aims to understand the mechanism of alternative
splicing on a genome-wide scale by creating a database of alternatively
spliced exons from human, and other model species...more
GOA updated.
Version 6.0 Swiss-Prot & TrEMBL GO annotation, and Version 8.0
of human GOA have been released. Both releases have been integrated
into a single GOA data library accessible via SRS.
Jan 20th 2003
EMBO
2003 Course.
EMBO Practical Course on Analysis and Informatics of Microarray
Data from the 16/03/2003 - 22/03/2003. Please register before
the 25/01/2003. Selected candidates will be informed by 05/02/2003....
more
Jan 17th 2003
Third
Party Annotation now accepted in EMBL-Bank.
Third Party Annotation Submissions (TPA) Users can now submit
re-annotations/re-assemblies of sequences already present in
DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank and owned by other groups to be included in
the Third Party Annotation (TPA) data-collection.... more
Jan 10th 2003
New support
programme for small-to-medium enterprises.
The EBI plans to launch a support programme aimed specifically
at small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) with an interest in bioinformatics.
Come and hear more about our plans and discuss your company's
needs in a special meeting on 12 May 2003... more
