Ensembl version 76 release

Ensembl version 76 has been released, offering updated data and new features.

The new Ensembl release 76 includes:

• Updated human assembly to GRCh38 (GENCODE 20)
• Updated mouse gene set (GENCODE M3)
• New BLAST/BLAT
• New Regulation displays
• Improved sequence export
• New species: Amazon molly and Olive baboon
• Updated human GENCODE release 20 and mouse GENCODE release M3 gene sets including manual annotation from Havana
• Imported the latest sequence variants from dbSNP build 140 for chicken, cow, pig and sheep.
• Updated COSMIC version 69
• Updated DGVa data for cow, dog, horse, human, macaque, mouse, pig, zebrafish
• Updated human phenotype from ClinVar and Decipher.

More about release 76

The release blog post can be viewed here: http://www.ensembl.info/blog/2014/08/07/ensembl-76-has-been-released/

A complete list of the changes in release 76 can be found at http://www.ensembl.org/info/website/news.html

Find out more at the Ensembl Release Webinar e76 (Wed, August 20, 2014 4:00 PM - 4.30 PM GMT). Register for free here:  http://tinyurl.com/e76-webinar

Want to know more about GRCh38?, Register for free to the Ensembl and GRC Webinar (Wed, September 17, 2014 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM GMT): http://tinyurl.com/GRCh38-webinar