<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all,<br class=""><br class="">We are delighted to announce that the latest update of Ensembl Genomes has been released.<br class=""><br class="">Highlights of this release include:<div class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Pairwise alignments for more than 50 plant genomes including potato and tomato, cacao and grape, and several Oryza sp<br class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Newly available genomes from INSDC into our ever expanding Protists and Fungi divisions<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Cross-references of genes in Fungi and Protists to the Pathogen – Host Interaction Database (PHI-base)<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Additional 6,806 bacterial genomes imported from <a href="http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena" class="">ENA</a></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Protein domain information from InterProScan (version 5.14-53.0)<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Genomic alignments<br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>New pairwise alignments have been extended to additional plant genomes and can be viewed in our <a href="http://plants.ensembl.org/Solanum_tuberosum/Location/Multi?db=core;g=PGSC0003DMG400023754;r=1:80939326-80946811;r1=1:92723872-92731357:1;s1=Solanum_lycopersicum" class="">browser</a> website. </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The <a href="http://plants.ensembl.org/Solanum_tuberosum/Location/Compara_Alignments?align=9420;db=core;g=PGSC0003DMG400023754;r=1:80940360-80945890" class="">alignment text</a> can be downloaded in different file formats.</div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Whole genome alignments can also be retrieved via our FTP or programmatically using our APIs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>View the complete list of <a href="http://plants.ensembl.org/compara_analyses.html" class="">genomic alignments</a> available in this new release.</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marking your favourite region, gene, exon, or variant</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You can now mark a selected region when browsing the Ensembl Genomes websites. </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Drag and select your favourite gene and use the pop-up window to mark it. You can also click on the gene itself to mark the location of it.</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Other news</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Updated BioMart: Protists, Metazoa, Fungi and Plants<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Updated <a href="http://ensemblgenomes.org/info/data/peptide_compara" class="">peptide comparative genomics</a></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>New assemblies and annotations for existing fungal species</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gene families available in Protists</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A complete list of the changes can be found on the <a href="http://ensemblgenomes.org/info/release-notes/29" class="">Ensembl Genomes</a> website.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any questions or comments? <a href="mailto:helpdesk@ensemblgenomes.org" class="">Get in touch</a>.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Best wishes,</div><div class="">Denise and the Ensembl Genomes team</div><div class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/ensemblgenomes" class=""><font color="#0433ff" class="">@ensemblgenomes</font></a></div></div></body></html>