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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>We are pleased to announce that the latest Ensembl and Ensembl Genomes updates have been released:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.ensembl.org/"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://www.ensembl.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://ensemblgenomes.org/"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://ensemblgenomes.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Highlights of this release include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>First-pass full annotation of the mouse genome (GENCODE M21 gene set)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Release of Ensembl-RefSeq MANE Select v0.5 transcripts<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Update to GENCODE 30 for human<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Joint REST server for Ensembl and Ensembl Genomes<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Changes to FTP directory layout<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>New genomes: 19 birds, five reptiles and 12 mammals<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>New interface for configuration of regulation tracks<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The release blog post with all news can be viewed here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.ensembl.info/2019/04/09/ensembl-96-and-ensembl-genomes-43-are-out/">http://www.ensembl.info/2019/04/09/ensembl-96-and-ensembl-genomes-43-are-out/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For the latest news from the Ensembl project visit our blog at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.ensembl.info/"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://www.ensembl.info</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The release webinar is planned for Wednesday 17th April 2019 at 16:00 BST. Please register using the following URL:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/8260823671959775489"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/8260823671959775489</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Registration is free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Astrid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>On behalf of the Ensembl team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dr Astrid Gall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Ensembl Outreach Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Wellcome Genome Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hinxton, Cambridge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>CB10 1SD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>