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- MANE v1.4 with MANE Select for Non-Coding Genes October 28, 2024The next release (v1.4) of Matched Annotation from NCBI and EMBL-EBI (MANE) is here! MANE is a collaborative dataset produced jointly by NCBI and EMBL-EBI that provides a representative transcript (MANE Select) for human protein-coding genes, to be used as universal standards for variant reporting and browser display. A second transcript, MANE Plus Clinical […]NCBI Staff
- GenBank Release 263.0 Now Available! October 24, 2024GenBank release 263.0 (10/19/2024) is now available on the NCBI FTP site. This release has 36.50 trillion bases and 5.13 billion records. The current release has: 251,998,350 traditional records containing 4,250,942,573,681 base pairs of sequence data 3,745,772,758 WGS records containing 31,362,454,467,668 base pairs of sequence data 948,733,596 bulk-orient […]NCBI Staff
- Upcoming Changes to NCBI’s BioSample Database October 23, 2024Improving Metadata Quality Do you rely on high-quality metadata from NCBI’s BioSample database? BioSample is home to metadata associated with the biological source materials used to generate raw reads, sequences, and other data submitted to NCBI. We are improving our submission process to ensure we provide you with more complete and robust information. Att […]NCBI Staff
- Explore NLM’s NCBI Bookshelf With New Learning Tools at Your Fingertips October 22, 2024New tutorials, queries, and discovery guides now available NLM’s NCBI Bookshelf provides free access to more than 13,000 peer-reviewed books and documents in life science and health care using over a dozen formats including monographs, reviews, reference works, government publications, standards and guidelines, technical reports, and textbooks. In acknowled […]NCBI Staff
- PubMed Central (PMC) Transitions to Updated Website October 21, 2024The next step in the modernization of PMC As previously announced, NLM’s NCBI transitioned to an updated PubMed Central (PMC) website, representing the next step in ongoing efforts to modernize NLM’s products and services. As part of this update, the primary URL for the PMC website has changed from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc to pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. In addition, […]NCBI Staff
- CDART: Find Proteins with Similar Domain Architecture October 17, 2024Are you interested in comparing gene families or exploring the evolution of domain architecture? Try our Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool (CDART) to retrieve sets of proteins that share the same or similar domain superfamily architecture with your query. We recently updated CDART so it’s faster and more streamlined with simplified navigation and […]NCBI Staff
- Changes to SRA Data Access on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) October 16, 2024Important note! The storage tier for Sequence Read Archive (SRA) data available through Amazon Web Services (AWS) commercial buckets is transitioning to Glacier Instant retrieval and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is transitioning to Coldline. This change is projected to be complete by the end of October 2024. To mitigate the cost impact of this change, we reco […]NCBI Staff
- Successful NCBI-NIAID Codeathon Collaborating on Antimicrobial Resistance Data Analysis Projects October 10, 2024With support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)’s Office of Genomics and Advanced Technologies and the NCBI Pathogen Detection Project Team, NCBI hosted a successful virtual event, Resistance is Futile: A codeathon to combat antimicrobial resistance. This codeathon took place September 23-27, 2024, and brought together exp […]NCBI Staff
- New API Key System Coming Soon to NCBI Datasets October 8, 2024Increased flexibility, efficiency, and reliability Do you use the NCBI Datasets command-line tools or API? As of January 2025, you will have the option to use an API key to increase your rate of access. This update will provide you more flexibility and efficiency, while still maintaining robust access for everyone. Note that these changes … Continue reading […]NCBI Staff
- NCBI Taxonomy Updates to Prokaryotes October 2, 2024As previously announced, NCBI is continuing to improve our Taxonomy resource. The International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP) recently introduced changes to the code of nomenclature that governs naming of prokaryotes. Following these changes, we are updating the higher-level classification of prokaryotes with the introduction of rank ‘kingdom’ a […]NCBI Staff