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- 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
- Viewing Ligand-Protein Interactions in iCn3D September 30, 2024Are you interested in viewing how a protein interacts with a ligand? iCn3D, our 3D molecular structure viewer, now offers improved displays of these interactions at an atomic level. Check out this example: You are now able to see the interactions of an embedded ligand (such as the drug Gleevec in the protein ABL2) within … Continue reading Viewing Ligand- […]NCBI Staff
- Updated Genomes Terminology! “Representative Genome” is Replaced with “Reference Genome” September 25, 2024NCBI is streamlining the terminology around our reference genomes. We currently have a small set of genomes collectively called representatives and an even smaller set called references. We have slowly converged on the term reference to refer to both sets. A genome is labeled reference if it is deemed to be the best available genome … Continue reading Upda […]NCBI Staff
- Access Public Reports of Foreign Contamination Screen (FCS) Tool Results September 24, 2024Do you use genomes from NCBI and are concerned they may contain contaminant sequences? Now you can view reports generated for all prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes with NCBI’s quality assurance tool, Foreign Contamination Screen (FCS), to better understand possible issues that may affect your studies. What reports are available? Summary reports to select […]NCBI Staff
- Updated Bacterial and Archaeal Reference Genome Collection now Available! September 19, 2024Download the updated bacterial and archaeal reference genome collection! We built this collection of 20,403 genomes by selecting the “best” genome assembly for each species among the 350,000+ prokaryotic genomes in RefSeq (except for E. coli for which two assemblies were selected as reference). Changes have been made to the selection criteria including upgra […]NCBI Staff