Try out the latest BLAST ClusteredNR database results. Now with in-cluster analyses!
As we previously announced, we are offering a ClusteredNR protein database on the web BLAST service that provides faster searches, greater taxonomic reach, and easier to interpret results than the traditional nr database. We’ve added some new features to the results that make the ClusteredNR even more useful by allowing analyses within each cluster including … Continue reading Try out the latest BLAST ClusteredNR database results. Now with in-cluster analyses! → The post Try out the latest BLAST ClusteredNR database results. Now with in-cluster analyses! appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - July 14, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) CGR Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Homologs Protein BLAST (BLASTp) Source Type: news

NLM ’s all-new NCBI Datasets genome table is now available
We are excited to introduce new and useful updates to the Datasets genome table that let you quickly find and download a genome dataset including genome, transcript and protein sequence, annotation, and a data report. The new genome table includes many new features and benefits (see Figure 1). With the new genome table you can: Find … Continue reading NLM’s all-new NCBI Datasets genome table is now available → The post NLM’s all-new NCBI Datasets genome table is now available appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - July 13, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Datasets GenBank RefSeq Source Type: news

NCBI at 2022 Galaxy Community Conference
Join NCBI’s Nuala O’Leary, PhD at the 2022 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2022), July 17-23 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to learn more about Datasets, a new resource that makes it easier to access NCBI sequence data. GCC2022 brings together hundreds of researchers, trainers, tool developers, software engineers, and computational infrastructure providers, all addressing common challenges in data … Continue reading NCBI at 2022 Galaxy Community Conference → The post NCBI at 2022 Galaxy Community Conference appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - July 6, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Datasets Source Type: news

Introducing the Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) beta release
NLM’s NCBI is introducing the Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV), an easy-to-use visualization tool that helps you quickly compare eukaryotic genome assemblies and easily identify genomic changes that may be significant to biology and evolution. With the new CGV you can view and compare the alignment between two assemblies to see differences in genomic sequence and … Continue reading Introducing the Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) beta release → The post Introducing the Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) beta release appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - July 5, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Source Type: news

Try out Datasets and ElasticBLAST at the BOSC 2022 CoFest!
Join NLM’s NCBI at the virtual CollaborationFest on July 15 from 08:00 – 11:00 CDT and 12:00 – 16:00 CDT following the BOSC 2022 conference. Get an in-depth orientation and opportunity to test the capabilities of Datasets and ElasticBLAST. What is Datasets? Datasets is a new resource that lets you easily gather data from across … Continue reading Try out Datasets and ElasticBLAST at the BOSC 2022 CoFest! → The post Try out Datasets and ElasticBLAST at the BOSC 2022 CoFest! appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - July 1, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Datasets ElasticBLAST Source Type: news

GenBank Release 250.0 is available!
GenBank release 250.0 (6/17/2022) is now available on the NCBI FTP site. This release has 18.63 trillion bases and 2.69 billion records.  The current release has 239,017,893 traditional records containing 1,395,628,631,187 base pairs of sequence data. There are also 1,796,349,114 WGS records containing 16,710,373,006,600 base pairs of sequence data, 546,991,572 bulk-oriented TSA records containing 485,056,129,761 … Continue reading GenBank Release 250.0 is available! → The post GenBank Release 250.0 is available! appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 30, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New GenBank Source Type: news

Introducing NLM ’ s new NCBI Datasets genome page!
As part of the NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) project, NLM’s NCBI Datasets is introducing an all-new modern experience making it easier for you to browse and download genome sequence and metadata, and navigate to tools such as the Genome Data Viewer (GDV) and BLAST. To get started, search NCBI Datasets by assembly accession (e.g., … Continue reading Introducing NLM’s new NCBI Datasets genome page! → The post Introducing NLM’s new NCBI Datasets genome page! appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 29, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Datasets Genome Genome assemblies Genome Data Viewer (GDV) Source Type: news

Join Us at the ISMB Codeathon- Tools for Sharable Protein Analysis
NLM’s NCBI is gearing up for the Tools for Sharable Protein Analysis Codeathon, which will take place July 10 – July 14, 2022 at the International Society for Computational Biology (ISMB) Conference. This event is the third installation of the ISMB codeathon. In previous years, teams led a series of developments on in-depth and systematic … Continue reading Join Us at the ISMB Codeathon- Tools for Sharable Protein Analysis → The post Join Us at the ISMB Codeathon- Tools for Sharable Protein Analysis appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 28, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Source Type: news

Join NCBI at the ISMB Codeathon- Tools for Sharable Protein Analysis
We are gearing up for the Tools for Sharable Protein Analysis Codeathon, which will take place Sunday July 10th-Thursday July 14th at the International Society for Computational Biology ISMB 2022 Conference. This event is the third installation of the ISMB codeathon. In previous years, teams led a series of developments on in-depth and systematic analysis … Continue reading Join NCBI at the ISMB Codeathon- Tools for Sharable Protein Analysis → The post Join NCBI at the ISMB Codeathon- Tools for Sharable Protein Analysis appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 28, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Source Type: news

New RefSeq annotations are available!
In April and May, the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline released twenty-eight new annotations in RefSeq for the following organisms: Alosa alosa (allis shad) GCF_017589495.1 Anser cygnoides (Swan goose) GCF_002166845.1 Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) GCF_910591885.1 Corvus hawaiiensis (hawaiian crow) GCF_020740725.1 Equus quagga (plains zebra) GCF_021613505.1   Girardinichthys multiradiatus (bony fish) GCF_021462225.1 Haliotis rufescens (red abalone) GCF_023055435.1 Hyalella azteca (amphipod) GCF_000764305.2 … Continue reading New RefSeq annotations are available! → The post New RefSeq ...
Source: NCBI Insights - June 27, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Eukaryotic genome annotation Genome Data Viewer (GDV) RefSeq Source Type: news

Fungal species identification using DNA: an NCBI and USDA-APHIS collaboration with a focus on Colletotrichum
As reported in the journal Plant Disease,  a recent collaboration between National Library of Medicine’s NCBI and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) analyzed public sequence records for the fungal genus Colletotrichum, an important group of fungal plant pathogens that are a significant threat  to food production. Colletotrichum species … Continue reading Fungal species identification using DNA: an NCBI and USDA-APHIS collaboration with a focus on Colletotrichum → The post Fungal species identification using DNA: an NCBI and USDA-APHIS collaboration ...
Source: NCBI Insights - June 23, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Assembly CGR Fungal research Fungi Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) NCBI Taxonomy rRNA Source Type: news

Fungal species identification using DNA: a NCBI and USDA-APHIS collaboration with a focus on Colletotrichum
As reported in the journal Plant Disease,  a recent collaboration between National Library of Medicine’s NCBI and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) analyzed public sequence records for the fungal genus Colletotrichum, an important group of fungal plant pathogens that are a significant threat  to food production. Colletotrichum species … Continue reading Fungal species identification using DNA: a NCBI and USDA-APHIS collaboration with a focus on Colletotrichum → The post Fungal species identification using DNA: a NCBI and USDA-APHIS collaboration wi...
Source: NCBI Insights - June 23, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Assembly CGR Fungal research Fungi Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) NCBI Taxonomy rRNA Source Type: news

ASM Microbe 2022 was a success!
NCBI had the pleasure of attending and participating in this year’s American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Microbe conference, June 9-13 in Washington, D.C. NCBI staff participated in activities and events throughout the three-day conference. Over 4,500 attendees gathered in the exhibit hall and joined a variety of poster presentations and talks! Reflections from a few … Continue reading ASM Microbe 2022 was a success! → The post ASM Microbe 2022 was a success! appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 23, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Bacteriology Conferences GenBank NCBI Pathogen Detection NCBI Taxonomy Prokaryotes Prokaryotic genome annotation Source Type: news

PubMed API launch is pushed back
As we previously announced, we will be moving to an updated version of the E-utilities API for PubMed. In preparation for this launch, a test server is currently available to allow you to test your API calls on the new service and report issues. Thank you for trying out the test server and continuing to … Continue reading PubMed API launch is pushed back → The post PubMed API launch is pushed back appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 22, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New API e-utilities PubMed Source Type: news

Announcing an updated prokaryotic representative genomes collection with 706 new species!
An updated bacterial and archaeal representative genomes collection is available! A total of 16,105 assemblies among the 249,000 prokaryotic assemblies in RefSeq were selected to represent their respective species. The collection has grown by 3.7% since January 2022. A total of 706 species are represented for the first time. In addition, 186 species are represented … Continue reading Announcing an updated prokaryotic representative genomes collection with 706 new species! → The post Announcing an updated prokaryotic representative genomes collection with 706 new species! appeared first on NCBI Insights. (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 22, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) NCBI Taxonomy Nucleotide BLAST (blastn) Prokaryotic genome annotation RefSeq Source Type: news