Download Assembled Genome Data Programmatically with NCBI Datasets
As previously announced, NCBI’s Assembly and Genome record pages will be redirected to new NCBI Datasets pages in June 2023. The NCBI Datasets Command Line Interface (CLI) tools provide easy, straightforward programmatic downloads of assembled genome sequence data. We invite you to check them out and let us know what you think! Features & Benefits of NCBI … Continue reading Download Assembled Genome Data Programmatically with NCBI Datasets → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 5, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Assembly Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Datasets e-utilities EDirect Genome Source Type: news
Revolutionize your research with the NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR)
Unlock the full potential of eukaryotic research organisms and their genomic data with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR). CGR facilitates reliable comparative genomics analyses through community collaboration as well as an NCBI toolkit of interconnected, interoperable data and tools. Comparative genomics is a field of study that uses the … Continue reading Revolutionize your research with the NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - June 1, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) ClusteredNR Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Datasets Eukaryotic genome annotation GenBank Genome Data Viewer (GDV) Multiple Sequence Alignment Viewe Source Type: news
A Successful Codeathon! Collaborating to Expand Expertise in African Life Scientists
Exciting update! We recently collaborated with the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ASBCB) for their spring OMICS Codeathon, and it was a great success. ASBCB is a professional association dedicated to the advancement of bioinformatics and computational biology in Africa. Codeathons are events focused on technology and software development, where participants work collaboratively … Continue reading A Successful Codeathon! Collaborating to Expand Expertise in African Life Scientists → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 31, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Codeathon EDirect iCn3D Source Type: news
Download Randomized Data Subset from NCBI Virus
Do you need a smaller dataset for your analyses of virus data? In response to your feedback, NCBI Virus now allows you to download a randomized subset of your results for nucleotide, protein, or RefSeq genome sequences from any supported virus (Figure 1). This option is useful for viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 or Influenza A that … Continue reading Download Randomized Data Subset from NCBI Virus → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 25, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New NCBI Virus Source Type: news
New NCBI Summer Virtual Workshop Series!
Apply to attend interactive, hands-on workshops Calling all biology students and educators! Want to learn more about NCBI resources and how to use our high-quality data and cutting-edge tools for your research projects or curricula? We are excited to announce our upcoming virtual workshop series for Summer 2023. Our interactive, hands-on workshops are taught by … Continue reading New NCBI Summer Virtual Workshop Series! → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 24, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) EDirect PubChem Source Type: news
Updated Design! NCBI Datasets Homepage
The updated NCBI Datasets homepage has a fresh new look and feel, making it easier for you to use. Now more prominent at the top of the page, you can enter and select the scientific or common name of the species you’re interested in and go directly to the NCBI Datasets Taxonomy page for that … Continue reading Updated Design! NCBI Datasets Homepage → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 23, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Datasets Source Type: news
Navigating Between BLAST and iCn3D
Explore protein structures and sequences quickly and easily Have you ever come across an unfamiliar protein in your BLAST results? With the newly added ‘AlphaFold Structure’ link (Figure 1), you can now explore its structure as predicted by AlphaFold in iCn3D. The iCn3D Structure Viewer is not only a web-based 3D viewer, but also a … Continue reading Navigating Between BLAST and iCn3D → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 18, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) iCn3D Source Type: news
Now Available! Faster BLAST Searches with New Nucleotide Databases
NEW in BLAST! We made smaller nucleotide databases to help you find the sequences you need faster and easier. You can now find these databases on the main nucleotide BLAST search page (Figure 1) and even download them (Databases: nt_euk, nt_prok, nt_viruses, nt_others). They are separated by organism type, such as eukaryotes, prokaryotes, viruses, and … Continue reading Now Available! Faster BLAST Searches with New Nucleotide Databases → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 16, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) BLAST databases (BLASTDB) v5 Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Nucleotide BLAST (blastn) Source Type: news
Join NCBI at ASM Microbe 2023
Houston, TX, June 15-19, 2023 NCBI is looking forward to seeing you in person at the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting (ASM Microbe 2023). NCBI staff will participate in a variety of activities and events and will also be available at our booth (#2410) to address your questions. We’re especially excited to share our … Continue reading Join NCBI at ASM Microbe 2023 → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 15, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New NCBI Pathogen Detection NCBI Taxonomy Source Type: news
Gene Ontology (GO) Terms on 100M+ RefSeq Prokaryotic Protein Sequence Records
Do you work with or study prokaryotic proteins? As previously announced, we’ve been adding Gene Ontology (GO) terms to RefSeq prokaryotic protein sequence records (example below) to standardize the language when describing the functions of genes and their products. Over 100 million RefSeq proteins from prokaryotes now have at least one GO Term, a 55% … Continue reading Gene Ontology (GO) Terms on 100M+ RefSeq Prokaryotic Protein Sequence Records → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 10, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Gene Ontology (GO) Prokaryotes Protein RefSeq Source Type: news
RefSeq Release 218
RefSeq release 218 is now available online and from the FTP site. You can access RefSeq data through NCBI Datasets. What’s included in this release? As of May 1, 2023, this full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data containing: 356,619,635 records 260,776,371 proteins 52,503,423 RNAs sequences from 133,740 organisms The release is provided in several directories as a … Continue reading RefSeq Release 218 → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 9, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Datasets Eukaryotic genome annotation NCBI Taxonomy RefSeq Source Type: news
NCBI ’s Remap Tool to Retire in November 2023
As of November 2023, NCBI’s Remap tool will no longer be available. Due to low usage of Remap, a tool that projects annotation data from one coordinate system to another, we are focusing our development efforts on our more popular resources and tools. We encourage you to check out our newest, easy-to-use visualization tool, the Comparative … Continue reading NCBI’s Remap Tool to Retire in November 2023 → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 4, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) NCBI Genome Remapping Service (NCBI Remap) Source Type: news
GenBank Release 255.0 is Available!
GenBank release 255.0 (4/21/2023) is now available on the NCBI FTP site. This release has 23.44 trillion bases and 3.48 billion records. The current release has: 242,554,936 traditional records containing 1,826,746,318,813 base pairs of sequence data 2,440,470,464 WGS records containing 20,926,504,760,221 base pairs of sequence data 678,332,682 bulk-oriented TSA records containing 636,291,358,227 base pairs of … Continue reading GenBank Release 255.0 is Available! → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 3, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New GenBank Source Type: news
Flip Chromosomes in the Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) to Analyze Syntenic Regions More Easily
We are excited to introduce a new user-validated feature in the Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) making it easier for you to analyze inverted regions. You can flip the orientation of one of the aligned chromosomes in the view, so the sequence and gene order is facing the same direction for both assemblies. What’s new? When … Continue reading Flip Chromosomes in the Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) to Analyze Syntenic Regions More Easily → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 2, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV) Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) Source Type: news
Coming Soon! Including Sample Location and Collection Date and Time for Sequences Submitted to GenBank and SRA
As previously announced, in collaboration with our partners at the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC), we will begin to systematically gather ‘location of collection’ and ‘date and time of collection’ for sequence data submitted to GenBank and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA). Gathering information about where and when a biological sample was collected aligns … Continue reading Coming Soon! Including Sample Location and Collection Date and Time for Sequences Submitted to GenBank and SRA → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 1, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New GenBank Sequence Read Archive (SRA) Source Type: news
