December 17th webinar: "Accessing 1000 Genomes Project Data"
On Thursday December 17th, 2015, NCBI staff will demonstrate how to access 1000 Genomes data through SRA, dbVar, SNP and BioProject, as well as through tracks on annotated human sequences in the graphical sequence viewer and Variation Viewer. Attendees will also learn how to display, search and download individual and genotype level data through the dedicated 1000 Genomes Browser that allows searching by chromosomal position, gene names and other genome markers. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - December 3, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Registration open for December 16th NCBI Minute: "New Faceted Advanced Search in dbGaP Provides Easy Access to Relevant Data"
On December 16th, the NCBI Minute short webinar will introduce dbGaP’s new faceted advanced search interface and show attendees how to use the new interface to easily find data by study, variables, documents and genotypes. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - December 3, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
dbSNP human build 146 available through Entrez and FTP
dbSNP human Build 146, based on the GRCh38.p2 and GRCh37.p13 assemblies, is now available on the integrated NCBI Entrez system and through FTP. Build 146 provides 150 million Reference SNP (RS) clusters, including 985,775 new RS clusters and allele frequency data from 1000 Genomes, GO-ESP, and ExAC projects. To see complete build statistics, visit the dbSNP summary page. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 25, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Tree Viewer 1.7.5 now available
NCBI Tree Viewer version 1.7.5 has several new features, improvements and bug fixes, including improved subtree de-selection function, fixed BLAST Tree View bugs, and a fixed mouse wheel zoom bug. To see the full list of updates, see the Tree Viewer release notes. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 24, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NCBI releases first five lectures of NCBI NOW on YouTube
Today, the first five lectures from the NCBI NOW workshop are available in a playlist on the NCBI YouTube channel. Last month, NCBI presented this online workshop (more information here) to 650 participants new to next generation sequencing (NGS) analysis. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 24, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
December 2nd NCBI Minute webinar: Finding Genes in PubMed
Next Wednesday’s NCBI Minute will show you how to quickly find literature about a gene of interest using PubMed. NCBI staff will highlight the links between gene data and literature and help you leverage the vocabulary used to describe gene information in PubMed to build a better search. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 23, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New video on the NCBI YouTube channel: "Explore Gene pages at NCBI: Variation and Expression"
The newest video on the NCBI YouTube channel, Explore Gene Pages at NCBI: Variation and Expression, provides a walkthrough of how to explore variation and expression data using the Sequence Viewer embedded on Gene pages. Use these additional track options to quickly enhance your understanding of your genes of interest. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 18, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
PubChem adds a legacy designation for oudated data
PubChem has introduced a “legacy” designation to help users quickly identify records that may have outdated information or links. The designation applies to projects or contributors that appear to be inactive, as well as to their individual records. The latest post on the PubChem blog explains more about the designation, its impact, and its future in PubChem. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 17, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NCBI to hold three-day genomics hackathon in January
From January 4th to 6th, NCBI will host a genomics hackathon focusing on advanced bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing data. This event is for students, postdocs and investigators already engaged in the use of pipelines for genomic analyses from next generation sequencing data.* Working groups of 5-6 individuals will be formed for twelve teams, in the following sections: Network Analysis of Variants, Structural Variation, RNA-Seq, Streaming Data and Metadata, and Neuroscience/Immunity. The working groups will build pipelines to analyze large datasets within a cloud infrastructure. Please see the applicatio...
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 16, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Sequence Viewer 3.10.5 adds support for track sets with non-default options
Sequence Viewer 3.10.5 is now available with support for track sets with non-default display options. There are also a number of bug fixes, which are listed in the release notes. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 6, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
RefSeq Release 73 is now available
RefSeq Release 73 is now accessible online, on the FTP site, and through NCBI’s programming utilities. This full release incorporates genomic, transcript and protein data available as of November 2, 2015 and includes 83,881,439 records, 54,766,170 proteins, 12,998,293 RNAs, and sequences from 55,966 organisms. More information can be found in the release notes. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 6, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Tree Viewer 1.7 now available
NCBI Tree Viewer version 1.7 includes several new features, improvements and bug fixes, including a new rendering mechanism for displaying very large trees as image tiles. To see the full list of updates, see the Tree Viewer release notes. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 5, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Registration open for November 18 NCBI Minute, "The New ClinVar Submission Wizard"
Next Wednesday, November 18th, the NCBI Minute will be an introduction and demonstration of the new ClinVar Submission Wizard, a guided interface for direct data entry made for research laboratories that want to occasionally submit a small number of records. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Researchers identify potential alternative to CRISPR-Cas genome editing tools
An international team of CRISPR-Cas researchers has identified three new naturally-occurring systems that show potential for genome editing. The discovery and characterization of these systems is expected to further expand the genome editing toolbox, opening new avenues for biomedical research. The research, published October 22nd in the journal Molecular Cell, was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
dbVar publishes October 2015 data release
The dbVar October 2015 data release has recently been published. This month's release has 109,463 new Variant regions, 165,519 new Variant calls, and 5 new studies, including the following: (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 3, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
