dbSNP FTP file format change planned for early 2018
In early 2018, dbSNP will no longer provide relational database table dumps on the FTP site or any general SQL support for future build releases. Instead, dbSNP FTP data will be made available as a cumulative file of RefSNP objects in JSON format. These files are now available, so users can begin migration and testing. Please see the dbSNP Alert README file for more details. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - April 11, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
dbSNP's Human Build 150 has Doubled the Amount of RefSNP Records!
dbSNP ’s Human Build 150 includes a large number of new submissions from the Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI) and TopMed, increasing the total number of Human RefSNPs in the database from 154 to 324 million. TopMed has also provided new allele frequency data for 163 million RefSNPs. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - April 11, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NCBI researchers and collaborators discover novel group of giant viruses
Nearly complete set of translation-related genes lends support to hypothesis that giant viruses evolved from smaller viruses (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - April 6, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
April 19th NCBI Minute: Magic-BLAST, NCBI's next-gen sequence alignment program
In two weeks, NCBI staff will introduce you to Magic-BLAST, NCBI's next-gen sequence aligner. You will learn to use magic-BLAST to align next-gen RNA and DNA sequencing runs to genomic and transcript sequences and to understand the options available for magic-BLAST (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - April 5, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Six functional prototypes available from the March NCBI hackathon
At the March 2017 NCBI Genomics Hackathon, participants developed six functional software prototypes, several of which are still under active development. Software is available from the NCBI-Hackathons GitHub site. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - April 5, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Eight new eukaryotic genome annotations added to RefSeq
In the past month, the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline has released new annotations in RefSeq for the following organisms: (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - April 4, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New Genome Data Viewer access page
NCBI is pleased to offer a direct entry point to the NCBI Genome Data Viewer (GDV) that supports the exploration, visualization and analysis of eukaryotic RefSeq genome assemblies. The new GDV homepage includes an interactive interface for a quick overview of supported organisms, specific genome searches plus inter-connectivity to Assembly and RefSeq annotation resources. About 100 genome assemblies are now ready for GDV exploration with more on the way. Stay tuned! (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - April 3, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Sequence Viewer 3.20 is now available
Sequence Viewer 3.20 has several new features, improvements and bug fixes, including discrete color maps for graph tracks, improved performance in initialization and loading tracks, improved display of overlapping variation features and the addition of a status bar. For a full list of changes, see the Sequence Viewer release notes. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - March 30, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Conserved Domain Database (CDD) version 3.16 now available online and via FTP
Version 3.16 of the Conserved Domain Database contains 1,659 new or updated NCBI-curated domains (56,066 total), including models specifically built to annotate structural motifs (accession prefix "sd"), and now mirrors Pfam version 30. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - March 30, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NCBI to assist with BioFrontiers Hackathon in May
From May 22nd to 24th, NCBI will be assisting with the BioFrontiers Hackathon in Boulder, Colorado. Please see the BioFrontiers Hackathon website for more information, including what to expect, who should apply, and the application itself. Applications are due by April 7, 2017. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - March 27, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NCBI will attend the AACR Annual Meeting 2017
From April 2-5, 2017, NCBI will attend the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Join us at Exhibit Booth #3230 at the following times: (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - March 21, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Genome Workbench 2.11.10 now available
The latest version of Genome Workbench includes a number of new features, fixes and improvements like a critical improvement in HTTPS protocol communication with NCBI and a new coloring scheme in Multiple Alignment View. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - March 20, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Tree Viewer version 1.13 implements new search in tree features
Tree Viewer version 1.13 has several improvements, updates and bug fixes, including search in trees, improved automatic subtree collapse, and more. The Tree Viewer release notes list all updates. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - March 20, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Complete RefSeq genome annotation results represented in UCSC genome browser
We are very pleased to announce the availability of the complete RefSeq human genome annotation product for the GRCh38 assembly in the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Genome browser. NCBI and UCSC staff have worked closely to define an improved data exchange process and NCBI is now providing RefSeq genome annotation and alignment data in order to have a more complete reflection of the RefSeq product in the UCSC genome browser. This resolves issues of incomplete data and conflicting placement details between UCSC displays and NCBI displays. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - March 17, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
March 29th NCBI Minute: How to Submit Your 16S rRNA Data to NCBI
In two weeks, NCBI staff will guide you through the submission of prokaryotic 16S rRNA sequences to GenBank using one of the new Submission Wizards. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - March 17, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
