December 21st NCBI Minute: Bulk Conversion of NCBI Sequence GI Identifiers to accession.version
Next Wednesday, NCBI will demonstrate how to use a downloadable database and Python script to convert GI identifiers to accession.version. The file and service that will be used are suitable for one-time conversion of very large sets of data. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - December 15, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Variant interpretations from Illumina double ClinVar data
On Dec 7, 2016, ClinVar released 138,334 variant interpretations submitted by Illumina Clinical Services Laboratory (ICSL) in San Diego, CA. This dataset represents a 57% increase in the number of submitted interpretations and makes ICSL the largest source of data in ClinVar. The contribution from ICSL also provides 78,590 novel variants to the database, an increase of 45% over the previous total of 173,782 variants. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - December 12, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
The new Human Genome Resources site: a portal for exploration of the human genome
The new Human Genome Resources site offers access to visualization and analysis tools available for the human genome, as well as other relevant tools like BLAST, the NCBI remapping service and databases that provide human molecular data. The resources are sorted into categories like Find, View, Download and Learn, making it easier to find what you need. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - December 12, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Sequence Viewer 3.18 is now available
Sequence Viewer 3.18 has several new features, improvements and bug fixes, including improved handling of translation discrepancies, a new option for "Left-to-right translations" for the six frame translation track, and improved code generation. For a full list of changes, see the Sequence Viewer release notes. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - December 8, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New on NCBI Insights: Converting GI Numbers to Accession.version
The latest blog post on NCBI Insights shows users how to convert GI numbers to accession.version with EFetch. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - December 6, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NCBI Tech Talk and Booth at the American Society for Cell Biology 2016 National Meeting
NCBI staff will be participating in the ASCB 2016 National Meeting from Sunday, December 4 to Tuesday, December 6. We will be at booth #939 from 9AM -4PM PDT Sunday to Tuesday, and will present a Tech Talk on Sunday, December 4 at 5:30PM PDT in Theater 2. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - December 2, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Evidence Viewer has been retired
Evidence Viewer, which was designed to show biological evidence supporting curated gene models, has been retired. Current evidence supporting annotated gene structures is included in the "Genomic regions, transcripts and products" section of the Gene database for organisms annotated using NCBI's Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 22, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NCBI, NLM, NHGRI to hold on-campus hackathon January 9-11
From January 9th to 11th, the NCBI, with involvement from several NIH institutes, will host a biomedical data science hackathon at the National Library of Medicine. To apply for this hackathon, complete this application (approximately 10 minutes to complete). Applications are due December 7th by 4 PM ET. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 17, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Genome Workbench 2.11.5 now available
The latest version of Genome Workbench includes a number of new features, fixes and improvements like the use of encrypted HTTPS protocol, multiple feature table loading, and improved exporting. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 16, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
November 17th webinar: NCBI Resources for Agricultural Research
On November 17th, NCBI will present a workshop for researchers interested in agriculturally important organisms. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 8, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
RefSeq release 79 now available
RefSeq release 79 is now accessible online, via FTP and through NCBI ’s programming utilities. This full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data available as of October 31, 2016 and contains 111,024,999 records, including 73,099,060 proteins, 16,967,019 RNAs, and sequences from 64,277 organisms. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and also as divided by logical groupings. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 7, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New NCBI Insights post: Identifying and Correlating Chemical Names and Synonyms
Identifying and Correlating Chemical Names and Synonyms is the latest post on the NCBI Insights blog. This blog post briefly describes the PubChem system of identifying and correlating varying names for one chemical. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 7, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New NCBI Insights blog post: Clearing Up Confusion with Human Gene Symbols and Names
The newest blog post on NCBI Insights shows you how to use NCBI resources to find and reference official gene names or symbols, as well as synonyms or aliases that refer to the same gene. The blog post also includes a video showing how to correctly import gene symbol data into Excel, avoiding the problems caused by the autocorrect and autoformat functions in spreadsheet applications. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 7, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Permanent redirect to HTTPS will occur on November 9, 2016
Starting on November 9th, NCBI will begin a permanent redirect to HTTPS. More specifically, all HTTP traffic for GET and HEAD requests will be redirected. All other requests will be rejected. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 2, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New video on YouTube: The New MSA Viewer
The newest video on the NCBI YouTube channel introduces the new multiple sequence alignment (MSA) viewer for amino acid and nucleotide sequences. This short video demonstrates MSA Viewer's basic functions. (Source: NCBI Announcements)
Source: NCBI Announcements - November 1, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
