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Ensembl is a public and open project providing access to genomes, annotations, tools and methods. Its goal is to enable genomic science by providing high-quality, integrated and consistent annotation on all cellular genomes within a harmonious, scalable and accessible infrastructure.

Ensembl Release 115 (September 2025)

  • ~121,000 new protein-coding transcripts have been added to the GRCh38 human reference gene set.
  • Two new breeds of cattle have been added: UOA_Tuli_1 and UOA_Wagyu_1
  • The sheep reference has been updated to ARS-UI_Ramb_v3.0
  • Two new export modes are now available for Newick trees

More release news on our blog

The New Ensembl Site

The new Ensembl provides access to over 4700 genomes: http://beta.ensembl.org

There are over 4100 animal, 470 plant, and 100 fungal genomes ready to explore. We provide pangenomes for many species including human (565 haplotypes), barley (69 cultivars), and pig (27 breeds).

Genomes from projects such as Darwin Tree of Life, the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, the Vertebrate Genomes Project and the European Reference Genome Atlas are regularly added.

We are in the process of migrating our existing prokaryotic genomes, with a target of moving all ~36,000 by July 2026. Prokaryotic releases will be phased, with batches migrating from Feb 2026 onwards.

From the summer of 2026, all new data will only be available through this new Ensembl site. Important info for programmatic access is available on this blog.

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