[ensembl-announce] Ensembl Genomes Release 8 Intentions

[Dan Staines]

Dear all,

Please find attached a summary of our intentions for release 8 of 
Ensembl Genomes, due out on 8th February 2011. Please note these are 
intentions and are therefore not guaranteed to be completed for February.

These can also be viewed online at:
http://ensemblgenomes.org/info/release8

Best regards,

Dan Staines, on behalf of the Ensembl Genomes team.

Ensembl Genomes Release 8 Intentions
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General
- release scheduled for 8th February 2011
- update to Ensembl 61 software
- updated pan concern databases from Ensembl
- new Pan Compara database comprising:
-- a selection of vertebrate genomes from Ensembl 61 (now including 
Gasterosteus aculeatus)
-- a selection of genomes from Ensembl Genomes 8 including the following 
new Ensembl Genomes species:
--- Magnaporthe grisea
--- Phytophora infestans
--- Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
--- Schistosoma mansoni
--- Nematostella vectensis
--- Trichoplax adhaerens
--- Apis mellifera
--- Bombyx mori
--- Physcomitrella patens
-- but no longer including:
--- Plasmodium vivax
--- Equus caballus
--- Macaca mulatta

Metazoa
- core databases for the following new genomes:
-- Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Echinodermata) (sea urchin)
-- Schistosoma mansoni (Platyhelminth) (blood fluke)
-- Nematostella vectensis (Cnidaria) (sea anemone)
-- Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa)
-- Apis mellifera (Arthropoda) (honey bee)
-- Bombyx mori (Arthropoda) (silk moth)
- updated core database for Anopheles gambiae PEST
- updated core database for Caenorhabditis elegans based on WormBase WS220
- updated cross-references for Anopheles, Aedes, Culex and Pediculus
- updated peptide compara database
- updated functional genomics database for Anopheles gambiae
- updated variation database for Anopheles gambiae
- updates to include UniParc accessions for all cores

Protists
- core databases for the following new oomycete genomes:
-- Phytopthora infestans
-- Phytopthora ramorum
-- Phytopthora sojae
- updates to include UniParc accessions for all cores
- updated peptide compara database
- updated DNA compara including pairwise comparisons between new Phytopthora
- updated gene and sequence biomarts

Fungi
- core database for the new genome Magnaporthe grisea
- minor update to gene models for 5 Aspergillus species
- updates to include UniParc accessions for all cores
- updated peptide compara database
- updated gene and sequence biomarts

Bacteria
- patch for funcgen analyses
- no other significant updates planned

Plants
- update to Arabidopsis thaliana variation to include substitution data 
from WTCHG
- no other significant updates planned

-- 
Dan Staines, PhD               Ensembl Genomes Technical Coordinator
EMBL-EBI                       Tel: +44-(0)1223-492507
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus   Fax: +44-(0)1223-494468
Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK         http://www.ensemblgenomes.org/