[ensembl-announce] Ensembl Genomes Release 11 Intentions

[Dan Staines]

Dear all,

Please find attached a summary of our intentions for release 11 of 
Ensembl Genomes, due out on 27th September 2011. Please note these are 
intentions and are therefore not guaranteed to be completed for September.

These can also be viewed online at:
http://ensemblgenomes.org/info/release11

Best regards,

Dan Staines, on behalf of the Ensembl Genomes team.


Ensembl Genomes Release 11 Intentions
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General
- release scheduled for 27th September 2011
- update to Ensembl 64 software
- new Pan Compara database
- updated pan concern databases from Ensembl

Metazoa
- addition of Amphimedon queenslandica, a demosponge from the Great 
Barrier Reef
- update of Drosophila melanogaster gene set and cross-references
- update of Drosophila pseudoobscura gene set and cross-references
- update of Anopheles gambiae regulation features
- updated peptide compara database
- updated biomarts

Bacteria
- no significant updates planned

Protists
- update of EST and protein feature mapping for diatoms
- update of GO annotation sources for Leishmania major
- add PHI-base crossreferences to Pythium ultimum and Phytopthora spp
- updated biomarts

Fungi
- addition of Mycosphaerella graminicola, a wheat pathogen
- addition of Phaeosphaeria nodorum (aka Stagonospora nodorum), another 
wheat pathogen
- addition of Tuber melanosporum (Perigord Truffle)
- update of Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene annotation set
- new variation database for Gibberella zeae
- add PHI-base crossreferences mapping to Fusarium oxysporum, Gibberella 
zeae and Gibberella moniliformis
- update of the Aspergillus niger crossreferences and protein features
- update of the S. cerevisiae crossreferences
- add DNA alignments for Nectria haematococca against Fusarium 
oxysporum, Gibberella zeae and Gibberella moniliformis
- updated peptide compara database
- updated biomarts

Plants
- addition of genome for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- addition of genome for Selaginella moellendorffii
- addition of genome for Glycine max
- update to assembly for Oryza glaberimma
- update to gene models for Vitis vinifera
- minor update to cross-references for Arabidopsis thaliana
- incorporation of latest Arabidopsis thaliana 1001 genomes variation data
- updated DNA compara database
- updated peptide compara database
- updated gene and variation BioMarts

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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/