[ensembl-announce] Ensembl Genomes Release 12 intentions

[Dan Staines]

Dear all,

Please find attached a summary of our intentions for release 12 of 
Ensembl Genomes, due out on 13th December 2011. Please note these are 
intentions and are therefore not guaranteed to be completed for December.

These can also be viewed online at:
http://ensemblgenomes.org/info/release12

Best regards,

Dan Staines, on behalf of the Ensembl Genomes team.

General
- release scheduled for 13th December 2011
- update to Ensembl 65 software
- new Pan Compara database
- updated pan concern databases from Ensembl

Metazoa
- addition of Atta cephalotes genome
- addition of Bombyx mori genome
- addition of Tribolium casteneum genome
- updated compara
- updated biomart

Bacteria
- update to Escherichia/Shigella clade database to show operon data from 
RegulonDB for E. coli K12
- updated peptide compara database
- updated biomarts

Protists
- addition of Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D genome
- updated peptide compara database
- updated biomarts

Fungi
- update of Schizosaccharomyces pombe to latest PomBase data
addition of Ashbya gossypii genome
- removal of 2-micron plasmid from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
reference genome
- updated Gibberella zeae variations with rsIDs
- updated crossreferences for Mycosphaerella graminicola
- addition of DNA alignments between Ashbya gossypii and Saccharomyces 
cerevisiae
- updated peptide compara database
- updated biomarts

Plants
- update to soybean gene set
- updated sorghum protein features/cross-references
- updated peptide compara
- updated biomarts

-- 
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/