[ensembl-announce] Ensembl Genomes Release 14 intentions

[Dan Staines]

Dear all,

Please find attached a summary of our intentions for release 14 of 
Ensembl Genomes, due out on 22nd May 2012. Please note these are 
intentions and are therefore not guaranteed to be completed for May.

These can also be viewed online at:
http://ensemblgenomes.org/info/release14

Best regards,

Dan Staines, on behalf of the Ensembl Genomes team.

Ensembl Genomes Release 14 Intentions

General
- release scheduled for 22nd May 2012
- update to Ensembl 67 software
- new Pan Compara database (to include Solanum lycopersicum)
- updated pan concern databases
- Updated and standardised metadata
-- updated use of meta keys for names (as for Ensembl 67)
-- standardisation of gene.version usage
-- annotation of assemblies with Genome Collections identifiers

Metazoa
- New core database for Heliconius melpomene
- New core database for Danaus plexippus
- Updated core database with new assembly for Caenorhabditis briggsae
- Updated core database with new gene set for Caenorhabditis elegans
- Updated core database with new gene set for Aedes aegypti
- Updated core database with new gene set for Culex quinquefasciatus
- Updated core database with new gene set for Ixodes scapularis
- Updated variation database for Drosophila melanogaster
- Updated DNA compara containing pair-wise alignments for nematode species
- Updated peptide compara
- Updated biomart

Bacteria
- update to peptide compara to address some interface problems

Protists
- New core database for Hyaloperonospora arabidopsis
- New core database for Albugo laibachii
- New core database for Entamoeba histolytica
- Updated synteny compara for Plasmodia and diatoms
- New DNA compara database containing pair wise alignments for 
Peronosporales and Trypanosomatidae
- New DNA compara database containing synteny for Trypanosomatidae
- Updated peptide compara database
- Updated biomarts

Fungi
- New core database for Sclerotinia sclerotorium
- New core database for Botrytis conerea
- Updated core database for Schizosaccharomyces pombe
- Updated EST alignments for Magnaporthe oryzae
- Updated peptide compara database
- Updated biomarts

Plants
- New core database for Solanum lycopersicum
- New core database for Solanum tuberosum
- New core database for Oryza brachyantha
- Updated core database for Brassica rapa to include updated xrefs 
(including projected GO terms) and ncRNA gene predictions
- New otherfeaturese database for Brassica rapa to include EST mapping
- New otherfeaturese database for Brachypodium distachyon to include 
wheat genespace alignments
- New variation database for Oryza brachyantha
- New DNA compara database containing pair-wise alignments for Solanaceae
- Updated DNA compara database containing pair-wise alignments for Oryzeae
- Updated peptide compara
- Updated biomarts

-- 
Dan Staines, PhD               Ensembl Genomes Technical Coordinator
EMBL-EBI                       Tel: +44-(0)1223-492507
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