From bert at ebi.ac.uk Tue Sep 18 11:05:31 2012 From: bert at ebi.ac.uk (bert at ebi.ac.uk) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:05:31 +0100 Subject: [ensembl-announce] Ensembl workshops in Western US 2013 Message-ID: <021cf34d941bef8c9b31e18657420bad.squirrel@webmail.ebi.ac.uk> The Ensembl Outreach team is currently looking into the possibility of giving browser and / or API workshops in the Western US in 2013. Ideally, this would be after the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego (12-16 January), so in the second half of January. Our workshops are highly interactive and consist of presentations and lots of hands-on exercises. The ideal group size is between 20-30 participants for a browser workshop and between 10-20 participants for an API workshop. We don't charge academic institutions any fee for our workshops, but we expect the host to pay for our instructor's expenses (i.e. accommodation, travel and subsistence). If you are potentially interested in hosting a workshop or want more information, please contact me at bert at ebi.ac.uk. With kind regards, Bert -- Bert Overduin, Ph.D. Vertebrate Genomics Team EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD United Kingdom http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~bert Ensembl browser: http://www.ensembl.org Mailing lists: http://www.ensembl.org/info/about/contact/mailing.html Blog: http://www.ensembl.info YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/EnsemblHelpdesk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ensembl.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ensembl From ayates at ebi.ac.uk Thu Sep 27 16:49:22 2012 From: ayates at ebi.ac.uk (Andy Yates) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:49:22 +0100 Subject: [ensembl-announce] =?windows-1252?q?Ensembl_REST_API_=96_Ensembl_?= =?windows-1252?q?Data_from_Any_Language?= Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the beta release of our programming language agnostic REST API, for Release 68 data, at http://beta.rest.ensembl.org. Our initial release provides access to: ? Sequences (genomic, cDNA, CDS and protein) ? VEP (Variant Effect Predictor) ? Homologies ? Gene Trees ? Assembly and coordinate mapping Data can be retrieved in JSON, XML and a variety of bioinformatical formats such as FASTA. Each endpoint is fully documented with live service responses and example clients in Perl, Python, Ruby and the Unix command line. Since 2006, Perl has been the only language to have a supported API. Third party alternatives are available but can lag in their support of new data. The REST service has been developed using Catalyst and the Perl API providing a stable base for development and provides access to all of Ensembl's functionality. Using the Perl API also means that any Ensembl compatible resource can provide data using the same REST server. Our sister project, Ensembl Genomes, has already taken advantage of this feature and are hosting release 15 data at http://test.rest.ensemblgenomes.org. Development is on-going so please let us know about any features you would like to see in a future release. Please send any feedback to helpdesk at ensembl org. Regards, Andy Andrew Yates Ensembl Core Software Project Leader EMBL-EBI Tel: +44-(0)1223-492538 Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Fax: +44-(0)1223-494468 Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK http://www.ensembl.org/ From bert at ebi.ac.uk Tue Sep 18 11:05:31 2012 From: bert at ebi.ac.uk (bert at ebi.ac.uk) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:05:31 +0100 Subject: [ensembl-announce] Ensembl workshops in Western US 2013 Message-ID: <021cf34d941bef8c9b31e18657420bad.squirrel@webmail.ebi.ac.uk> The Ensembl Outreach team is currently looking into the possibility of giving browser and / or API workshops in the Western US in 2013. Ideally, this would be after the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego (12-16 January), so in the second half of January. Our workshops are highly interactive and consist of presentations and lots of hands-on exercises. The ideal group size is between 20-30 participants for a browser workshop and between 10-20 participants for an API workshop. We don't charge academic institutions any fee for our workshops, but we expect the host to pay for our instructor's expenses (i.e. accommodation, travel and subsistence). If you are potentially interested in hosting a workshop or want more information, please contact me at bert at ebi.ac.uk. With kind regards, Bert -- Bert Overduin, Ph.D. Vertebrate Genomics Team EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD United Kingdom http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~bert Ensembl browser: http://www.ensembl.org Mailing lists: http://www.ensembl.org/info/about/contact/mailing.html Blog: http://www.ensembl.info YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/EnsemblHelpdesk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ensembl.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ensembl From ayates at ebi.ac.uk Thu Sep 27 16:49:22 2012 From: ayates at ebi.ac.uk (Andy Yates) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:49:22 +0100 Subject: [ensembl-announce] =?windows-1252?q?Ensembl_REST_API_=96_Ensembl_?= =?windows-1252?q?Data_from_Any_Language?= Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the beta release of our programming language agnostic REST API, for Release 68 data, at http://beta.rest.ensembl.org. Our initial release provides access to: ? Sequences (genomic, cDNA, CDS and protein) ? VEP (Variant Effect Predictor) ? Homologies ? Gene Trees ? Assembly and coordinate mapping Data can be retrieved in JSON, XML and a variety of bioinformatical formats such as FASTA. Each endpoint is fully documented with live service responses and example clients in Perl, Python, Ruby and the Unix command line. Since 2006, Perl has been the only language to have a supported API. Third party alternatives are available but can lag in their support of new data. The REST service has been developed using Catalyst and the Perl API providing a stable base for development and provides access to all of Ensembl's functionality. Using the Perl API also means that any Ensembl compatible resource can provide data using the same REST server. Our sister project, Ensembl Genomes, has already taken advantage of this feature and are hosting release 15 data at http://test.rest.ensemblgenomes.org. Development is on-going so please let us know about any features you would like to see in a future release. Please send any feedback to helpdesk at ensembl org. Regards, Andy Andrew Yates Ensembl Core Software Project Leader EMBL-EBI Tel: +44-(0)1223-492538 Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Fax: +44-(0)1223-494468 Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK http://www.ensembl.org/