[ensembl-announce] Ensembl Genomes Release 19 Intentions

[Dan Staines]

Dear all,

Please find attached a summary of our intentions for release 19 of 
Ensembl Genomes, due out on 2nd July 2013. Please note these are 
intentions and are therefore not guaranteed to be completed for July.

These can also be viewed online at:
http://ensemblgenomes.org/info/release19

Best regards,

Dan Staines, on behalf of the Ensembl Genomes team.

General
- Release scheduled for 2nd July 2013
- Update to Ensembl 72 software
- Update of pan homology comparative genomics database to include latest 
versions of genomes from Ensembl and Ensembl Genomes, including the 
addition of:
-- Tetranychus urticae
-- Lottia gigantea
-- Helobdella robusta

Bacteria
- New and updated genomes
-- Updated to reflect latest genome set available from INSDC
- Updated data
-- Updated gene families database
-- Addition of MetaCyc cross-references
-- Full representation of assembly structure

Fungi
- Updated genomes
-- Updated S. pombe gene models and new annotations
- New data
-- New Phytopath Annotations
-- RNA-Seq for Zymoseptoria tritici

Protists
- New genomes
-- Paramecium tetraurelia (Ciliate)
- New data
-- DNA alignment for Ciliates
-- Updated data
-- Peptide compara
-- Biomart

Metazoa
- New genomes
-- Rhodnius prolixus (a hemipteran, imported from VectorBase)
-- Tetranychus urticae (red spider mite, a chelicerate)
-- Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster)
-- Lottia gigantea (owl limpet)
-- Capitella teleta (polychaete worm, an annelid)
-- Helobdella robusta (leech, another annelid worm)
- Updated data
-- Peptide comparative genomics
-- BioMart

Plants
- New genomes
-- Triticum urartu (wheat A-genome progenitor)
-- Aegilops tauschii (wheat D-genome)
- New data
-- New sorghum variations
-- New tomato variations
-- New probe mappings for potato and tomato
-- New R-gene data for potato
- Updated data
-- Revised barley variations
-- DNA and Peptide compara
-- 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/