[ensembl-announce] Ensembl 115 and Ensembl Genomes 62 have been released

[Jorge Batista da Rocha]

Hi,

We are pleased to announce that the latest Ensembl 115 and corresponding Ensembl Genomes 62 updates have been released!
Highlights of this release include:

Around 121,000 new protein-coding transcripts have been added to the GRCh38 human reference gene set
Two new breeds of cattle are now available (UOA_Tuli_1 and UOA_Wagyu_1)
The sheep reference has been updated to ARS-UI_Ramb_v3.0
Seven new plant species have been added: four oats, two garden peas, and one lablab bean
Two new export modes for Newick trees which help to avoid stable ID clashes

The release blog post with all news can be viewed here <https://www.ensembl.info/2025/09/02/ensembl-115-has-been-released/>.

For the latest news from the Ensembl project visit our blog <https://www.ensembl.info/>. Thank you all!

All the best (on behalf of the Ensembl team),

Dr Jorge Batista da Rocha
Ensembl Outreach Project Leader
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)

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