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Ensembl is a public and open project providing access to genomes, annotations, tools and methods. Its goal is to enable genomic science by providing high-quality, integrated and consistent annotation on all cellular genomes within a harmonious, scalable and accessible infrastructure.
Ensembl Release 115 (September 2025)
- ~121,000 new protein-coding transcripts have been added to the GRCh38 human reference gene set.
- Two new breeds of cattle have been added: UOA_Tuli_1 and UOA_Wagyu_1
- The sheep reference has been updated to ARS-UI_Ramb_v3.0
- Two new export modes are now available for Newick trees
More release news on our blog
Ensembl Rapid Release
New genome assemblies are now being released to the Ensembl Beta site .
All Rapid Release data, including release 65, has been uploaded into the new Ensembl Beta site.
The Ensembl Rapid Release website will remain active for the foreseeable future, however, the data and species set will no longer be updated.
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Ensembl creates, integrates and distributes reference datasets and analysis tools that enable genomics. We are based at EMBL-EBI and our software and data are freely available.
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