Now Available! Access Data from the Human Pangenome Research Consortium (HPRC) at NCBI

Have you ever wondered how your genetic make-up is different from your neighbor’s? The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)-funded Human Pangenome Research Consortium (HPRC) has built an initial version of a pangenome reference – a collection of new human reference genome sequences representing 47 individuals from across the globe. Pangenome graphs relate the sequences … Continue reading Now Available! Access Data from the Human Pangenome Research Consortium (HPRC) at NCBI

Important Update! Changes to ASSEMBLY_REPORTS and GENOME_REPORTS on FTP

Do you currently access genome assembly data through the FTP site? We are consolidating information provided in the ASSEMBLY_REPORTS and GENOME_REPORTS directories on the genomes FTP site to simplify access and ensure that you have the most accurate, up to date, and consistently reported data.   The assembly_summary files in the ASSEMBLY_REPORTS directory are gaining information … Continue reading Important Update! Changes to ASSEMBLY_REPORTS and GENOME_REPORTS on FTP

Scrubbing human sequence contamination from Sequence Read Archive (SRA) submissions

Do you work with human-derived sequence data? Do you often struggle with the need to determine if your data is free of human sequence and therefore suitable for public distribution? We encourage submitters to screen for and remove contaminating human reads from data files prior to submission to SRA. To support investigators in this effort, … Continue reading Scrubbing human sequence contamination from Sequence Read Archive (SRA) submissions

Gapless Telomere to Telomere human genome (T2T-CHM13) now available

On April 1, 2022, Science published the first complete sequence of a human genome, known as T2T-CHM13. This notable scientific achievement comes two decades after the first human genome release from the Human Genome Project and offers an in situ look at biologically important regions, such as centromeres, telomeres, and segmental duplications, that were previously … Continue reading Gapless Telomere to Telomere human genome (T2T-CHM13) now available

The post Gapless Telomere to Telomere human genome (T2T-CHM13) now available appeared first on NCBI Insights.

Researchers: Now it’s easier to find the data you want in BioProject

We’ve improved BioProject to give you a better way to find all data from a specific project. We think you’ll love the new interface that lets you quickly choose the right BioProject with links to the data you want in other … Continue reading

RefSeq Functional Elements now public

NCBI is pleased to announce the initial data release of RefSeq Functional Elements, a resource that provides RefSeq and Gene records for experimentally validated human and mouse non-genic functional elements. Data can be accessed via Gene, Nucleotide, BLAST, BioProject, Graphical Displays and FTP. These records include known gene regulatory elements (e.g., … Continue reading

The Tasmanian Devil 2: The tumor and Tasmanian devil mitochondrial genomes

The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), the last remaining large marsupial carnivore, now faces extinction because of a strange and deadly infection, a transmissible cancer known as Transmissible Devil Facial Tumor Disease (TDFTD).  In a previous NCBI Insights post, we discussed … Continue reading