NEW! Streamlining ClinVar Submission of Assertion Criteria

ClinVar is a freely available submission-driven database for information about genomic variation and its relationship to human health. ClinVar holds more than 1.5 million variants, and is powered by submitters around the world, who provide us with their assessments, the evidence, and the criteria they use to guide their interpretation process and come to their … Continue reading NEW! Streamlining ClinVar Submission of Assertion Criteria

Ten reasons to submit to ClinVar

Wondering why 2,100 submitters from 83 countries have deposited more than 1.9 million records of their latest variation information in ClinVar? Curious about why genetic counselors, physicians, researchers, and so many others enthusiastically use data for nearly 1.2 million unique variants in ClinVar? Thinking about becoming part of this global community and sharing your knowledge … Continue reading Ten reasons to submit to ClinVar

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Nov 3 Webinar: dbGaP submission improvements and GaPTools

Attention dbGaP submitters! Join us on November 3, 2021 at 12PM US eastern time to learn about data submission and processing improvements to dbGaP, NIH’s database of Genotype and Phenotype, which contains individual-level data associated with human research studies. You will see how we have made submission easier through the Submission Portal using automated preliminary … Continue reading Nov 3 Webinar: dbGaP submission improvements and GaPTools

Four new options to simplify your SARS-CoV-2 submissions

We have recently added several exciting improvements to the SARS-CoV-2 GenBank submission process based on community feedback. To save you time, NCBI completes feature annotation for you, which means SARS-CoV-2 GenBank submission only requires a FASTA file and source metadata. Here are other new features to ease and simplify your submission workflow. Automatically remove failed … Continue reading Four new options to simplify your SARS-CoV-2 submissions

NCBI on YouTube: ClinVar API, check data with GaPTools, get genetic context with Sequence Viewer

Every so often, we gather our most recent videos in one post on the blog, for your convenience. Scroll down – and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel! Introducing GaPTools for dbGaP Submitters This video introduces new standalone software called GaPTools, which you can use to check your data before submitting to dbGaP. GaPTools … Continue reading NCBI on YouTube: ClinVar API, check data with GaPTools, get genetic context with Sequence Viewer

July 28 Webinar: An update on native NCBI password retirement

The password you set at NCBI to log in to My NCBI, SciENcv, My Bibliography, or submit data to NCBI, will be going away. You will soon have to link a third-party login (e.g. eRA Commons, Google, Microsoft, or a university or institutional log in) to access your account. Join us on July 28, 2021 … Continue reading July 28 Webinar: An update on native NCBI password retirement

A dedicated SARS-CoV-2 BioSample submission package in the NCBI Submission Portal

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to collect descriptive information about the provenance and attributes of SARS-CoV-2 genomic samples so that the course of the virus may be tracked and analyzed. The NCBI Submission Portal now includes a dedicated BioSample submission package to help further improve the quality and richness of submitted SARS-CoV-2 sample … Continue reading A dedicated SARS-CoV-2 BioSample submission package in the NCBI Submission Portal

March 3 Webinar: Changes are coming to the way you log in to your NCBI account

Join us on March 3, 2021 to learn about changes to NCBI account log ins that will affect those of you who sign in directly your NCBI account.  After June 1, 2021 you will need to log in using your institution, social media, Google, Microsoft or login.gov account username and password. In this webinar, you … Continue reading March 3 Webinar: Changes are coming to the way you log in to your NCBI account

Genome Workbench Submission Wizard to replace Sequin for prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome submissions in January 2021

If you use Sequin to submit prokaryotic or eukaryotic genome sequences to GenBank, you need to be aware that Sequin will be retired in January 2021. Genome Workbench’s Submission Wizard, which is already available for submitting annotated genomes, will be the submission tool to use for annotated genomes going forward. Genome Workbench is desktop software … Continue reading Genome Workbench Submission Wizard to replace Sequin for prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome submissions in January 2021

INSDC Statement on SARS-CoV-2 sequence data sharing during COVID-19

The National Library of Medicine and its partners in the International Nucleotide Database Collaboration (INSDC) have joined together to issue a statement encouraging the scientific community to submit their SARS-CoV-2 sequences to INSDC databases. The databases offer broad open access and integrated data, literature and tools – features that we believe are critical as the … Continue reading INSDC Statement on SARS-CoV-2 sequence data sharing during COVID-19