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About us

The Ensembl project has three goals: to provide a comprehensive source of stable genome annotation, to enable genomic interpretation, and to support researcher driven analysis.

Ensembl generates and imports genome annotation such as genes, variation, regulation and comparative genomics for vertebrates, non-vertebrates and key model organisms, and makes this information freely available online.

The website provides visualisations and functionality that enable the manipulation and analysis of this data. Information about genes, transcripts and further annotation can be retrieved at the genome, gene and protein level.

Ensembl is a core part of the freely available data services hosted by EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). The Ensembl resources are created by a talented group of approximately 75 scientists led by EMBL-EBI faculty members Paul Flicek (Head of Ensembl), Andrew Yates (Deputy Head and Genomics Technology Infrastructure), Fiona Cunningham (Genome Interpretation), Sarah Dyer (Non-vertebrate Genomics), Rob Finn (Microbial Genomics), Peter Harrison (Genome Analysis), and Kevin Howe (Eukaryotic Annotation). The project receives input from an independent scientific advisory board.

You can read more about ongoing developments in Ensembl on our blog.