Ensembl 2026
Andrew Yates, Olanrewaju Austine-Orimoloye, Andrey G Azov, Matthieu Barba, If Barnes, Vianey Paola Barrera-Enriquez, Arne Becker, Ruth Bennett, Andrew Berry, Jyothish Bhai, Simarpreet Kaur Bhurji, Paulo Lins, Lucy Brooks, Shashank Budhanuru Ramaraju, Lahcen Campbell, Manuel Carbajo Martinez, Jack Carpenter, Mehrnaz Charkhchi, Lucas A Cortes, Claire Davidson, Suzanna Dickson, Kamalkumar Dodiya, Sarah Donaldson, Bilal El Houdaigui, Tamara El Naboulsi, Aine Fairbrother-Browne, Oluwadamilare Falola, Reham Fatima, José M. González, Tatiana A. Gurbich, H. G. HALL, Matthew P. Hardy, Zoe Hollis, Toby Hunt, Mike Kay, Vinay Kaikala, Anna Lázár, Diana Lemos, Disha Lodha, Nourhen Mathlouthi, Gabriela Merino, Ryan Merritt, Louisse Paola Mirabueno, Aleena Mushtaq, Syed Nakib Hossain, José G Pérez-Silva, Ivana Piližota, Daniel Poppleton, Irina Prosovetskaia, Shriya Raj, Ahamed Imran Abdul Salam, Shradha Saraf, Swati Sinha, Botond Sipos, Vasily Sitnik, Marie‐Marthe Suner, Likhitha Surapaneni, Jack A. S. Tierney, David Urbina-Gómez, Andres Veidenberg, Thomas Walsh, Jamie Allen, Jorge Álvarez-Jarreta, Jitender Cheema, Jorge da Rocha, Nishadi De Silva, Francesca Floriana Tricomi, Stefano Giorgetti, Garth R Ilsley, Jon Keatley, Jane Loveland, Jonathan M. Mudge, Guy Naamati, John Tate, Natalie L Willhoft, Andrea Winterbottom, Bethany Flint, Adam Frankish, Leanne Haggerty, Sarah Hunt, Emily L. Clark, Sarah Dyer, Mallory Freeberg, Fergal J. Martin, ROBERT FINN
Abstract
The Ensembl project (https://www.ensembl.org) is a public and open resource providing access to genomes, annotations, high-quality tools, and methods applicable to species from across the tree of life. This year has witnessed nearly a doubling in our rate of annotation and genome release, with 1927 new genomes released, with the total number of genomes now standing at 37 546. This includes expanded support for the human and barley pangenomes. We also present two new interfaces providing improved mechanisms to explore and interrogate genome regulation annotations. As our focus remains on sustainable scaling, we have archived Ensembl Rapid Release and accelerated the move to the new Ensembl platform. Ensembl release 116 (Q1-2026) will be the last release on the current platform.