Plants, pollinators, pests in Ensembl: integrating genomics data for agriculturally relevant species

Speaker: Sarah Dyer (EMBL-EBI) Abstract: Ensembl is an open platform integrating publicly available genomic data to support the exploration of gene annotations, genetic variation, and comparative genomics. Increasing numbers of genomes are available for agriculturally relevant species, with multiple high-quality genomes now being generated for many crops. In addition, large scale biodiversity projects are increasing the number of insect genomes available for pest and pollinator species. Providing ways to explore this genomic data is key to supporting research and breeding efforts for agricultural species. Ensembl Metazoa and Ensembl Plants now hold more than 380 invertebrate and almost 160 plant genomes, respectively. In addition, our new Ensembl site (https://beta.ensembl.org) already holds more than 1,500 invertebrate and over 100 plant genomes. The new site will ultimately replace the current suite of Ensembl component sites, bringing annotated genomes together from across the tree of life. In this webinar we will look at the species, data types and tools you can find in Ensembl and ways you can access these resources.