European Nucleotide Archive in 2016

Area of Science:

• Bioinformatics
• Genomics
• Molecular Biology

Background:

• The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) is a critical resource for managing and accessing vast amounts of nucleotide sequence data.
• Effective data sharing and archiving are essential for advancing biological research and enabling reproducibility.

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide an overview of the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) content and access methods.
• To highlight key developments and data reuse examples from ENA in 2016.

Main Methods:

• Description of ENA's data submission, search, and download functionalities.
• Review of ENA's scope, including raw sequencing reads, genome assemblies, and functional annotations.
• Presentation of case studies illustrating data reuse from the ENA resource.

Main Results:

• ENA offers a broad scope of data, including raw reads, assemblies, and functional annotations.
• Extensive web and programmatic interfaces support data submission, search, and download.
• Significant developments in 2016 enhanced ENA's capabilities and data accessibility.

Conclusions:

• The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) serves as a vital global resource for biological sequence data.
• ENA's comprehensive data and accessibility features significantly support and advance scientific discovery.
• Examples demonstrate the extensive utility and reuse of ENA data within the scientific community.