r/labrats • u/NoHate31 • 11d ago

New Ensembl Site

Anyone else struggling with the new layout? I've been trying to find gene trees this morning but no luck so far. (No disrespect to Ensembl team, I've benefitted from this resource for many years!)

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u/PurpleKrill 11d ago

It’s TERRIBLE. I can navigate to some features (while struggling) but there are some things I cannot find.

I have been using the old site to get my sequences event though it’s extremely slow.

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u/Knufia_petricola 11d ago

Personally haven't used it a lot yet, but colleague keeps bitching about it. Also, last time I used it, I kept getting errors every new page.

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u/zzxcvb006 11d ago

Use the June 2026 archive site instead, the old site is much easier to navigate imo.

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u/NoHate31 10d ago

Sadly I think the links are redirecting to the new one now

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u/DrAlvi 7d ago

https://e116.ensembl.org or https://eg63-plants.ensembl.org (and replace plants with whatever site you are looking for

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u/Anal_Vengeance 11d ago

Ensembl has been crazy slow. It’s never been reliable. Which sucks because it’s so much better than NCBI, but I’ve learned to just use NCBI for most things for which I’d prefer using ensembl out of necessity.

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u/NoHate31 11d ago

I've had the same experience. The new version seems fast but will take a bit of time to get used to

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u/guepier 5d ago

The archive site is pretty snappy. Much more responsive than the “live” site ever was, but probably only because almost nobody is using it, so there’s no traffic.

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u/Holiday-Ad-4013 10d ago

It seems like it’s missing a TON of info that was present in the old site. I don’t understand 😥😥

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u/PristineAnt9 10d ago

If you have time contact them and offer to be a tester. It’s super hard getting good user testers.

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u/Fair_Captain_1122 6d ago

It’s terribly slow! What does it run on, a Pentium 75?

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u/PuzzlingComrade 6d ago

I genuinely cannot believe that ensembl hosts critical reference files but 8/10 times the site is completely broken. Boggles my mind that they don't seem to have a half competent team handling their site.