Echinobase Release Notes
Release 7.8.1 8-Jul-2026
- Bug fixes
Release 7.8.0 30-Jun-2026
- Added dynamic CAPTCHA to mitigate bot swarms
- Bug fixes
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Release 7.7.1 11-Jun-2026
- Bug fixes
Release 7.7.0 19-May-2026
- Regenerated AI protein descriptions
- Bug fixes
Release 7.6.0 27-Apr-2026
- Replaced GHR links on gene pages with MedLine+
- Added support for morpholino target location I2-E3
- Added IgY and VHH antibody isotypes
- Bug fixes
Release 7.5.4 2-Apr-2026
- Bug fixes
Release 7.5.3 31-Mar-2026
- Bug fixes
Release 7.5.2 11-Mar-2026
- Bug fixes
Release 7.5.1 3-Mar-2026
- Bug fixes
Release 7.5.0 23-Feb-2026
- Ortholog/Paralog view widget added to gene pages
- Bug fixes
Release 7.4.0 24-Jan-2026
- Added AI-generated protein descriptions
- Bug fixes
Release 7.3.0 16-Oct-2025
- Added partial support for A. filiformis and P. flava
- Improved user password recovery
- Bug fixes
Release 7.2.2 26-Aug-2025
- Bug fixes
Release 7.2.1 23-May-2025
- Bug fixes
Release 7.2.0 13-May-2025
- Gene Ontology (GO) ribbon added to gene page GO Tab for ortholog genes
- Bug fixes
Release 7.1.3 18-Mar-2025
- Bug fixes
Release 7.1.2 24-Feb-2025
- Bug fixes
Release 7.1.1 14-Feb-2025
- Bug fixes
Release 7.1.0 10-Feb-2025
- AlphaFold links added to gene pages
- Bug fixes
Release 7.0.0 19-Jan-2025
- Database migrated to Postgres
- Introducing APIs for programmatic access to Echinobase
- Added S.purpuratus and P.miniata UCSC track hubs
- Research description is now supported in person searches
- Bug fixes
Release 6.6.1 11-Dec-2024
- Added links to new GTF files for all fully integrated genomes on Data Download page
- Bug fixes
Release 6.6.0 4-Nov-2024
- GO terms updated
- New GEO datasets added
- Bug fixes
Release 6.5.0 23-Sep-2024
- ECAO (Echinoderm Anatomy and Development Ontology) updated to version 8.0
- Bug fixes
Release 6.4.0 3-Jul-2024
- Lytechinus pictus genome version 3.0 available in BLAST, JBrowse, and Download
- RefSeq section added in gene page Nucleotide tab
- Enhanced color coding for better visualization in JBrowse tracks
- Bug fixes
Release 6.3.1 16-Apr-2024
- Bug fixes
Release 6.3.0 7-Apr-2024
- Beta release of JBrowse2
- Bug fixes
Release 6.2.0 25-Mar-2024
- Improved support for CREs
- Revamped UIs for creating and editing labs, organizations, and jobs
- Bug fixes
Release 6.1.0 21-Dec-2023
- Overhauled person registration code
- Bug fixes
Release 6.0.2 9-Nov-2023
- Bug fixes
Release 6.0.1 22-Sep-2023
- Bug fixes
Release 6.0.0 31-May-2023
- LOC symbols updated for 1:1 orthologs in all fully supported species
- Added Lytechinus pictus (painted urchin) as a partially supported species
- Revamped Search Gene
- Legacy Echinobase data are now available at download.echinobase.org/echinobase/Legacy/
- Updated and restructured application code for improved performance and efficiency
- Bug fixes
Release 5.7.0 22-Jan-2023
- Improved reagents support
- KEGG Pathway names
- Bug fixes
Release 5.6.2 8-Nov-2022
- Bug fixes
Release 5.6.1 9-Sep-2022
- Bug fixes
Release 5.6.0 19-Jul-2022
- Support for InterPro gene search
- Bug fixes
Release 5.5.2 21-Jun-2022
- Bug fixes
Release 5.5.1 1-Jun-2022
- Bug fixes
Release 5.5.0 21-Apr-2022
- morpholino and gRNA alignments now support L. variegatus and P. miniata
- Support for Cis-regulatory elements (CRE)
- Bug fixes
Release 5.4.2 22-Feb-2022
- Bug fixes
Release 5.4.1 17-Dec-2021
- Bug fixes
Release 5.4.0 1-Nov-2021
- Lytechinus variegatus integrated into gene pages
- PhylomeDB links
- Bug fixes
Release 5.3.0 30-Jun-2021
- Added Green sea urchin (L. variegatus)
- Added Sugar star (A. rubens)
- Bug fixes
Release 5.2.0 17-May-2021
- Gene pages allow adding, rearranging, and removing species
- Bug fixes and GUI updates
Release 5.1.1 9-Mar-2021
- GUI update
- Bug fixes
Release 5.1.0 27-Jan-2021
- Added P. miniata data
- Support for guide RNAs (gRNA)
- Improved morpholino and antibody support
- New video tutorials
- Bug fixes
Release 5.0.0 19-Nov-2020
- Morpholino and antibody support
- Support for phenotypes
- Bug fixes
Release 4.16.1 12-Nov-2020
- Bug fixes
Release 4.16.0 28-Oct-2020
- Added support for Rat orthologs (RGD)
- InterPro links added to UniProt IDs on protein gene page tab
- New Resource links
- Bug fixes
Release 4.15.0 20-Aug-2020
- Initial release of the New Echinobase