EasyMirror and EasyImport: Set up Your Own Ensembl Site in 2 Hours for Your Favourite Taxa

A powerful reason to choose Ensembl over alternative genome browsers is the integration of comparative genomics and other datatypes (such as structural variants and functional annotation) in a genome browser with a mature API. However Ensembl is generally considered to be difficult to install and adding new genomes requires considerable effort. We have developed tools to make this process simpler. EasyMirror allows you to set up a new site with remote and local data within a few minutes while EasyImport allows you to import genomic sequence, gene models and annotations for any taxon in around an hour. We will demonstrate how to set up an Ensembl database and website, and populate it with your own genome assemblies and annotations, along with data from other existing Ensembl species databases. We will also show how to perform additional analyses, such as orthology analyses, to view your data in the context of other species hosted on other Ensembl servers.