Genomes Being Deposited Screensaver
The Genomes Being Deposited screensaver shows studies newly public in the European Nucleotide Archive, key-less. ENA rejects sortFields outright and accepts order=first_public desc while ignoring it, so recency comes from filtering on the date instead. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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How the Genomes Being Deposited screensaver works
The saver reads the source described above and draws it on a canvas — no account, no tracking.
Studies newly public in the European Nucleotide Archive, key-less. ENA rejects sortFields outright and accepts order=first_public desc while ignoring it, so recency comes from filtering on the date instead.
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours and any options can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
What the European Nucleotide Archive holds
The European Nucleotide Archive, or ENA, is run by EMBL-EBI, the European Bioinformatics Institute, and stores nucleotide sequence data. EMBL-EBI is one of the three members of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, alongside NCBI in the United States and the DNA Data Bank of Japan, which together archive sequence data from many countries.
The unit the saver shows is a study, which ENA describes as a container that groups the other objects in a submission. Every ENA data submission starts by registering one. A study gets a project accession beginning PRJEB, which is the form typically cited in journal publications, plus an alternative study accession beginning ERP.
A study stays private until its release date. A newly registered study defaults to a hold date two months after submission, and the depositor can change it before the data become public. That is why a study can appear publicly well after its data were generated. Titles are written by submitters and can be terse. The listing says what was deposited, not what was found, and nothing here describes sequence quality or results.
A worked example
Studies newly public in the European Nucleotide Archive, key-less. ENA rejects sortFields outright and accepts order=first_public desc while ignoring it, so recency comes from filtering on the date instead.
Settings & tips
- Accent and Background recolour the display.
- Every value on screen comes from the live source — nothing is simulated.
- Press ESC to leave fullscreen.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from the source named on this page and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Is it free?
- Yes, and it runs entirely in your browser.
- What is an accession number?
- An identifier assigned to a record on deposit, so the same study can be cited and found later. ENA studies have a project accession beginning PRJEB and a study accession beginning ERP.
- When does a deposited study become public?
- On its release date. A new study defaults to a hold date two months after submission, and the depositor can change it before the data become public.
- Who runs the European Nucleotide Archive?
- EMBL-EBI. It is one of the three members of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, with NCBI in the US and the DNA Data Bank of Japan.