This record includes training materials associated with the Australian BioCommons workshop ‘Retrieving nucleotide sequencing data from the European Nucleotide Archive’. This workshop took place on 3 April 2025.

Event description

The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) is the European node of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC), providing a comprehensive record of the world’s nucleotide sequencing information, covering raw read sequencing data, sequence assembly information and functional annotation. The three INSDC members (ENA, NCBI-SRA and DDBJ-SRA) routinely exchange data which ensures nucleotide data is archived and shared across geographically dispersed locations (Europe, USA and Japan). The ENA is provided by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI.

This workshop provides an introduction to the ENA data and metadata model and data retrieval tools, followed by an opportunity to practice retrieving a range of different data types from the ENA using a variety of tools and protocols.

Lead trainers: 

• Dr Joana Pauperio, Biodiversity Curator, European Nucleotide Archive, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute

• Maira Ihsan, User Support Bioinformatician, European Nucleotide Archive, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute

Training materials

Materials are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International agreement unless otherwise specified and were current at the time of the event.

Files and materials included in this record:

• Event metadata (PDF): Information about the event including, description, event URL, learning objectives, prerequisites, technical requirements etc.

• ENA_data_retrieval_slides (PDF): Slides that introduce the ENA metadata model and provide an overview of methods of data retrieval from the ENA

• ENA_data_retrieval_practical (PDF): A practical guide that provides step by step instructions on how to retrieve data from the ENA