National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides access to a vast amount of biomedical and genomic information. It empowers users to deposit, download, and analyze data, and offers tools and resources for research and application development in the fields of biotechnology and health.
Overview
Added
March 17, 2026
Subject & domain
computer-science-advanced · bioinformatics
Grade range
Grade 9 (Freshman)–Grade 12 (Senior)
Pricing
Free
Page kind
Service
Introduction
NCBI Updates and Announcements
- 2024 NIH Public Access Policy: The NCBI has updated the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system to better support NIH-funded researchers and institutions with policy compliance.
- Retirement of rsync Protocol: NCBI will officially discontinue support for the rsync protocol on June 1, 2026, to improve security and efficiency.
- Temporary "brownout" periods will occur prior to this date where rsync access will be intentionally disabled to help users transition.
- After June 1, 2026, all attempts to connect to
ftp.ncbi.nlm.govusing rsync will fail.
- GenBank Release 271.0: Released on April 14, 2026, this update contains 53.90 trillion bases and 6.27 billion records.
- Traditional records: 261,460,182 records (7.29 trillion base pairs).
- WGS records: 4,756,526,485 records (45.63 trillion base pairs).
- TSA records: 1,058,643,373 records (898.65 billion base pairs).
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