The Genetic Information Research Institute (GIRI), founded in 1994 by Dr. Jerzy Jurka, is a private, nonprofit institution devoted to the study and characterization of repetitive or mobile DNA elements in eukaryotic species. The Institute maintains and develops Repbase, also known as Repbase Update, a database of representative repetitive sequences from eukaryotic species. Repbase is being used worldwide as the reference standard for annotating the presence of repetitive DNA in genomic data. GIRI publishes Repbase Reports, a monthly e-journal that reports newly identified repetitive DNA elements, which are subsequently stored and shared in Repbase. GIRI also provides computational tools (Censor and RepbaseSubmitter) and online services for screening and submission of the repeats.
October 27, 2024 Repbase Update Volume 29, Issue 10 (Registration required) |
October 27, 2024 Repbase Reports Volume 24, Issue 10 (ISSN# 1534-830X; Registration required) |
February 15, 2024 2023 Year in Review. From 2017 onward, a short annual report will be presented at the beginning of each year. |
September 15, 2022 Repbase Update - REPET Edition (Registration required) |
April 12, 2019 ➤ Repbase Access Requires A Subscription |
October 26, 2018 Repbase Update - RepeatMasker Edition (Registration required) |
June 19, 2017 The Jerzy Jurka Memorial Symposium This year’s FASEB Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes conference features The Jerzy Jurka Memorial Symposium: Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics, chaired by Prof. Mark Batzer of LSU. The memorial symposium will communicate both science and reflections on Dr. Jurka’s life and career. The Jerzy Jurka Memorial Symposium: Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics |
June 7, 2017 Help us shape the future of Repbase by participating in a survey |
May 27, 2017 As you may have noticed already, we redesigned our website. One of the improvements for this upgrade was adding in Downloads the "Repeatmasked genomes". Currently, we offer repeat maps and repeat-masked genomes for human(hg38) and mouse(mm10). Other genomes will follow once data is mature and stable. To meet specific needs of the users, for each species we provide the results both from RepeatMasker and Censor. You can download the files here. |
February 1, 2016 See us at Aquaculture America 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 22-26, 2016 The FUCOBI foundation's board selected late Dr Jerzy Jurka, founder of the Genetic Information Research Institute (GIRI), and Dr Weidong Bao for the 'Johnny Castro Montealegre Award' in recognition of their scientific efforts. The award will be presented during the IMSEGI session chaired by Dr Acacia Alcivar-Warren, the coordinator for International Marine Shrimp Environmental Genomics Initiative. Dr Bao accepted the invitation to speak about Repbase and the value of GIRI's work to the scientific community, and he will give a presentation during the "ONE HEALTH Epigenomics: From Sediment to People" session on "How it works: Repbase Update and Repbase Reports." |
October 10, 2014 New Editors of Repbase Reports Announced |
January 5, 2013 Repbase source data for DFAM |