Biopython 1.86 released


Biopython 1.86 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI.

This contains about nine months worth of updates, and is our first release with Python 3.14 support. See change-log in the news file (most of the changes are in Bio.Align and Bio.PDB). There have also been a few deprecations and removals of older code.

Many thanks to the Biopython developers and community for making this release possible, especially the following contributors who were happy to be named:

  • Rachel Stern (first contribution)
  • Fabio Zanini
  • Michiel de Hoon
  • Oliver Wissett (first contribution)
  • Peter Cock
  • Samuel Prince (first contribution)
  • Cassie Bastress (first contribution)