def parse_columns(columns):
    """ Extract relevant values from columns of the NCBI Assembly Report
    """
    accession = columns[0]
    refseq_category = columns[4]
    # taxid = columns[5]
    # species_taxid = columns[6] # Helps with dog, for example
    organism_name = columns[7]
    assembly_level = columns[11]
    release_type = columns[12]
    #genome_rep = columns[13]
    release_date = columns[14].replace('/', '-')
    assembly_name = columns[15]
    refseq_accession = columns[17]

    return [release_type, assembly_level, refseq_category, assembly_name, release_date,
            organism_name, accession, refseq_accession]