f8d3476f038e91f93e1097731aa49bd04c7fc711 donnak Wed Jul 7 01:01:00 2010 -0700 Added news item about 10-yr anniversary; archived a news item. diff --git src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html index 34da083..1b2bb35 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html @@ -26,34 +26,80 @@ - 4 June 2010 - dbSNP 131 available for hg19 + 7 July 2010 - Happy +Birthday, Human Genome! +

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+ Top graph: total traffic on the UCSC + domain during June-July, 2000. Bottom graph: page hit
+ statistics on genome.ucsc.edu in the + ensuing years since the Genome Browser was released. +
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+ UCSC is pleased to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the + debut of the first assembled human genome sequence and its + then-fledgling visualization tool, the UCSC Genome Browser. + Released on July 7, 2000, the genome sequence instantly + created unprecedented web traffic on the + genome.ucsc.edu domain as researchers around the world + scrambled to download the data: 0.5 terabytes per day, a + record that still stands. +

+ David Haussler recounts that day: + "Seeing the waterfall of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts pouring + off our server was an emotional moment. We were witnessing + the product of more than three billion years of evolution, + sequences passed down from the beginning of life to + present-day humans." 1 +

+ The UCSC Genome Bioinformatics group is proud of the role + we have played in bringing the + human genome, as well as the genomes of many other species, + to the world. We'd like to thank NHGRI, HHMI, and our other + funding agencies for making this service possible, and + also our many users and collaborators for their suggestions, + contributions, and support throughout the years. We look + forward to serving as a reliable + source of bioinformatics tools and genomic annotations in + the years to come while facing the exciting challenges + presented by rapidly advancing technology.

+ To read more about UCSC's role in the race to assemble the + first working draft of the human genome, including Jim + Kent's remarkable programming feat that pulled it all + together in the final weeks, see the + Center for Biomolecular Science and + Engineering (CBSE) website. +

+ + (1) Sansom C, Morrison McKay BJ (2008) ISCB Honors David Haussler and Aviv +Regev. PLoS Comput Biol 4(7): e1000101 + +

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+ 4 June 2010 - dbSNP +131 Available for hg19: We are pleased to announce the release of dbSNP build 131, available from on the human - assembly (GRCh37/hg19). The dbSNP build 131 is available - at NCBI. - The SNPs (131) track contains 26,033,053 - mappings of 23,445,889 reference SNPs that have been mapped to the - reference genome by dbSNP. This is a significant increase from the - provisional hg19 mappings of build 130 (18,404,149 mappings of - 17,512,501 SNPs). -

- You will find the SNPs (131) track on the Human Feb. 2009 - (GRCh37/hg19) browser in the "Variation and Repeats" group. + assembly (GRCh37/hg19). + Read more.

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- Many thanks to dbSNP at NCBI for the data. The track was - produced at UCSC by Angie Hinrichs and Mary Goldman. -


3 June 2010 - Updated Marmoset Genome Browser Available: We have released an updated Genome Browser for the marmoset, Callithrix jacchus. - Read more. + Read more.

12 May 2010 - Pig Genome Browser Released: We have released a Genome Browser for the pig, Sus scrofa. - Read more. + Read more.

6 May 2010 - UCSC Hosts Portal for Neandertal Sequence, Alignments, and Analyses: