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kate
  Mon May 2 18:01:53 2011 -0700
Add ENCODE survey and publication links
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                     <P>
                     To receive announcements of new genome 
                     assembly releases, new software features, updates and 
                     training seminars by email, subscribe to the
                     <A HREF="https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome-announce" 
                     TARGET=_blank>genome-announce</A> mailing list.</P>
 
             
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+            <!-- ENCODE usability survey -->
+		    <P>
+                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>1 May 2011 - ENCODE User's Guide and Usability Survey</B></FONT>
+		    </P>
+                    <P>
+                  The ENCODE project has just published an overview of their ongoing large-scale
+                  efforts to interpret the human genome sequence in the journal PLoS Biology.
+                  <a target=_blank href="">The Users Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements</a>,
+                  highlights the scope of data production, and provides guidance for locating 
+                  and using the data.  With the vast amount of data now available, the ENCODE Data Coordination Center
+                  at UCSC continues to focus on improving the accessiblity and usability of this valuable resource.
+                  We invite all current and prospective users of ENCODE data to participate in the 
+                    <a target=_blank href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5YYTRWQ">2011 ENCODE Usability Survey</a>. 
+                    Your input will help us to make this data more accessible to the scientific community. Thank you!
+		    </P>
+                    <HR>  
 
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                     <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 April 2011 - dbSNP 132 Available for hg19</B></FONT>
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                     <P>
                     We are pleased to announce the release of four tracks derived from
                     <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/" target=_blank>dbSNP</a>
                     build 132, available on the human assembly (GRCh37/hg19).
                     dbSNP build 132 is available at NCBI. The new tracks contain
                     additional annotation data not included in previous dbSNP tracks, 
                     with corresponding coloring and filtering options in the Genome
                     Browser.
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                     genome; therefore, multiple mappings involving these regions are still 
                     considered unique.
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                     <P>
                     You will find the four SNPs (132) tracks on the Human Feb. 2009
                     (GRCh37/hg19) browser in the &quot;Variation and Repeats&quot; group.
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                     <P>
                     Many thanks to dbSNP at NCBI for the data, and to 
                     <a href="http://www.gs.washington.edu/faculty/king.htm"
                        target=_blank>Mary-Claire King</a>                    
                     at the University of Washington for helpful comments that motivated
                     us to enhance our dbSNP annotations. The tracks were produced at UCSC
                     by Angie Hinrichs, Brooke Rhead, Bob Kuhn, and Jim Kent.
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              <font face="courier" size="3"><b>18 April 2011 - Sheep Browser Released</b></font>
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 		    <p>We are happy to announce a Genome Browser for
 		    the initial release of sheep (<em>Ovis aries</em>) genome. The Feb. 2010 <em>Ovis
 			aries</em> draft assembly (NCBI project <a
 			href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=genomeprj&cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10709"
 			target=_blank>10709</a>, <a
 			href="ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/genomes/Eukaryotes/vertebrates_mammals/Ovis_aries/
 			Ovis_aries_1.0/" target=_blank>GCA_000005525.1</a>) was produced by the <a
 			href="http://www.sheephapmap.org/" target=_blank>International Sheep Genomics Consortium (ISGC)