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                           <FONT SIZE="4"><A NAME="TOC"></A><B>&nbsp; News</B></FONT></TD>
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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
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-		    <P>
-                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>13 May 2011 - Free Browser Training 
-                     Webinar from OpenHelix </B></FONT>
-		    </P>
-                    <P>
-                  The UCSC Bioinformatics Group announces two free webinars 
-                  on the UCSC Genome Browser. The 
-                  webinars will be conducted by OpenHelix, a provider of 
-                  training on many free, publicly accessible bioinformatics 
-                  and genomics resources. 
-                  </P>
-                  <P>
-                  The webinars (one hour and 15 minutes long) will cover the 
-                  topics needed to effectively use the Genome Browser.  The 
-                  first webinar, to be held Tuesday, May 24, 11:00-12:15 PM PDT,  
-                  <B>Introduction to the UCSC Genome Browser</B>, is designed 
-                  for new users of the UCSC Genome Browser, and those who want 
-                  to improve their skills at basic navigation and display.
-                  </P>
-                  <P>
-                  The second webinar, <B>UCSC Genome Browser: Custom Tracks 
-                  and Table Browser</B>, will be held Thursday, May 26, 1:00-2:15 PM PDT.   
-                  </P>
-                  <P>Signup required.  For details see 
-                   <A HREF = "http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=8359" TARGET = _BLANK>Open Helix</A>.
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                     <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>1 May 2011 - ENCODE User's Guide and Usability Survey</B></FONT>
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                     <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="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001046 ">
                   A 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!
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                     <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 April 2011 - dbSNP 132 Available for hg19</B></FONT>
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                     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.
                     </P>
                     <P>
                     As for prior builds of dbSNP, there is a track that contains all
                     mappings of reference SNPs to the human assembly; it is now labeled
                     &quot;All SNPs (132)&quot;.  Three new tracks have been added to show
                     interesting and easily defined subsets of dbSNP:
                     </P>
                     <ul>
                     <li> Common SNPs (132): uniquely mapped variants that appear in at
                     least 1% of the population</li>
 
                     <li>Flagged SNPs (132): uniquely mapped variants, excluding Common
                     SNPs, that have been flagged by dbSNP as &quot;clinically associated&quot;</li>
 
                     <li>Mult. SNPs (132): variants that have been mapped to more than one
                     genomic location</li>
                     </ul>
                     <P>
                     By default, only the Common SNPs (132) are visible; other tracks must
                     be made visible using the track controls.
                     </P>
                     <P>
                     The counts of distinct reference SNPs and their mappings to hg19
                     differ greatly among the tracks:
                     </P>
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                     <table border="1" cellpadding="3">
                       <tr>
                         <th>Track</th>
                         <th>Reference SNPs</th>
                         <th>Mappings to hg19</th>
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                         <td>Common SNPs (132)</td>
                         <td>13,842,381</td>
                         <td>14,024,295 *</td>
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                         <td>Flagged SNPs (132)</td>
                         <td>17,899</td>
                         <td>18,084 *</td>
                       </tr>
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                         <td>Mult. SNPs (132)</td>
                         <td>1,114,599</td>
                         <td>3,568,988</td>
                       </tr>
                       <tr>
                         <td>All SNPs (132)</td>
                         <td>30,030,754</td>
                         <td>33,026,121</td>
                       </tr>
                     </table>
                    </BLOCKQUOTE>
                     <P>
 
                     * The Common and Flagged tracks have more mappings than SNPs due to the
                     alternate haplotype sequences and the pseudoautosomal regions on X and Y.
                     SNPs are considered uniquely mapped if they map only once to a haploid
                     reference genome.  These regions add non-haploid sequence to the reference
                     genome; therefore, multiple mappings involving these regions are still 
                     considered unique.
 		    </P>
                     <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.
 		    </P>
                     <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.
 		    </P>
 
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 		    <p><FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 April 2011 - Sheep Browser Released:</B></FONT>
 		    We are happy to announce a Genome Browser for
 		    the initial release of the sheep (<em>Ovis aries</em>) genome. 
 		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#041811.1">Read more</A>
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             <p><FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>04 March 2011 - The Meaning of Red: Consensus on color scheme for CNVs: </B></FONT>
                     Consensus was reached on color standards to represent CNV loss (red) 
 		    and gain (blue) in genomics databases by DGV, NCBI, DECIPHER, UCSC and ISCA 
 		    during the 1st annual ISCA Scientific Conference.
 		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#030411">Read more</A>
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