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                     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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-            <!-- OMIM release  -->
-		    <P>
-                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>16 June 2011 -
-Re-engineered OMIM Tracks Released </B></FONT>
-		    <P>
-                    We announce today the release of our newly re-engineered OMIM 
-                    (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) tracks for both hg18 and 
-                    hg19. With the kind assistance of Ada Hamosh (director), 
-                    Joanna Amberger and Francois Schiettecatte of the OMIM project, 
-                    we have divided the OMIM records into three separate tracks:
-                    </P>
+            <!-- Data Hubs  -->
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-                    <B>OMIM Allelic Variant SNPs</B>
-                    <BR> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
-                      Variants in the OMIM database that have associated dbSNP identifiers.
+                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 August 2011 -
+New Feature: Track Data Hubs </B></FONT>
+                    <P>We are pleased to announce a new feature in the UCSC Genome Browser: 
+			Track Data Hubs. Track hubs are web-accessible directories of genomic data 
+			that can be viewed on the UCSC Genome Browser alongside native annotation 
+			tracks. The Track Hub utility allows efficient access to data sets from around 
+			the world through the familiar Genome Browser interface. Browser users 
+			can display tracks from any public track hub that has been registered 
+			with UCSC. Additionally, users can import data from unlisted hubs or can 
+			set up, display, and share their own track hubs.
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-                    <P>
-                    <B>OMIM Genes</B>
-                    <BR> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
-                      The genomic positions of gene entries in the OMIM database. 
-                      The coloring indicates the associated OMIM phenotype class.
+		    <P>The data underlying the tracks in a hub reside on the remote server of 
+			the data provider rather than at UCSC. The data are stored in compressed 
+			binary indexed files in bigBed, bigWig or BAM format that contain the 
+			data at several resolutions. When a hub track is displayed in the Genome 
+			Browser, only the relevant data needed to support the view of the 
+			current genomic region are transmitted rather than the entire file. The 
+			transmitted data are cached on the UCSC server to expedite future 
+			access. This on-demand transfer mechanism eliminates the need to 
+			transmit large data sets across the Internet, thereby minimizing upload 
+			time into the browser.
                     </P>
-
-                    <P>
-                    <B>OMIM Phenotypes - Gene Unknown</B>
-                    <BR> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
-                      Regions known to be associated with a phenotype, but for which no 
-                      specific gene is known to be causative. This track also includes 
-                      known multi-gene syndromes.
+		    <P>To check out some track data hubs that are already available, most 
+			notably those from the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium, press 
+			the "track hubs" button in the genome browser, or follow this link:
+			<A HREF="/cgi-bin/hgHubConnect">http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgHubConnect</A>
                     </P>
-
-                    <P>
-                    The new tracks can be found in the Phenotype and Disease Associations
-                    track group below the browser graphic
-                    and are searchable by OMIM number. In most cases, 
-                    simply typing the 6-digit MIM number into the position/search box 
-                    on the Browser will take you to the record.
-                    </P>
-
-                    <P>
-                    The OMIM data are the property of Johns Hopkins University and 
-                    will not be available for download from UCSC. Please contact the 
-                    OMIM project at <A HREF = "http://omim.org/downloads" 
-                    TARGET = _BLANK>omim.org</A> for download information.
+		    <P>To read about using hubs, or creating your own, see the 
+			<A HREF="/goldenPath/help/hgTrackHubHelp.html">User's Guide</A>.
                     </P>
+		    <HR>
 
+            <!-- OMIM release  -->
                     <P>
-                    UCSC thanks engineers Fan Hsu, Brooke Rhead and Robert Kuhn for 
-                    this release.
-                    </P>
-                    <HR>
+                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>16 June 2011 -
+Re-engineered OMIM Tracks Released:</B></FONT>
+                    We announce today the release of our newly re-engineered OMIM 
+                    (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) tracks for both hg18 and 
+                    hg19. 
+		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#061611">Read more</A>.
 
             <!-- Preview Browser -->
 		    <P>
                     <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>9 June 2011 -
 UCSC Preview Browser Available:</B></FONT>
                     Early access to ENCODE and other UCSC browser data tracks under 
                     construction is now available from the new UCSC Preview Browser site:
                     <A HREF="http://genome-preview.ucsc.edu">http://genome-preview.ucsc.edu</A>. 
 		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#060911">Read more</A>.
                     </P>
 
 
             <!-- anoCar2 Browser Release -->
 		    <P>
                     <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>7 June 2011 -
 Updated Lizard Browser Available: </B></FONT>
 		    We have released a Genome Browser for the May 2010 
 		    genome assembly of the green anole lizard, <em>Anolis 
 		    carolinensis</em> (Broad 
 		    version AnoCar2.0, UCSC version anoCar2). 
 		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#060711">Read more</A>.
 		    </P>
 
-            <!-- mm9 UCSC Genes -->
-		    <P>
-                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>26 May 2011 - New
-Release of UCSC Genes for Mouse:</B></FONT>
-		    We've released an updated set of UCSC Genes for the mm9 
-		    (NCBI Build 37) mouse Genome Browser. 
-		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#052611">Read more</A>.
-		    </P>
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