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To receive announcements of new genome assembly releases, new software features, updates and training seminars by email, subscribe to the genome-announce mailing list. - - +- 18 August 2011 - -New Feature: Track Data Hubs - 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. - -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. - -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: - http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgHubConnect - -To read about using hubs, or creating your own, see the - User's Guide. - -- - + 8 Sept. 2011 - +New Navigation and Display Features - 16 June 2011 - -Re-engineered OMIM Tracks Released: - We announce today the release of our newly re-engineered OMIM - (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) tracks for both hg18 and - hg19. - Read more. - - + We've added several new features to the Genome Browser + that make it easier to quickly configure and navigate + around in the browser's annotation tracks window. - 9 June 2011 - -UCSC Preview Browser Available: - Early access to ENCODE and other UCSC browser data tracks under - construction is now available from the new UCSC Preview Browser site: - http://genome-preview.ucsc.edu. - Read more. - - + Automatic image resizing: The first time the annotation + track window is displayed, or after the Genome Browser has + been reset, the size of the track window is now set by + default to the width that best fits your Internet browser + window. If you subsequently resize your browser window, + you can automatically adjust the annotation track image + size to the new width by clicking the resize button + under the track image. The default width can still be + manually overridden on the Track Configuration page. ++ Scrolling left or right in the track window: You can now + scroll (pan) horizontally through the tracks image by clicking + on the image, dragging the cursor to the left or right, + then releasing the mouse button. The view may be scrolled + by up to one image width. + + Improved drag-zoom navigation: The browser's + "drag-and-zoom" feature lets you quickly zoom to a + specific region of interest on the annotation tracks image. + To define the region you wish to zoom to, click-and-hold + the mouse button on one edge of the desired zoom area + (which can be anywhere in the tracks window), depress the + shift key, drag the mouse right or left to highlight the + selection area, then release the mouse button. + The annotation tracks image will automatically zoom to + the new region. The Genome Browser still supports the + earlier implementation of this feature, which restricted + the click-drag to the Base Position track area of the image, + but did not require the shift key to be pressed. + + Reordering groups of tracks: + You can now vertically reposition an entire group of + associated tracks in the tracks image (such as all the + displayed subtracks in a composite track) by clicking and + holding the gray bar to the left of the tracks, + dragging the group to the new position, then releasing + the mouse button. To move a single track up or down, click + and hold the mouse button on the side label, drag the + highlighted track to the new position, then release the + mouse button. + + If you haven't yet tried the browser's right-click + menu for quick access to frequently used track + configuration features and functionality, read more + here. + - + - 7 June 2011 - -Updated Lizard Browser Available: - We have released a Genome Browser for the May 2010 - genome assembly of the green anole lizard, Anolis - carolinensis (Broad - version AnoCar2.0, UCSC version anoCar2). - Read more. + 18 August 2011 - +New Feature: Track Data Hubs: + 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. + Read more. ==> News Archives |