33a50a1b48d704712ce4e723ec3b7e8cd271d381 dschmelt Mon Oct 5 16:54:29 2020 -0700 Announcing dbVar track #25424 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html index b82e8bf..36351d1 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html @@ -40,31 +40,52 @@ <div class="col-sm-3"> <ul> <li><a href="#2005">2005 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2004">2004 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2003">2003 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2002">2002 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2001">2001 News</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <!-- ============= 2020 archived news ============= --> <a name="2020"></a> - +<a name="100520"></a> +<h2>Oct. 5, 2020 New dbVar Common Stuctural Variants track</h2> +<p> +We are happy to release the dbVar composite tracks, providing a curated resource for structural +variant datasets on human GRCh37/hg19 and GRCh38/hg38 genome assemblies. +The track aggregates data from more than one hundred sources +including Gnomad, 1000 Genomes Consortium, and Decipher from the +<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/content/overview/" +target="_blank">dbVar, the database of Structural Variation from NCBI</a>. +The Common Stuctural Variants track shows variants that meet the following criteria: +more than 50 basepairs, occur in at least 100 samples, and have an allele frequency of +>=0.01 in at least one population. For more information, please see the +track description page:</p> +<ul> +<li><a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg38&g=dbVarSv">dbVar Structural Variant track on hg38</a></li> +<li><a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg19&g=dbVarSv">dbVar Structural Variant track on hg19</a></li> +</ul> +<p> +We thank the dbVar team at NCBI, especially John Lopez and Tim Hefferon for technical +coordination and consultation, and to Chris Lee, Anna Benet-Pages, and Daniel Schmelter +of the Genome Browser team for developing, and releasing this track. +</p> <a name="100120"></a> <h2>Oct. 1, 2020 New video: Making links to the Genome Browser. Part 3: Composite tracks, custom tracks and spreadsheets </h2> <p> We are happy to announce another release to the UCSC Genome Browser <a href = "https://bit.ly/ucscVideos" target = _blank>YouTube channel</a>. </p> <p> This new video, <a href = "https://bit.ly/ucscVid23" target = _blank>Making links to the UCSC Genome Browser. Part 3: Composite tracks, custom tracks and spreadsheets</a> is the final installment