COVID-19 Pandemic Resources at UCSC -Updated: November 13, 2020

Updated: January 08, 2020

The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged in December 2019 as a novel human pathogen causing a severe acute respiratory syndrome (COVID-19). The disease spread rapidly worldwide and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020.

Genome sequencing of thousands of viral samples has helped researchers study mechanisms of infection, transmission and response of the human immune system. @@ -145,30 +145,40 @@

Example UShER results displayed using Nextstrain. Sequences representing a hypothetical outbreak are yellow; previously sampled sequences are blue. Branches are labeled by nucleotide mutations.

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+January 8, 2021: + +January 8th SARS-CoV-2 update - +This update includes an updated track as well as three new tracks for +the coronavirus genome browser, and a track for the hg19/GRCh37 and hg38/GRCh38 human assemblies. +

October 21, 2020: New gene models, immunology, pathogenicity, and conservation annotation tracks have been released. Click the above link to directly access track description pages for specific track titles such as PhyloCSF Genes, Weizman ORFs, icSHAPE RNA Structure, Validated epitopes from IEDB, and various Phylogenetic Tree tracks.

September 22, 2020: First COVID-19-related annotation track on UCSC human genome browser: COVID-19 GWAS: GWAS meta-analyses of studies contributed by multiple partners world-wide (18 in this release), as part of the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, a collaborative effort to facilitate the generation, analysis and sharing of COVID-19 host genetics research. @@ -262,30 +272,33 @@ "https://bit.ly/coronaPerCapita" target = _blank>per capita map of the states.

Johns Hopkins University: Coronavirus Resource Center

CitizenScience.org: COVID-19 citizen science and crowdsourcing projects

Wikipedia: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

COVID Textbook: +COVID Reference

Nature News graphical guide to vaccine designs: The Race for Coronavirus Vaccines

Inside the Coronavirus Genome, and How Coronavirus Mutates and Spreads, The New York Times