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Announcing the update to knownGene for hg19 scheduled for July 31, refs #32302

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 <!-- ============= 2024 archived news ============= -->
 <a name="2024"></a>
 
+<a name="071224"></a>
+<h2>July 12, 2024 &nbsp;&nbsp; First update to hg19's UCSC Genes track since 2013</h2>
+<p>
+The UCSC Genome Browser is getting ready to update hg19's UCSC Genes dataset for the first time
+since 2013. In this update, the UCSC Genes track will now use GENCODE v45 gene models lifted to hg19
+and replace the old UCSC transcript IDs with the official GENCODE IDs. The anticipated released
+date for this update is July 31, 2024.</p>
+
+<p>
+As an example of what to expect, here are some GENCODE IDs that will replace the UCSC IDs in the
+update:</p>
+
+<pre>
+oldId      newId
+uc003qfo.3 ENST00000341911.10_8
+uc003jsk.2 ENST00000462279.5_3
+uc003umk.1 ENST00000318238.9_6
+uc003gzi.3 ENST00000682860.1_2
+uc011dpu.2 ENST00000375023.3_6
+uc021raj.2 ENST00000258149.11_6
+uc002fxp.3 ENST00000341657.9_12
+uc010xhp.1 ENST00000429344.7_6
+uc003zze.3 ENST00000242285.11_9</pre>
+
+<p>
+For each transcript ID, the _# portion is part of the official hg19 backmap ID, so they are not
+confused with the gene/transcript they are derived from in hg38. Between hg38 and hg19, the two IDs
+are not always in the same sequence and may not be a one-to-one mapping.
+</p>
+<p>
+With this update, we will also be freezing the previous 2013 knownGene release in a separate
+archive track. Once new GENCODE versions are available, the previous track will then be added to the
+archive for future reproducibility. More information about the knownGene archive will be available
+once the update is released.</p>
+
 <a name="060724"></a>
 <h2>June 7, 2024 &nbsp;&nbsp; New GENCODE gene tracks: Human V46 (hg19/hg38) - Mouse M35
 (mm39)</h2>
 <p>
 We are pleased to announce new GENCODE Gene annotation tracks, which correspond
 to <a href="https://www.ensembl.info/2024/05/13/ensembl-112-has-been-released/"
 target="_blank">Ensembl 112</a>, for three assemblies: <a target="_blank"
 href="../../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg19&c=chr21&g=wgEncodeGencodeV46lift37">hg19/GRCh37</a>,
 <a target="_blank" href="../../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg38&c=chr1&g=wgEncodeGencodeV46">hg38/GRCh38</a>,
 and <a target="_blank" href="../../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=mm39&c=chr12&g=wgEncodeGencodeVM35">mm39/GRCm39</a>.
 For human, the GENCODE V46 annotations were mapped to hg38/GRCh38 and then back-mapped
 to the hg19/GRCh37 assembly. For all three assemblies, the gene sets contain the following
 tracks:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>Basic - a subset of the <em>Comprehensive set</em>.</li>