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jnavarr5
  Wed Aug 20 15:31:22 2025 -0700
Announcing the MaveDB track for hg38, refs #31812

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+<h2>Aug. 21, 2025 &nbsp;&nbsp; MaveDB Experiment Heatmaps and Alignment track for hg38</h2>
+<p>
+We are excited to announce the release of the <a target="_blank"
+href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg38&position=default&g=mavedb_maps">MaveDB Experiment Heatmaps and
+Alignment</a> track for hg38. This release provides heatmaps of <b>m</b>ultiplexed <b>a</b>ssays of
+<b>v</b>ariant <b>e</b>ffects (MAVE) from <a target="_blank" href="https://mavedb.org/">MaveDB</a>.
+Each heatmap presents the results of an experiment where many small substitutions were tested within
+a gene to examine their functional consequences. Accompanying tracks display alignments of each
+experiment sequence to the genome.
+</p>
+<p>
+Please note that only a subset of MaveDB experiments could be displayed as heatmaps; the sequence
+alignments in this track only cover those experiments.</p>
+
+<div class="text-center">
+  <a href="https://genome.ucsc.edu/s/view/MaveDB_BRCA1">
+  <img src="../images/newsArchImages/MaveDB_BRCA1_exon_19.png"
+       alt="MaveDB heatmap and alignment tracks for the BRCA1 exon 19" width='75%'>
+  <p class="gbsCaption">
+  <em>Genome Browser screenshot of BRCA1 exon 19 showing the alignment and heatmap tracks.</em>
+  </p></a>
+</div>
+<p>
+Hover-over each item in the heatmap to see the consequence of substituting invididual amino acids
+within the genome with alternatives. Score ranges vary among experiments, but each is presented
+with the highest scores in <span style="color: #FF0000; font-weight: bold;">red</span>, the lowest
+scores in <span style="color: #0000FF; font-weight: bold;">blue</span>, and scores at the midpoint
+between the two in <span style="color: #C0C0C0; font-weight: bold;">silver</span>. Higher scores
+correspond to a higher enrichment level for that variant compared to others in the experiment set.
+</p>
+<p>
+We would like to thank MaveDB for making this data publicly available. We would also like to thank
+Jonathan Casper and Jairo Navarro for the creation and release of the Genome Browser tracks.</p>
+
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 <h2>Aug. 11, 2025 &nbsp;&nbsp; CLS Long-read RNA transcripts track for hg38 and mm10</h2>
 <p>
 New Capture long-seq (CLS) long-read lncRNAs tracks are available for 
 <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg38&position=default&g=clsLongReadRnaTrack" target="_blank">hg38</a> and
 <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=mm10&position=default&g=clsLongReadRnaTrack" target="_blank">mm10</a>. 
 These tracks represent the results of targeted long-read RNA sequencing aimed at identifying lowly expressed lncRNAs. 
 The data is comprised of the capture target regions, the reads, and transcript models organized in the following way:</p>
 <ul>
   <li><b>Targets:</b> Targeted RNA capture regions</li>
   <li><b>Models:</b> Transcript models generated from reads and merging</li>
   <li><b>Sample models:</b> Transcript models by sample in which they were observed</li>
   <li><b>Per-experiment reads:</b> Read mappings per experiment</li>
   <li><b>Per-experiment Models:</b> Transcript models generated from the experiments</li>
 </ul>