A Genome Browser look at 2023 and support over the holidays
Gerardo Perez
Hello Everyone,
We hope you all had a good and productive year. With 2023 coming to a close, we would like to thank you all for your continued interest in the Browser and inform you about our limited availability during these upcoming holidays.
The UCSC campus will be closed from Monday, December 25, 2023, through Monday, January 1, 2024. During this time we will be monitoring the mailing lists for urgent messages, but many questions may go unanswered until early January. Below is a list of the available resources in case anyone needs assistance.
General Genome Browser questions: gen...@soe.ucsc.edu
Private list (not publicly archived or searchable) for questions containing sensitive information: genom...@soe.ucsc.edu
Questions regarding setting up a mirror site or troubleshooting an existing mirror site: genome...@soe.ucsc.edu
You may find the answer to your question in our archived mailing list forums:
Google Group forum: https://groups.google.com/a/soe.ucsc.edu/forum/#!forum/genome
Google Group Mirror site forum: https://groups.google.com/a/soe.ucsc.edu/forum/#!forum/genome-mirror
You could also do a Genome Browser search, which includes results in our help docs and public hubs.
We have had a busy year ourselves. Here are some Genome Browser releases you may have missed this year:
Our latest publication, which also includes a summary of our year
Addition of GRCh38 patch 14 sequences to hg38
4 new public hubs
Introducing an interactive tutorial for the UCSC Genome Browser
New ability to duplicate tracks
Over 15 updated or new data tracks for human and mouse, including:
Latest GENCODE gene models for hg19/hg38/mm39
Updated DGV tracks for hg19/hg38 and new DGV Gold Standard track for hg38
New COSMIC Track for hg38
Support for previous RefSeq transcripts while searching on hg38
New Cross Tissue Nuclei track for hg38
Highly Reproducible genomic regions for sequencing for hg38
EVA SNP release 5 for 36 assemblies
TOGA Gene Prediction tracks for 41 assemblies
CRISPR Targets for Zebrafish for danRer10/danRer11
And much more!
We also have a new trackDb change log page that shows the trackDb change history.
Thank you again for your continued support. We strive to provide the best tool for our users and always want to hear how we can improve. If you have any suggestions you would like to submit to the Genome Browser, such as novel datasets we could adopt, or features you would like to see, you may do so here: http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgUserSuggestion
Happy holidays!
- The Browser Team