The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2026 update
Jonathan D. Casper, Matthew L Speir, Brian J. Raney, Gerardo Perez, Luis R Nassar, Christopher M. Lee, Angie S. Hinrichs, Jairo Navarro Gonzalez, Clay Fischer, Mark Diekhans, Hiram Clawson, Anna Benet‐Pagès, Galt P Barber, Charles Vaske, Marijke J. van Baren, Karen Wang, Y. Rodríguez, Jaidan Ashlyn Jenkins-Kiefer, Megna Chalamala, David Haussler, William Kent, Maximilian Haeussler
Abstract
Now in its 25th year of operation, the UCSC Genome Browser (https://genome.ucsc.edu) provides a central location for researchers around the world to display and compare annotations on assembled genomes. Highlighted updates include a positional heatmap display, used to show data on functional consequences of mutation from MaveDB; QuickLift, a tool to copy annotation data seen on one assembly for display on another related assembly; and HubSpace, an initiative to simplify the process of creating and using track hubs by providing each user account with dedicated storage on UCSC's infrastructure.