The UCSC Genome Browser provides a rapid and reliable display of any requested portion of genomes at any scale, together with dozens of aligned annotation tracks (known genes, predicted genes, ESTs, mRNAs, CpG islands, assembly gaps and coverage, chromosomal bands, species homologies, SNPs, and more).

Below are the links for the tutorial and training materials on the UCSC Genome Browser. The first tutorial suite is an in-depth introduction to the Genome Browser including basic software usage and functionality. The second tutorial suite, Advanced Topics, delves into the UCSC database for more advanced searching and discovery using the Table Browser and gives a brief tutorial on the use and creation of user-generated annotations, or "custom tracks". The UCSC Genome group also offers many other tools that are of great use to the researcher. These are examined in the third tutorial suite and include an introduction to the use of the Gene Sorter and a brief introduction to several other tools offered at the site including ENCODE, In-silico PCR, VisiGene and more. Each of these tutorials are updated regularly.

Also consider bringing live onsite hands-on computer seminars on the UCSC Genome Browser to your institution.

UCSC Introductory Genome Browser Training:

UCSC Advanced Topics Training (Table Browser and Custom Tracks):

UCSC Additional Tools Training (ENCODE, Gene Sorter, VisiGene and other tools):

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