VISTA news archive
May 2013
Added the Human Feb. 2009 - Chimp Feb. 2011 pairwise alignment.
January 2013
Updated the Rice,
Poplar,
Medicago,
Clementine,
and C.reinhardtii
assemblies, and added 12 new plants:
Flax,
Common bean,
Apple,
Strawberry,
Red shepherd's purse,
Napa cabbage,
Salt cress,
Cotton,
Cacao,
Potato,
Tomato,
and Switchgrass.
236 New whole-genome plant alignments are added to
VISTA Browser.
Updated the Chimp,
Rhesus,
Mouse,
Rat,
Dog,
and Chicken
assemblies.
October 2012
Updated the Cow assembly and added the Human Feb. 2009 - Cow Oct. 2011 pairwise alignment.
June 2012
Released GenomeVISTA 2.0 - a stand-alone version of the whole-genome alignment pipeline software.
March 2012
rVISTA is now using the TRANSFAC Professional Release 2011.4 library.
September 2011
Updated the Cassava,
Foxtail millet,
Wine grape, and
Maize assemblies,
and added new plants:
Columbine,
Sweet orange,
Eucalyptus,
and Peach.
106 New whole-genome plant alignments are added to
VISTA Browser.
August 2011
rVISTA is now using the TRANSFAC Professional Release 2011.2 library.
May 2011
Added the Human Feb. 2009 - Gorilla Dec. 2009 pairwise alignment.
September 2010
Released new tools, Dotplot and Blockview, accessible from VISTA-Point.
August 2010
Added the whole-genome multiple alignment of five primates: Human, Chimpanzee, Orangutan, Rhesus, Marmoset.
Added the Human Feb. 2009 - Mouse Jul. 2007 pairwise alignment.
April 2010
Added the whole-genome multiple alignment of five plants: Sorghum, Maize, Rice, B. distachyon, S. italica.
February 2010
OpenHelix released a new VISTA
tutorial.
Read the VISTA guest post at the blog on February 16, 2010.
January 2010
Updated the Rice,
Maize,
Poplar, and
Medicago assemblies,
and added new plants:
Cucumber,
Cassava,
Castor bean, and
Monkey flower.
76 New whole-genome plant alignments are added to
VISTA Browser.
October 2009
Added new tool
VISTA-Point
Updated the design of the VISTA Portal
June 2009
99 Alignments of 34 genomes sequenced by JGI are added to
VISTA Browser. Among these
species are plants, fungi, algae, and others.
Added whole-genome alignments of the new
TAIR9 Arabidopsis genome release.
June 2008
Added whole-genome multiple alignment of seven vertebrates: Human -- Rhesus -- Horse -- Dog -- Mouse -- Rat -- Chicken
April 2007
New alignments for the March 2006 Human assembly are available.
Recently released UCSC Genes annotation is added to the comparative tracks.
December 2006
Added whole-genome multiple alignment of Human May 2004 -- Dog May 2005 -- Mouse Aug. 2005 -- Rat June 2003 -- Chicken Feb. 2004
November 2006
VISTA training session at the American Heart Association Meeting, November 12
October 2006
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and OpenHelix announce comprehensive training programs for VISTA. Details.
August 2006
New tool added:
You can now submit two microbial genomes up to 10Mb each for alignment and comparative analysis.
VISTA Browser Updates:
SNPs from dbSNP build 123, are now shown above a conservation curve. Details.
PolyPhen predictions for SNPs in coding exons are added to SNP info displayed in a base-pair alignment window. Details.
April 2006
VISTA portal is linked to VISTA Enhancer Browser, a central resource for experimentally tested extremely conserved human noncoding fragments for gene enhancer activity in transgenic mice.
New features of VISTA Browser: a browsable base-pair alignment window and display of SNPs. Details.
Added whole genome alignments of:
December 2005
Added whole genome alignments of:
October 2005
rVISTA is now using the TRANSFAC Professional 9.2 (June 30, 2005) library.
September 2005
Added whole genome alignments of:
August 2005
Added whole genome alignments of:
- Poplar v. 1.1 -- Ara. March 2004, Rice v. 3, Poplar duplicates
- Human May 2004 -- Frog August 2005, Opossum Oct. 2004
July 2005
Added whole genome alignment of:
June 2005
Added whole genome alignment of:
May 2005
Added whole genome alignment of Human May 2004 vs. Chicken February 2004, Rat June 2003.
April 2005
RankVISTA regions are now automatically computed for all user requests.
March 2005
New Tool: Whole Genome rVISTABeta
Added whole genome alignments of Drosophila Melanogaster Apr. 2004 vs D. pseudoobscura, D. yakuba, D. ananassae, D. mojavensis, D. virilis, and D. erecta. Genscan and RefSeq annotations from UCSC are provided where available.
February 2005
mVista and rVista servers have been upgraded to provide dynamic visualization, faster processing times, and a choice of alignment programs -- you can now choose from AVID, LAGAN, or Shuffle-LAGAN. Also note the new URL for our server, http://genome.lbl.gov/vista
Added whole genome alignments:
November 2004
Added whole genome alignments:
October 2004
We no longer support the first version of the Vista Browser. Please use the current browser to see whole genome alignments of multiple organisms.
September 2004
Added whole genome alignments:
- Human May 2004 - Mouse May 2004
- Arabidopsis May 2003 - Poplar
- D. melanogaster - D. virilis
- D. melanogaster - D. mojavensis
- D. melanogaster - D. ananassae
- D. melanogaster - D. yakuba
August 2004
Added whole genome alignment:
June 2004
Added whole genome alignments:
- Human-Xenopus Tropicalis (frog)
- JGI browser
- Two species of phytophtora: P.sojae-P.ramorum
- Two species of Ciona: C. intestinalis and C. sojae
April 2004
Added whole genome alignments:
March 2004
VISTA site has been completely redesigned for clarity and ease of use, as well as improved integration of the various VISTA tools. We welcome your comments.
February 2004
Whole-genome alignments of new groups of organisms are available. In addition to the three-way alignment of human/mouse/rat and the pairwise alignment of D.melanogaster/D.pseudoobscura you can now access the pairwise alignments of C.elegans/ C.briggsae and Arabidopsis/Rice through our VISTA Browser.
