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’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25

After a quarter of a century, the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function and clinical impact.
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  1. Michael Eisenstein

    1. Michael Eisenstein is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Four people in silhouette with genetic code projected on them.

Credit: Elena Zhukova/UC Santa Cruz Photo Services

Jim Kent knew a thing or two about coding. A veteran of the early days of personal computing, Kent developed software for Amiga, Atari and IBM computers throughout the 1980s, including pioneering tools for computer animation.

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Nature 643, 292-294 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02034-7

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