Since more than ten years, regular workshops for the software package ARB and SILVA are offered by the ARB/SILVA Team in Bremen.

We are in close contact to the ARB development team of Wolfgang Ludwig in Munich since the early years of the software and represent the official lead testers of the ARB software suite. The SILVA databases represent the official rRNA gene datasets of the ARB project.

Besides a detailed introduction to the concept of ARB, the workshops also include the theory of phylogenetic analysis and probe design as well as extensive demonstrations and hands-on tutorials.

 
The regular ARB/SILVA workshops are held in Bremen, Germany and are offered at least once a year (usually, biannual).

Since 2005 they are operated by the company Ribocon which also offers custom-tailored, on-site workshops to cope with the high demand for ARB/SILVA training.

In the last 5 years, more than 150 users from 20 different countries and all 5 continents have been thought by our experts in the regular 4 day workshops, plus nearly 200 users during our 2-3 day on-site tutorials all over the world.
 

For more information see below or visit the ARB/SILVA training section of the Ribocon webpage.

In case of questions related to the ARB/SILVA workshops, please contact arb(at)ribocon.com.