Thursday 17. of September 2009 Search SILVA with Geographic-BLAST

Search the SILVA databases with the Geographic-BLAST server, provided by megx.net. GeoBLAST allows sequence based searches and visualisation of georeferenced rRNA entries on a worldmap.

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Friday 04. of September 2009 New ARB version released

The new ARB version 5.0 has now been released. This is a major step forward and we strongly recommend that you upgrade your systems. The 64 bit version can now even handle large datasets like the SILVA SSUParc database.

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Thursday 03. of September 2009 Metagenomics vs. Moore's law

Metagenomics sprang from advances in sequencing technology, and continued improvements are providing data in quantities unimaginable a few years ago. But without concerted efforts, the amount of data will quickly outpace the ability of scientists to analyze it.

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