06.09.2010 Living Tree release 102 published

A brand new version (102) of the "All Species Living Tree" has been released. Besides an updated 16S rRNA database a 23S rRNA database with 792 type strains is now also available

18.08.2010 Next regular ARB/SILVA Workshop November 30 - December 3, 2010

Registration open since August 17!

13.08.2010 SILVA Webpage upgraded

Back from summer break we upgraded the webpage in the backbone and frontend. Please check it out and if you find problems, tell us.

09.07.2010 Happy Summer

The SILVA Team wishes you a nice summer break. Stay tuned for new features coming soon.

09.06.2010 SILVA outtages

coping with data-center meltdown[more]

06.06.2010 SILVA 103 released on the website

The website has been updated to release 103. The next full release will be SILVA 104.[more]

16.04.2010 Interesting arcticle about lack of funding for databases

11.04.2010 Results of the SILVA 2.0 survey are now available online

Many thanks fro the nice comments - they are really encouraging.

10.04.2010 SILVA user survey has been closed

145 responses in 16 days! Many thanks to all of you.

24.03.2010 Survey towards SILVA 2.0

Please help us in building the next generation of SILVA by taking part in our survey. One minute of your time can change a lot.