Core data resources for the life sciences should be supported through a coordinated international effort(s) that better ensure long-term sustainability and that appropriately align funding with scientific impact.
The Quarterly Newsletter Edition March 2017 contains information on two meetings, the 2nd Scientific Advisory Board Meeting and the de.NBI Plenary Meeting both organized last year in Berlin. Furthermore, the newsletter deals with series of interesting topics like interactions with ELIXIR, establishment of the de.NBI cloud and organization of two de.NBI summer schools in 2017. It also contains information on events like the Midterm Review and the de.NBI Symposium.
The new version of the "All Species Living Tree" based on SILVA release 123 for LSU and 128 for SSU has been released.
Many thanks to Tony Walkers for providing us with the QIIME 128 release files.
The SILVA Team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Many thanks for your constructive feedback and cooperation to help us improving SILVA and SILVAngs. Looking forward to see you again in 2017.
The de.NBI network started several new activities which enlarged the scope of the network significantly. Originally the network consisted of eight service centers based on 23 individual projects which were responsible for service and training tasks of the network. On 1 November 2016 this scheme was significantly modified since 17 new partner projects joined de.NBI and nearly doubled the number of projects involved. A further modification of the de.NBI structure was the decision to establish a...
A great first UniEuk implementation meeting in Bremen. Many thanks for joining.
A big THANK YOU to our SILVAngs Power Users for joining us in Bremen. Your input will help a lot in improving our system and services.
SILVA 128 released! Highlights: Improved taxonomy and Seed, updated LTP, SILVA Treeviewer online, UniEUK project launched and much more...
From Primer to Paper: Training in Biodiversity Analysis using NGS Amplicon Data - Application now open. Please follow the link for more information on the course content, registration, and payment.