News Archive
15.04.2015 SILVA SSU 119.1 released
The SILVA SSU taxonomy of release 119 has been updated and is now available as 119.1 in our download section.
13.04.2015 SILVA 122 released as a web release
The SILVA webpage has been updated to represent the sequences of EMBL-EBI/ENA release 122.
02.03.2015 SILVA receives financial support by BMBF
Since March 1st SILVA receives funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the German Network of Bioinformatic Infrastructure for the next three years.
26.02.2015 SILVAngs > 1000 registered users
As of today we have 1001 registered users in SILVAngs. Thanks to all of you for your trust and in helping us improving the system. See you again. The SILVA Team
07.01.2015 Mistaken Identities
SILVA Researchers are working to automate the arduous task of identifying—and amending—mislabeled sequences in genetic databases.
23.12.2014 Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year
The SILVA Team wishes you a Merry Christmas 2014 and a Happy New Year 2015.[more]
17.12.2014 SILVA 121 released as a web release
The SILVA webpage has been updated to represent the sequences of EMBL-EBI/ENA release 121.
25.11.2014 The "All Species Living Tree" version 119 released
The new version of the "All Species Living Tree" based on SILVA release 119 has been released.
20.11.2014 ARB and SILVA@Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference
The Rocky series began twelve years ago as a regional conference, and has grown into an international program with a spotlight on regional development in the computational biosciences.
23.10.2014 Preparing SILVA 121 as web release
We are currently preparing SILVA release 121 as a web release. Roll-out is planned for mid of November 2014.