Monthly Archives: May 2008

SILVA runs contextual data survey for rRNA sequences

Posted on May 21, 2008 by pyilmaz — No Comments ↓

The Silva database is running a survey on which types of contextual data are most important for describing rRNA sequences. The survey is quick to complete and can be found here: http://www.arb-silva.de/faqs/survey/ The results of this survey will be presented…

RDP runs Habitat survey

Posted on May 14, 2008 by pyilmaz — No Comments ↓

The Ribosomal Database Project is running a user survey on habitat terms that are most important to users. Click on the RDP website and the quick survey will automatically launch in your browser: http://rdp.cme.msu.edu The survey is part of the…

MIGS paper published in Nature Biotechnology

Posted on May 12, 2008 by pyilmaz — No Comments ↓

Thanks to the work of so many, the “Minimum Information about a Genome Sequence” (MIGS) perspective has finally appear in print in Nature Biotechnology. It contains the definitive version of the MIGS checklist as it applies to genome and metagenomes…