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Subject: MG-RAST User Newsletter No.2 — MG-RAST paper available // NEW version released // 2nd User Workshop planned
Dear MG-RAST users,
The MG-RAST team has some news we would like to share:
1) MG-RAST manuscript published
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The manuscript for MG-RAST has been accepted in BMC Bioinformatics and is available under the following URL:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/9/386/abstract
Please cite:
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The metagenomics RAST server F. Meyer, et al
BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:386
2) New version of the server software available
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After a lot of testing (Thanks again to all beta testers), we have released a new version of our MG-RAST server software. You will notice improvements in nearly all aspects of the MG-RAST platform and user experience.
Here is a summary of changes and additions:
– added overview page with statistical summary
– ability to download arbitrary subsets of fragments as fasta
– user can change parameters for metabolic reconstruction and phylogenetic reconstruction on the fly
– ditto comparison/heatmaps
– recruitment plot
– metabolic comparison tool using KEGG pathway maps
– updated databases in background (NR no longer from 2006, Silva RNA database included)
– detailed sequence information and alignments
– support for groups and inviting friends to look at data
– much faster user interface
– ability to see/download fragments and see blast alignments
– added Silva rRNA database (from: http://www.arb-silva.de/)
– many small detailed fixes
3) MG-RAST workshop planned for winter 2008/2009
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In addition to the tutorial at Metagenomics 2008 in San Diego (see: http://metagenomics.calit2.net/) we are inviting participant registration for our second MG-RAST workshop. Please send an email to mg-rast@mcs.anl.gov if you are interested in participating.
— from the MG-RAST team
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