April 2006. First star*net consortium, plankton*net, gains momentum with workshop scheduled to take place at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven on April 20th and 21st.. Details: Alexandra Kraberg. Plankton*net positions available:bioinformatics technician, phytoplankton expert.

March 2006. Version 6 of micro*scope was released in March 2006. It is based on a very flexible software environment that can be applied to any type of organism. It will be freely available for others to use.