We are happy to announce the=
release of s=3D"">mothur v.1.45.0  Over the past year we=E2=80=99ve incorpora=
ted a number of little tweaks to mothur to make it run better by resolving =
some bugs and improving the overall usability. You can learn more about tho=
se updates and get the version appropriate for your operating system at tha=
t link. 

A c=
ouple of other items to be aware of. First, as I mentioned in an earlier em=
ail, we=E2=80=99ve also posted new versions of the mothur.org/wiki/rdp_reference_files/" class=3D"">RDP and ref=3D"https://mothur.org/wiki/silva_reference_files/" class=3D"">SILVA=
 reference files for classifying and aligning your sequences. Second, =
I continue to post videos to YouTube under the youtube.com/channel/UCGuktEl5InrcxPfCjmPWxsA" class=3D"">Riffomonas channel=
  During the fall and winter, I worked through the development of =
a paper looking at the propensity to split genomes into separate bins by us=
ing ASVs and fine-scale OTUs. Since submitting that paper, I=E2=80=99ve mov=
ed on to talking about data visualization using R. I think you=E2=80=99ll g=
et a lot out of these if you are learning R and are trying to find resource=
s to help hone and expand your skills. Finally, I=E2=80=99ll be hosting a&n=
bsp;3-day mothur =
workshop in May that you or your fiends might be interested in if =
you would like to get a stronger foundation on the theory behind and the us=
e of mothur.

Enjo=
y the new release and stay safe!

Pat