From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Fri Dec 01 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp!nakagawa From: nakagawa@sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp (Masashi NAKAGAWA) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: (none) Date: 1 Dec 1995 16:00:55 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 10 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199512020004.JAA23147@perm.sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net help ******************************** *$B!!!!(BMasashi NAKAGAWA$B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B* *Department of Life Science, Faculty of Scienc * *$B!!(BHimeji Institute of Technology $B!!!!(B *$B!!(B *$B!!(B@e-mail: nakagawa@sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp * * Tel: 07915-8-0195 * * Fax: 07915-8-0197 * ******************************** From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Fri Dec 01 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.interserv.net!usenet From: fpaul02@interserv.com Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: molecular devices with electromagnetic properties Date: 2 Dec 1995 21:49:35 GMT Organization: InterServ News Service Lines: 8 Message-ID: <49qhlf$j3t@data.interserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.120.34.227 X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Greetings, Could anyone in this newsgroup verify the existence of molecular devices, organic or inorganic in nature, with significant electromagnetic properties to enable : 1. remote Radio frequency/Microwave pulse transmissions. 2. remote sensing of minute electrical charges in random sequences If so, or any suggestions are welcomed at : e-mail - BMW540@tribeca.ios.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Fri Dec 01 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!biochem-b004-mac1.stanford.edu!user From: azwei@leland.stanford.edu Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: re:CRAC channel Date: 2 Dec 1995 00:52:53 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 22 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: biochem-b004-mac1.stanford.edu Dear Dellis, CRAC channels are activated by the depletion of intracellular Ca stores. Any stimulus that depletes stores activates the current. The identity of the signal coupling depletion to channel activation is unknown. The action of phosphatases (serine/ threonine and tyrosine) has been implicated in some studies, as have small G proteins. There is some evidence that a small diffusible molecule called CIF (calcium influx factor) might be the activator. I have studied inhibition of CRAC channels, hoping to get information about activation. Channels are turned off when stores refill, a process that seems to take 10s of seconds. In patch clamp experiments, the current can be deactivated by a second process that can be blocked by okadaic acid, an inhibitor of protein phosphatases. Unfortunately (for me!), the pharmacological profile of the inhibition of this second deactivation mechanism is not consisitent with known phosphatases. Ca can also feed back directly on the channels to inhibit them (within milliseconds). Others have shown that CRAC channels are inhibited when the ATP/ADP or GTP/GDP ratio decreases, and that PKC may inactivate channels. I'll be glad to answer any more questions if you e-mail me at azwei@leland.stanford.edu. Let me know why you're interested! Take Care Adam Zweifach From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Dec 02 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!usenet From: Protic Channel Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Protic Channels Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 03:59:31 +0000 Organization: University of California, Riverside Lines: 4 Message-ID: <30C120A3.4CDE@protic.channel.sci> NNTP-Posting-Host: a-ilab2.ucr.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b1 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Please give your opinions on protic channels. Reply on anything about them, whether you think they exist or not, or whether you think they can be cloned or not, etc. Thank you. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Dec 02 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: jdj@fys.ku.dk (Jonas Dyhrfjeld-Johnsen) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Biophysics in the field of neurobiology Date: 3 Dec 1995 12:22:33 -0000 Lines: 23 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <49s4q9$844@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: biophys@dl.ac.uk Im a 4th year student of biophysics at the University of Copenhagen, and I'm considering specializing in some sort of neurobiology. I would like to hear opinions from biophysicists working in the field of neurobiology on the following: 1. Which kind of physics specialization should I go for (atomic, solid state, chaotic or something completely different) ? 2. Which kind of biology is more relevant (apart from specialized neurobiology), molecular biology or physiology ? 3. Do you know any textbooks on biophysical neurobiology ? At the moment I have general physics training in mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical physics, quantum mechanics and electromagnetism (as all other physicists during their first 3 years). Apart from that I've taken biology courses in cell biology, physiology and biochemistry in the basic biology program plus some physical and organic chemistry. Jonas D.- Johnsen University of Copenhagen Denmark jdj@fys.ku.dk From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Dec 03 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!neubio.sld.ar!Postmaster From: Postmaster@neubio.sld.ar (Administrador del Nodo) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: What physics for the XXI-century neurobiology? Date: 3 Dec 1995 15:37:38 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 108 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <858lc880@neubio.sld.ar> Hello, netter colleagues! Jonas D.- Johnsen wonders about what physics is the best for his forthcoming career in neurobiology. A conventional neurobiological career would require a conventional physics. I am biochemist, centered in physicochemistry, that strived for a good formation in neuro- sciences in a local tradition. In Europe you have superb neuro- biological local traditions, very open to the advances in physics, and to succeed there any robust physics curriculum befits. Surely other netters shall post or mail further details in this regard. What I can specially remark is a revo- lution in the intersection of physics and neurobiology, resulting worldwide from the sociopolitical changes of these decades. These changes -I hesitate in dwelling upon them in this biophysical forum- are incardinated on the fact that, about 1972, a long historic process climaxed, that radicated the maximal rentability in the band of high-tech services. This inno- vation introduced worldwide a new factor, the irremissibility of marginality. By first time since the prehistory, now the global market needs not, as potential clients, the majority of the human population. This yields some 4,500 million of demographic excedents, without whom the global market would be stronger. Consequently, now no longer any economic reason exists to wish them neither healthy nor educated. What the global town needs of them is maintaining them under good social control, via shaping the social imaginarium. In such cir- cumstances, the aforementioned irremissibility of the marginality relaxes the need of sustaining institutionally some old prefigurations in the field of neurobiology that are -better, were- of sociopolitical concern (since they bear on the social need of consolation). Among these prefigurations a central one is the exogenist, kinetized physics. Since here in Argentina we pertain to the perhaps unique hy- lozoist academic tradition worldwide, we feel to be well equipped to sha- re in this new stage and to make some contributions to the new physics. For example, every previous model of how the brain makes the contents of the psychism reduces this one to the DIMENSIONS of transla- tive motion. Those models, at most, set a sentient realm, perhaps unphy- sical or otherwise hidden, entering to pattern some quantum jitterinesses translatable into shaping mental contents by ion concentration-dispersion. Contrariwise we approach the problem of the production of one-witness physical non-structural characterizations, leaving aside their sentiency. Said one-witness physical realities (and, directly, every hylozoism) were formerly rejected out of natural-science studies due to said social need, that was believed to be tied to the prefigurations of certain cultural syncretic myth lending support to some natural-theology tenets taken as "unrelinquishable". Now no longer the industrial use of non-Turing au- tomata, able to achieve general programming by the same means that some biological organisms (that is, by the differential production of said one-witness non-structuralities, leaving apart as a general physical va- riable the fact that they are experienced) means so deep a cultural scandal that the social provision of consolation be endangered. Con- trarily, now the irremissible marginality of the marginals prevents them to become scandalized by such techno-scientific advances, allowing these to be academically funded and pursued. In this regard, neurobiology needs a good command of geometric measure theory, wavelet-like descriptors and "resonating interferences" including holograms and holophones as central models. But also a very good knowledge of the history of physics, specially of the electroweak and other fields ceoncepts, just as to be able to discern the prefigurations inside those concepts; a non-historical ability to operate mathematically with them does surely not suffice. All this will certainly not be permitted to be acquired by a young physicist doing neurobiology; she or he would be put to collaborate into a conventional project on neurochemistry, or long-term-potentiation (a good example, since engrams do not exist, but these last projects pressuppose them), neural neural-networks, or the like. These prefigurations in Europe are extremely strong, though not so as in the USA-Canada where they seem truly unsurmounta- ble. So I would suggest Jonas to make just as Einstein: working in any separate job -a neuroanatomical and microscopy expe- rience would be the best, to acquire first-hand experience on the real brain!- and undergoing studies alone, to be published among phy- sicists to promote the much need transformation of physical science. (Publishing them among neurobiologists shall yield even acclamation, but they will be misunderstood and catched by psychomodes!). To contribute my $ 0.02-worth completely, I re-send Jonas some former posted mails). (And let me finally remark, that in this message concern- ing biophysical science I only mentioned the world social situation as required to contextuate these issues; I shall not deal with the emer- ging ethical issues in the present cojunctural framework). Cheeries, Mariela =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Prof. Mariela Szirko, Centro de Investig. Neurobiologicas, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Argentine Republic; and Lab. of Electroneurobiological Res., Hospital "Dr. Jose Tiburcio Borda", Municipality of Buenos Aires, Office: Phone/Fax (54 1) 306 -7314 e-mail Standard disclaimer: Las opiniones de este mensaje son personales y no comprometen las dependencias a cargo de la firmante. Reply to THIS message, ONLY to: =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 04 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!soap.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet From: M J Geisow Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY WEB UPDATE Date: 5 Dec 1995 02:01:44 GMT Organization: BIODIGM Ltd. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4a0968$8ai@soap.news.pipex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ai137.du.pipex.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; I; 16bit) STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY UPDATES 1. Calendar of events updated: http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/CEC/calendar.html 2. Posters at 5th International Perspectives on Protein Engineering conference now each get a mini - home page! Poster prizes now offered (UK Biochemical Society) http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/CEC/5posters.html 3. Informal biotech / pharma company contact service open at the above conference. Please contact me if your company is interested (in return for meeting sponsorship) http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/CEC/contact.html 4. (UK citizen) The BBSRC has announced a second call for bioinformatics outline proposals (closing 9 Feb 96) http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/CEC/key.htm -- BIODIGM Tel: +44 (0) 1949 839077 Fax: +44 (0) 1949 831886 Email: biodigm@dial.pipex.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 04 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!allan From: allan@mycroft.mmid.ualberta.ca (Allan Sharp) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: TNT sugar libraries Date: 5 Dec 1995 20:17:43 GMT Organization: Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4a29d7$q44@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mycroft.mmid.ualberta.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] A colleague of mine is searching for glucose/galactose TNT geometry libraries to model a polysaccaride. Does anyone have some examples of these? Is there a Web resource site for TNT? Respond here or reach her directly at hong@mycroft.mmid.ualberta.ca. Thank you. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 04 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ICT.SLD.CU!NORMANDO From: NORMANDO@ICT.SLD.CU (Normando Iznaga) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: (none) Date: 5 Dec 1995 10:25:34 -0800 Organization: Centro de Inmunologia Molecular Lines: 28 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9512051406.AA16145@infomed> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear netters, I would like you to help us. We need the e-mail of W. James Irvine, Editor in chief of the Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Immunology. Edited in Edinburgh, Teviot Scientific Publications Ltd. Any kind of information will be helpful. Thanks in advance, Looking forward to hearing from you with personal kindest regards, !*************************************! ! M. Sc. Normando Iznaga Escobar ! ! Center of Molecular Immunology ! ! Division of Antibody Engineering ! ! PO BOX 16040, Havana, 11 600, Cuba ! ! ! ! Fax Number : (53 7) 33 50 49 ! ! (53 7) 33 35 09 ! ! Phone : (53 7) 21 68 11 ! ! (53 7) 21 79 33 ! ! e-mail : normando@ict.sld.cu ! !*************************************! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 04 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ux5.cso.uiuc.edu!jltucke From: tucker joseph l Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: internships...? Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 02:49:24 -0600 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 12 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ux5.cso.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I was wondering if there was anyone out there who would happen to know of any labs or businesses that were offering internships for the summer of '96 in the area of biophysics. Responses can be sent to jltucke@students.uiuc.edu Thank you. Joe Tucker From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 04 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!dfnserv1.URZ.Uni-Magdeburg.DE From: "Dr. J rg Breder" Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: hippocampal slice culture Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 19:32:00 EST Lines: 23 Message-ID: <80684.breder@jupiter.ifn-magdeburg.de> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: dfnserv1.URZ.Uni-Magdeburg.DE X-Minuet-Version: Minuet1.0_Beta_14.7 X-Popmail-Charset: English I would like to culture hippocampal slices from adult rats. To my knowledge, nobody succeeded in doing this so far. I would like to get in touch with people who alredy attempted to culture hippocampal slices from adult rats or other animals. I would like to obtain information about the culture conditions succesfully or unsuccessfully tried (culture media, additives etc.) and I appreciate every helpful comment on this subject. You can respond directly or send me an e-mail. Sincerely yours Joerg -------------------------------------- Dr. J rg Breder Federal Institute for Neurobiology Dep. of Neurophysiology POB 1860 D-39008 Magdeburg Germany Tel: (**49)-391-6263-431 Fax: (**49)-391-6263-438 e-mail: Breder@jupiter.ifn-magdeburg.de From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 04 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!amgen!usenet From: John Philo Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: internships...? Date: 5 Dec 1995 21:10:41 GMT Organization: Amgen Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4a2cgh$eht@amgen.amgen.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: jltucke@students.uiuc.edu Amgen has a summer intern program, and both our Protein Chemistry and Pharmaceutics departments sometimes have openings for students with a biophysics/biophysical chemistry background. (There are generally many more openings in biochemistry, molecular, and cell biology, of course). I don't know of any specific biophysics openings for '96 at this time. As I recall, applications are due in Feb. or March. You can get info and application information by writing to: Human Resources Dept., Amgen Inc., Amgen Center, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 John Philo, Protein Chemistry Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA jphilo@amgen.com *** Disclaimer: These are the opinions of the poster not Amgen Inc.*** From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Dec 05 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!usenet From: Chris Barry Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Anti-glia antibody Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 17:03:58 +0000 Organization: Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab Lines: 2 Message-ID: <30C47B7E.233E@mackiller.llnl.gov> References: <84789.schroede@jupiter.ifn-magdeburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: m164.llnl.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Macintosh; I; 68K) What proteins are expressed in glial cells that aren't expressed in neurons? Which of them are membrane receptors? From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Dec 05 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!dfnserv1.URZ.Uni-Magdeburg.DE From: "Dr. Ulrich Schroeder" Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Anti-glia antibody Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 20:47:13 EST Lines: 28 Message-ID: <84789.schroede@jupiter.ifn-magdeburg.de> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: dfnserv1.URZ.Uni-Magdeburg.DE X-Minuet-Version: Minuet1.0_Beta_14.7 X-Popmail-Charset: English I am looking for an antibody that binds to a structure on the extracellular side of the plasma membrane.It must not bind to neurons since I would like to use it to discriminate between neurons and glial cells in an organotypic preparation. Does anybody know something about such an antibody? Does anybody have such an antibody? Does anybody know a supplier for such an antibody? Does anybody know somebody who could be able to help me? Since it might be necessary for me to proceed culturing the material after staining I can't use antibodies against intracellular structures. I would appreciate helpful comments, advices and suggestions regarding this topic. You may respond directly or send me an e-mail. Many thanks in advance. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a successful Happy New Year Best regards Ulli ------------------------------- Dr. Ulrich Schroeder BL-Institut fuer Neurobiologie Dept. of Neurophysiology PO.Box 1860 39008 Magdeburg Germany Tel:(**49)/0391/6263431 Fax:(**49)/0391/6263438 e-mail: schroede@jupiter.ifn-magdeburg.de From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Dec 05 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!BIOSCI.CBS.UMN.EDU!rouzina From: rouzina@BIOSCI.CBS.UMN.EDU (Ioulia Rouzina) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: NATO-ASI on Biomolecular structure and dynamics"NATO Advanced Study Institute" Date: 6 Dec 1995 14:09:39 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 12 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Could you please send the information about the conference, program, prices, availiability of trevel grants. My address: Dr. Ioulia Rouzina Dept. of Biochemistry University of Minnesota 1479 Gortner Ave, St.Paul, MN 55108 USA tel.(612) 624-7468 fax (612) 625-5780 e-mail rouzina@molbio.cbs.umn.edu With respect. Ioulia Rouzina. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Dec 05 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!fdn.fr!jussieu.fr!univ-lille1.fr!cresimm-pc1.univ-lille1.fr!vergoten From: vergoten@pop.univ-lille1.fr (Gerard Vergoten) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: NATO-ASI on Biomolecular structure and dynamics"NATO Advanced Study Institute" Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 17:43:02 Organization: CRESIMM - C8 - USTL - Villeneuve d'Ascq Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: cresimm-pc1.univ-lille1.fr Keywords: molecular modeling, computer simulations X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] "BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS: RECENT EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORICAL ADVANCES" ASI LOUTRAKI, Greece May 27-June 6,1996 Contact: Professor G. 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From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Dec 06 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!swsbe6.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.dfn.de!news.kfa-juelich.de!jobs From: jobs@hlrserv.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de (Elmar Jobs) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: WWW site: supercomp. center HLRZ Date: 6 Dec 1995 19:45:04 GMT Organization: Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum, KFA-Jülich Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4a4rs0$bus@zam201.zam.kfa-juelich.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: hlrz11.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de Keywords: supercomputing,WWW,homepage,physics X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] The german Supercomputing Center HLRZ (Hoechstleistungsrechen- zentrum) located at the Research Center KFA in Juelich is now online. We provide supercomputing resources to reasearchers of all over the world (but mainly of Germany). New machines, announced for early next year will bring os back from the Top 100 of computing sites to the Top 10. 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Charles, VP Marketing 415.568.1266 dcharles@chemscope.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Dec 06 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!zib-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!news.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de!amber!schell From: schell@amber.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de () Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Capillary Electrophoresis Experients Date: 7 Dec 1995 09:03:23 GMT Organization: Department of Physical Biology, University of Duesseldorf Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4a6akr$bm8@selene.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: amber.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello I am looking for people, who have experiences with capillary electrophoresis of nuclic acids. I would like to detec point-mutations by TGGE and I have some problem with coating the capillaries and finding a denaturing matrix. If anyone could give me some information, I would be very pleased. Bye Jens From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 07 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ns1.faseb.org!lamarck.sura.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!swsbe6.switch.ch!aragorn.unibe.ch!news From: Christian LŸscher Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Cultures Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 11:06:43 +0000 Lines: 3 Message-ID: <30C81C43.7712@pyl.unibe.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: pylm91.unibe.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Macintosh; I; PPC) You may want to read the JNM paper of Gaehwiler et al from 1988 or 1989 where they discribe this method. Since then it has been very successful. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 07 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "David J. States" Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genome-program,bionet.software,bionet.biophysics,bionet.general,comp.ai,sci.bio.technology,sci.engr.biomed,wu.general Subject: Call for Papers - Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology '96 Conference Date: 7 Dec 1995 21:57:18 -0800 Organization: Institute for Biomedical Computing Lines: 96 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <30C77FF6.2DB7@ibc.wustl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.genome-program:1626 bionet.software:14119 bionet.biophysics:1506 bionet.general:18809 comp.ai:20361 sci.bio.technology:4318 sci.engr.biomed:5053 The Fourth International Conference on Computational Biology Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology '96 June 12-15, 1996 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA http://ibc.wustl.edu/ismb96 Call For Papers An electronic mailing list can be joined by sending a message to ismb96@ibc.wustl.edu with the word "subscribe" as the body of the message. Key Dates Meeting: June 12-15, 1996 Paper Submissions Papers due: Feb 1, 1996 Replies to authors: Mar 15, 1996 Revised papers due: Apr 1, 1996 Open Poster Submissions Abstracts due: Apr 1, 1996 Tutorial Proposals Full proposals due: March 18, 1996 Replies to authors: April 1, 1996 Draft handouts due: April 15, 1996 Final handouts due: May 13, 1996 Tutorials presented: June 12, 1996 The purpose of the ISMB conference is to disseminate the latest developments in computational molecular biology and biophysics and to stimulate new work on the application of intelligent computational systems to problems in molecular biology. ISMB is a multidisciplinary conference bringing together scientists from computer science, mathematics, statistics, and molecular biology. Its scope extends to any computational method or system supporting a biological task that is algorithmically, cognitively, or conceptually challenging, involves a synthesis of heterogeneous information, or exhibits the emergent properties of an "intelligent system." From a computational perspective, areas of interest include adaptive systems, intelligent experimental control, data modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, combinatorics, stochastic optimization, string and graph algorithms, linguistic methods, and parallel computer technologies. Biological areas of interest include molecular structure, genomics, molecular sequence analysis, evolution and phylogenetics, adaptive experimental systems, and molecular biology. Emphasis is placed on the validation of methods using real data sets and on practical application in the biological sciences. The ISMB conference has attracted a large and enthusiastic audience comprising scientists involved in application areas such as artificial intelligence, structural biology, DNA, RNA and protein sequence analysis and structure prediction, genome mapping, gene identification, molecular biology data and knowledge bases, and the modeling of biochemical processes. We are continuing the tradition of soliciting original papers, which will be rigorously refereed and published (by AAAI Press and the MIT Press) in proceedings available at the conference. The conference proceedings are indexed in the Medline database. The previous ISMB meetings were 1993: National Library of Medicine, USA 1994: Stanford University, USA 1995: Cambridge University, UK The four-day conference will feature introductory and advanced tutorials on June 12th and presentations of original refereed papers, posters, and invited talks (June 13-15). There will be special sessions at the conference on "Whole Genomes: Challenges and Implications," and on the "Interconnection of Molecular Biology Databases (MIMBD)." A test suite of raw data will be set aside to evaluate base-calling and gene-finding programs. A job fair and a vendor fair are also being organized. Organizing committee David States (states@ibc.wustl.edu) Terry Gaasterland (gaasterl@mcs.anl.gov) Randall Smith (rsmith@imgen.bcm.tmc.edu) Keynote Speakers Robert Waterston, Washington Univ., St. Louis David Haussler, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz Russell Doolittle, Univ. of California, San Diego Chris Sander, EMBL, Heidelberg Contact address ISMB '96 Institute for Biomedical Computing Washington University School of Medicine 700 South Euclid Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110-1012 USA Phone: (314) 362-2134 FAX: (314) 362-0234 From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 07 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: cyberdavep@aol.com (CyberDaveP) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: HUMAN CLONING Date: 7 Dec 1995 18:53:34 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4a7upu$746@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: cyberdavep@aol.com (CyberDaveP) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Is there any info that anyone could give me on this subject please e-mail as soon as possible all info will be gladly appreciated...thank you if anyone knows any recent info on this send it over From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Dec 09 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ns1.faseb.org!lamarck.sura.net!darwin.sura.net!maze.dpo.uab.edu!usenet From: Chem018@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu (Dale Smith) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Supramolecular chemistry and homogenous catalysis Date: 10 Dec 1995 01:26:19 GMT Organization: University of Alabama at Birmingham Lines: 100 Message-ID: <4adcvr$7th@maze.dpo.uab.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: tty31.maze.ppp.uab.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 We are relating supramolecular and molecular recognition chemistry to homogeneous catalysis. Specifically, we are studying“metallacrown ethers” of the type Cl2ML2, where M = Pd, Pt and L2= long chain alpha-omega bis(phosphine). Our consummate goal is to improve existing catalytic precursors with functional, interactive secondary structure. From your interdisciplinary perspective and in the sprit of cooperative science please read our brief manifesto! Brief Outline and Experimental Information System: :PPh2-CH2-CH2-(O-CH2-CH2)n -:PPh2 n = 3, 4, 5 reacted with PtCl2 (COD) and Mo(CO)4 (nbd) forming monomeric PtCl2POnP or Mo(CO)4 POnP Our present research revolves around a working concept where long chain bis(diphenyl phosphine) ligands with functionalized with flexible or conformationally restricted polyether chains. Subsequently upon coordination to a transition metal an ordered secondary structure is formed around the first coordination sphere this establishes two distinctive subunits within the metallacrown ether complex. As expected, different complexes have specific binding and molecular properties dependent upon the size and conformation of the polyether ring. Our work has shown that metallacrown ether complexes bind Li + and Na +, hydrogen bond to alcohol indicated by strongly coupled methanol and methylene protons by 1H NMR, and act as hemi-labile ligands on mono and dicationic palladium(II) and platinum(II). The secondary structure’s molecular properties should be tunable, this may be exploited to enhance the activity and selectivity of a catalytic reaction. Subtle adjustments in the backbone and functionality of the secondary structure may adjust activation in at least three different ways. 1) Favorably arranging or attracting substrate by hydrogen bonding. 2) Improving the susceptibility of ligands to nucleophilic attack via alkali metal-transition metal bridging interaction. 3) Acting as phase transfer agent under biphasic catalytic conditions. All these possibilities have historical preference in the literature, and we hope to utilize the crown ether moiety to enhance catalytic turnover rates and selectivities in these survey reactions. 1) Hydrogen of carbon dioxide to formic acid (the crown may stabilize an intermediate) to methanol (?) 2) Hydrocarboxylation of alkynes with carboxylate salts 3) Biphasic reduction of alpha-beta unsaturated carbonyl compounds with sodium formate From your interdisciplinary perspective do you have any constructive criticism or pertain literature references that can strengthen my arguement? What other reactions were the properties of metallacrown ether chemistry may be exploited? Our research interests seem rather different,the synergy of many is always greater than one. Sincerely, Dale C. Smith, Jr. Graduate Student chem018@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu Please pardon my linguistic skills and grammar, they improve with time. If you are even slightly interested please check out our review in Comments Inorg Chem. 1995, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 95-114. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Dec 10 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech2!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.oz.net!news.worldcom.com!news.lei.net!nuhou.aloha.net!kauai-29.u.aloha.net!user From: gdnews@aloha.net (Christopher Cook) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: plutonium Date: 7 Dec 1995 21:50:11 GMT Organization: Hawaii Online Lines: 8 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: kauai-29.u.aloha.net Hi. I'm writing a novel about American terrorists who buy plutonium smuggled out of Russia or Ukraine, then threaten to poison the water supply of a big American city. I need to know if this is possible, or just a terrorist's wetdream. How much plutonium would it take? And how much would it cost? How long would it take to kill people? Thanks. Evelyn gdnews@aloha.net From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 11 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!warwick!news.coventry.ac.uk!leofric!pinchen From: DAVID ADAM BAINES-PINCHEN Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Use of the atomic force microscope..... Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 20:52:03 +0000 Organization: Coventry University Lines: 13 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pinchen@leofric.coventry.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: pinchen@leofric Anyone out there had some experience with an SPM or similar? I'm having severe trouble in getting my samples to remain attached to the surface of the substrate when the probe comes into contact with it. I really could do with some ideas and/or help with regard to this piece of research.......... Cheers David UG From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Dec 12 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!usenet From: Tom Chou Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: muscle question Date: 12 Dec 1995 23:57:18 GMT Organization: LASSP, Cornell Univ. Lines: 17 Sender: tc42@cornell.edu (Verified) Message-ID: <4al4su$det@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rahab.msc.cornell.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; AIX 2) X-URL: news:bionet.biophysics Hi, I am thinking about modeling muscle energetic and would like to know if there are differences between "fast" and "slow" twitch muscles. Are there differences in the miscroscopic strcuture of myosin heads, or is the differnce simply density of heads/actin filament, lateral density, etc.? I guess the same question applies to different muscle cells within the body. Are the basic microscopic strcutures the same? Any info will be appreciated, Thanks, Tom From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Dec 13 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp!kalim From: kalim@arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: getting atomic coordinates for proteins Date: 14 Dec 1995 02:01:38 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 23 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9512140958.AA02766@arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi I`ve managed to download rasmol from the www, but I can`t figure out how to download coordinates for protein structures from pdb. I can ftp to the PDB but don`t know how to get the coordinates for a specific protein. I want to see horse heart cytochrome C, so what would I "get"? I would appreciate it if someone could help. Many thanks Kalim From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Dec 13 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!nntp.uio.no!biotek19 From: damartin@bioslave.uio.no (David Martin) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: getting atomic coordinates for proteins Date: Thu, 14 Dec 95 12:10:07 GMT Organization: Biotechnology Centre of Oslo Lines: 98 Message-ID: <4ap476$jvn@ratatosk.uio.no> References: <9512140958.AA02766@arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: biotek19.uio.no X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <9512140958.AA02766@arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp>, kalim@arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp wrote: --> --> -->Hi --> -->I`ve managed to download rasmol from the www, -->but I can`t figure out how to download coordinates -->for protein structures from pdb. I can ftp to the -->PDB but don`t know how to get the coordinates for -->a specific protein. I want to see horse heart -->cytochrome C, so what would I "get"? You need to know the pdb code for the crystal structure. Find this out by either 1. looking at the literature 2. looking at the release notes for the latest PDB release 3. going to the pdb gopher or www sites and using the online search 4. emailing the crystallographer who solved the structure in which you are interested. 3 is probably the best option. Using gopher point your browser at gopher.pdb.bnl.gov then use the option "An (almost) full text search..." type in a suitable search string such as 'horse heart cytochrome C' You will get a list of options which look like 1hrc: Cytochrome C on each line. if you select this you will find a sub menu with options 1hrc.biblio (this gives you the text header for the structure) 1hrc.full (download the full coordinates) 1hrc.gif (look at a picture of the structure) Click on 1hrc.biblio and you will find the text header HEADER ELECTRON TRANSPORT(CYTOCHROME) 16-AUG-94 1HRC 1HRC 2 COMPND CYTOCHROME C 1HRC 3 SOURCE HORSE (EQUUS CABALLUS) HEART 1HRC 4 AUTHOR Y.LUO,G.D.BRAYER 1HRC 5 REVDAT 2 15-MAY-95 1HRCA 1 HET FORMUL 1HRCA 1 REVDAT 1 01-NOV-94 1HRC 0 1HRC 6 JRNL AUTH G.W.BUSHNELL,G.V.LOUIE,G.D.BRAYER 1HRC 7 JRNL TITL HIGH-RESOLUTION THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF 1HRC 8 JRNL TITL 2 HORSE HEART CYTOCHROME C 1HRC 9 JRNL REF J.MOL.BIOL. V. 214 585 1990 1HRC 10 JRNL REFN ASTM JMOBAK UK ISSN 0022-2836 0070 1HRC 11 This may be the one you are after (there are a large number in all sorts of states. Now you have checked the header and found what you want. download the full coordinates, either using your gopher browser or by ftp. By ftp, log in to the brookhaven ftp server (ftp.pdb.bnl.gov) as anonymous leaving your full email as password. change directory to /current_release/ this directory contains all structures listed in directories according to the first 2 letters of the code. ie. 1HRC would be found in /current_release/hr/ decide whether you want a compressed file or uncompressed. (compressed transfers faster but requires decompression at the other end) so you go to /current_release/hr/uncompressed_files/ (I may have the /hr and /uncompressed_files directories in the wrong order.. suck it and see) you will then want to get the file pdb1hrc.ent (note the fielname structure) for compressed files it is pdb1hrc.ent.Z. happy hunting.. (I'm sure there is a FAQ somewhere with all this - Do us all a favour, when you go for your file, write down what you do as a method so you can pass it onto your colleagues when they want to get files too. It saves net bandwidth) yours ...d ========================================================= * David Martin - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow * * Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis research group * * Biotechnology Centre of Oslo * * Gaustadalleen 21 (PO Box 1125 Blindern) * * N-0316 Oslo * * Norway * * Tel: +47 22 95 84 54 Fax: +47 22 69 41 30 * * email: david.martin@biotek.uio.no * ========================================================= * Home: Kapellveien 29, 0487 Oslo. Tel: +47 22 09 97 55 * ========================================================= From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 14 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Maren Oelbermann <103263.2013@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Electromagnetic Fields and Health Date: 15 Dec 1995 01:18:28 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 130 Message-ID: <4aqid4$3mc$2@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> The issue of electromagnetic fields and human health is a controversial scientific, and often public, issue. A new book "takes a comprehensive look at the growing EMF controversy, and explains clearly for non-technical readers the basics of EMF research." It is fully referenced and people from health professionals to homeowners will find it useful. It explains what EMFs are and where they are found. It discusses the basic findings and exciting new research related to bioelectromagnetics; it addresses public dimensions including risk assessment and mitigation; and it ends with a chapter on prudent avoidance, helping people understand what they can do to simply and inexpensively reduce exposure. The authors -- biophysicist Michael Milburn and biologist Maren Oelbermann -- have been involved with environmental EMFs since 1990, working for ELMAG Research and Consulting in Waterloo, On, Canada. Their work on EMF's has been profiled in the media, and through public speaking and talk shows. Here are some excerpts from ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND YOUR HEALTH, by Michael Milburn and Maren Oelbermann, published by New Star Books, Vancouver, BC From Chapter on BASIC SCIENCE There is a real sense of excitement and drama surrounding this whole process. Those scientists studying cells are making observations that are not, according to conventional thinking, supposed to occur. Faced with limited funding and often a lack of support from their peers, these scientists are none the less pushing ahead to explore what they describe as one of the scientific frontiers of this century. The search to observe previously unknown phenomenon is also joined with the job of explaining how these phenomenon come about. New medical breakthroughs and a deeper understanding of the way in which living things work are goals of this flurry of activity. The excitement of this scientific frontier is perhaps overshadowed by the drama inherent in electromagnetic field epidemiology. As a result of the far reaching consequences of the outcome of the epidemiological research, the results of each study become headline news and with public involvement and interest assured, the controversy of this new subject is heightened. In Vitro Studies Scientists hope that by studying simpler cellular systems, the basic principles of the interaction between weak energy fields and living things can be understood. One major limitation of in vitro experimentation however, is that the results and conclusions of studies carried out on cells in a test tube cannot easily be used to predict how humans or animals will respond to electromagnetic energy fields. This is due to the complexity of physiological systems composed of groups of cells which interact to make up a complete organism. In vitro experiments represent only one level of the overall effort to learn more about how weak electromagnetic energy fields can affect living things; further scientific research is still required to answer questions about human interactions with weak fields. Examples of In Vitro Research Our immune system helps to defend against viruses and bacteria and its role in preventing the excessive growth of cancerous cells continues to be investigated. The health of the immune system is intimately connected to the proper functioning of the whole body. It is of interest then, to determine all the factors which might influence the immune system. Weak electromagnetic energy fields are now being studied in this context. In vitro experiments with cellular components of the immune system have been carried out by D.B. Lyle and his co-workers.9 These researchers found a 25 percent reduction in the activity of T-lymphocytes that were exposed to 60 Hz electric fields. The T-lymphocytes are white blood cells that helps to destroy antigens as part of an immune response. A reduced competency of the immune system due to electromagnetic energy fields may be related to the question of cancer. Other researchers have also chosen T-lymphocytes to study immune system electromagnetic field effects.10 Calcium plays an important role in acting as a signal between the exterior and the interior of the cell and interference with the calcium signal has been shown to cause significant changes in cell behaviour. These researchers examined whether electromagnetic fields could influence the cells immune response by producing changes in the calcium signal. They felt that if changes in calcium signalling could be observed, important features of the immune system may be influenced by electromagnetic fields. The researchers' results were quite interesting. If the T-lymphocytes used in these studies did not have their calcium signalling stimulated, then the cells showed no response to weak fields. However, when the cells were activated by an immune stimulating molecule, there was a response to electromagnetic fields. In one experiment, for example, the researchers observed a 2.4 fold increase in calcium transport after cells were immune-stimulated. If these same cells were exposed to 60 Hz fields, a 3.9-fold increase in calcium transport occurred after immune- stimulation of the cell. These results demonstrate once again that fields, theoretically too weak to be biologically important, can affect fundamental processes of living organisms. One of the scientists involved in this research, Dr. Jan Walleczek, suggests that weak electromagnetic fields may thus be able to influence human and animal immune responses. He mentions that six laboratories have in fact, observed immune system changes in animals as a result of field exposure. From Chapter on PUBLIC DIMENSIONS A specific example from electromagnetic field risks will help to demonstrate these first stages. The Feychting-Ahlbom study of power line fields and caner (see Chapter 3) showed a link between magnetic fields and childhood leukaemia. It was a powerful study because it found a dose-response relationship -- exposure to stronger magnetic fields meant higher risks. A dose- response relationship means an association between magnetic fields and childhood cancer can be more confidently made, and the risks form different fields can be more precisely determined. The Feychting-Ahlbom study prompted Jack Nou the Director of Electrical Safety for the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technological Development to comment that a field- cancer link is 80 per cent certain and that his board must take action now and not wait until the 100 per cent level is achieved.1 Nou was quoted in the New Scientist saying that because of the Feychting-Ahlbom study,m he will proceed on the assumption that there is a link between power line magnetic fields and childhood leukaemia. In the first stage of the risk process, Nou noted that in the Swedish population as a whole, 3.5 new cases childhood leukaemia could be expected each year and as an example of the second stage, that he will make a careful study of the costs of reducing exposures in a report to the government. There is an obvious need for public involvement in risk management decisions and fortunately there is a movement in risk management towards this end. Before we explore examples of how the electromagnetic fields and health issue has entered the public domain, we can highlight the need for public involvement in risk management decisions by quoting Dr. M. Granger Morgan, head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, and a researcher long involved in risk analysis and management. Morgan represents this positive and long overdue trend for a recognition of the importance of public involvement in deciding how we `manage' the technologies around us. "My experience and that of my colleagues indicate that the public can be very sensible about risk when companies, regulators and other institutions give it the opportunity. Laypeople have different, broader definitions of risk, which in important respects can be more rational than the narrow ones used by experts. Furthermore, risk management is, fundamentally, a question of values. In a democratic society, there is no acceptable way to make these choices without involving the citizens who will be affected by them.2 Legal Issues "Utilities across the country are feeling the heat. Since the mid 1980's, power companies have been involved in more than 100 lawsuits involving possible health hazards from transmission lines, especially those near schools. The patchwork of lawsuits, public hearings and local government rulings is having a direct impact."11 -- from Transmission and Distribution, a trade magazine for electrical Utility Managers ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND YOUR HEALTH, by Michael Milburn and Maren Oelbermann (NEW STAR BOOKS, Vancouver, BC) is available at better bookstores across the US and Canada or can be ordered directly from the authors for $15.00 US ($12. + $3.00 S/H) or in Canada for $20.00 Canadian, including S/H and GST: ELMAG Research and Consulting Suite 11-421 Barrie Place Waterloo, On Canada N2L 3Z6 The publisher can be contacted at: New Star Books Voice (604) 738-9429 Fax: (604) 738-9332 From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 14 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!usenet From: rwadkins@cbmse.nrl.navy.mil (rmw) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Electromagnetic Fields and Health Date: 15 Dec 1995 15:57:01 GMT Organization: His Own Little World Lines: 2 Sender: -Not-Authenticated-[3942] Message-ID: <4as5sd$oad@ra.nrl.navy.mil> References: <4aqid4$3mc$2@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rmw-6900.nrl.navy.mil X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.1@rmw-6900.nrl.navy.mil Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. Commercial advertisements on Usenet are bad netiquette. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Fri Dec 15 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ghgcorp.com!dialupline14.ghgcorp.com!user From: domski@ghgcorp.com (Alan Dombkowski) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: getting atomic coordinates for proteins Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 11:55:35 -0600 Organization: GHG Corporation Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <9512140958.AA02766@arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialupline14.ghgcorp.com > I`ve managed to download rasmol from the www, > but I can`t figure out how to download coordinates > for protein structures from pdb. I can ftp to the > PDB but don`t know how to get the coordinates for > a specific protein. I want to see horse heart > cytochrome C, so what would I "get"? > > I would appreciate it if someone could help. > > Many thanks > > Kalim Try this: 1) gopher to: gopher.pdb.bnl.gov 2) select "An (almost) full text search . . ." 3) For your query enter: horse heart cytochrome c 4) In the search results you will find an entry labeled 1HRC. I think this is what you are looking for. 5) Select 1HRC. You will then have the option of selecting 1HRC.biblio, 1HRC.full, or 1HRC.gif. Select 1HRC.full. 6) Save the file; then open it with Rasmol as a PDB file. Good Luck, Alan From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Fri Dec 15 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!news From: Tim Hubbard Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT of results on Web: IRBM practical course: frontiers of protein structure prediction Date: 16 Dec 1995 10:26:01 GMT Organization: Centre for Protein Engineering Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4au6rp$iu4@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccpeshiva1-mac2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:bionet.biophysics Announcement: Results now available WWW ======================================= Between July to September this year announcements were mailed to this list inviting the submission of protein sequences of unknown structure as prediction targets for the IRBM practical course: frontiers of protein structure prediction. The workshop was held from 8-17 October 1995. 113 target submissions had been received by then and these were automatically analysed to screen for homologies to known structures and provide raw material for the course. Of these, 12 were predicted during the workshop, at different levels of detail. The results of the analysis carried out on each of the 113 target proteins; the detailed reports on the 12 predictions; a short description of all the methods used and the documentation provided by each teacher are all now publically available at . A large amount of general documentation written for the course is also available at the same URL. Our sincere thanks to all those who took the time to fill in the forms to submit their sequences and apologies to those whose sequences were not worked on during the course due to the limited time available. Tim Hubbard (CPE, MRC), Anna Tramontano (IRBM) From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Fri Dec 15 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: th@mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk (Tim Hubbard) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT of results on Web: IRBM practical course: frontiers of protein structure prediction Date: 16 Dec 1995 10:06:19 -0000 Lines: 36 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <4au5mr$nck@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Sender: th@ind2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk (Unverified) Original-To: pdb-l@pdb.pdb.bnl.gov, bioforum@dl.ac.uk, bionews@dl.ac.uk, biophys@dl.ac.uk, bio-soft@dl.ac.uk, comp-bio@dl.ac.uk, methods@dl.ac.uk, molmodel@dl.ac.uk, proteins@dl.ac.uk, xtal-log@dl.ac.uk, str-nmr@dl.ac.uk Announcement: Results now available WWW ======================================= Between July to September this year announcements were mailed to this list inviting the submission of protein sequences of unknown structure as prediction targets for the IRBM practical course: frontiers of protein structure prediction. The workshop was held from 8-17 October 1995. 113 target submissions had been received by then and these were automatically analysed to screen for homologies to known structures and provide raw material for the course. Of these, 12 were predicted during the workshop, at different levels of detail. The results of the analysis carried out on each of the 113 target proteins; the detailed reports on the 12 predictions; a short description of all the methods used and the documentation provided by each teacher are all now publically available at . A large amount of general documentation written for the course is also available at the same URL. Our sincere thanks to all those who took the time to fill in the forms to submit their sequences and apologies to those whose sequences were not worked on during the course due to the limited time available. Tim Hubbard (CPE, MRC), Anna Tramontano (IRBM) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Tim Hubbard email: th@mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk Centre for Protein Engineering (CPE) Tel: +44 1223 402131 MRC Centre, Hills Rd, Cambridge, Fax: +44 1223 402140 CB2 2QH. UK. URL: http://www.mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Dec 16 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!server-b.cs.interbusiness.it!usenet From: Pietro Angelini Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: (no subject) Date: 17 Dec 1995 00:38:53 GMT Organization: Via Campania Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4avoqt$4mr@server-b.cs.interbusiness.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.99.190.212 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:bionet.biophysics Biophysics in Anesthesiology who is interested at ??? send me a message! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Dec 16 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!PKRISC.CC.UKM.MY!belal From: belal@PKRISC.CC.UKM.MY (Makmal) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: lb Date: 16 Dec 1995 22:09:16 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 25 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9512170604.AA16354@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear sir I am a Ph. D. student in the Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Physical and Applied Science, University Kebangsaan Malaysia. I am doing my research on Langmuir-Blodgett films. I am interesting in studying the optical properties of these films and there structures. I will study the application of these films in opto-electronics devices. In this massage I would like to inform you that I am looking to keep in touch with you , so I will be very happy if I receive any thing from you, any idea, any of your publications on this subject or relative to it. You can contact me at this address Belal A. S. Abdalla Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Physical and Applied Science, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Dec 16 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: BIOSCI miniFAQ, ver. 14-DEC-95 Date: 17 Dec 1995 02:00:26 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 199 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199512171000.CAA01797@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 14-DEC-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. Contents: -------- 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index in addition to the master index for the entire set. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. 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For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Dec 17 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp!kalim From: kalim@arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: getting atomic coordinates for proteins Date: 17 Dec 1995 17:27:48 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 4 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9512180124.AA00321@arl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net many thanks, Alan Kalim From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Dec 17 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.uiowa.edu!usenet From: bbaker@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Brian M. Baker) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics,bionet.molbio.proteins,sci.chem.* Subject: Book wanted: Ionic Processes in Solution (RW Gurney, 1953) Date: 18 Dec 1995 20:02:42 GMT Organization: University of Iowa, Department of Biochemistry Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4b4hd2$sgg@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: reaper.biochem.uiowa.edu X-Newsreader: NeoLogic News for OS/2 [version: 4.2] Xref: biosci bionet.biophysics:1526 bionet.molbio.proteins:6542 Greetings! I'm looking for a copy of a book entitled _Ionic Processes in Solution_, by Ronald W Gurney, published in 1953. This was (is?) part of the International Chemical Series published by McGraw-Hill. If anybody out there has an old, beat-up copy they wouldn't mind parting with for a pittance or two, pls. let me know. Thanks! Brian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Brian M. Baker brian-baker@uiowa.edu Graduate Student Peon Department of Biochemistry "I am becalmed and virtured, lost University of Iowa to nothing on a bay of dreams..." -Blue Oyster Cult =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Reports of OS/2's untimely demise are greatly exaggerated. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Dec 17 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.kth.se!news From: Jesper Wittborn Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Question: Chemical structure of pollen exines Date: 18 Dec 1995 10:03:26 GMT Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4b3e9e$3hr@news.kth.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: kondfys03.matphys.kth.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Hi! Is there anyone who knows about the chemical structure of the exines of pollen!? I am studying the exines of pollen by AFM and STM and knowing the chemistry of the exines would be of great help! I would be happy for any suugestions! Cheers, Jesper Wittborn! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 18 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ICT.SLD.CU!NORMANDO From: NORMANDO@ICT.SLD.CU (Normando Iznaga) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: (none) Date: 19 Dec 1995 06:27:33 -0800 Organization: Centro de Inmunologia Molecular Lines: 40 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9512181951.AA13902@infomed> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear netters, I need you to help us. We are trying to find the e-mail of some of americans scientists which are working at present in our field and we are no able to contact with them. 1. David M. Goldenberg, Center for Molecular medicine and Immunology, New Jersey. 2. G. L Griffiths, Immunomedics, New Jersey. 3. M. L Thakur, Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. 4. H. W. Strauss, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University, California. 5. B. A. Rhodes, RhoMed inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico We will appreciate receiving this kind of help from you. Merry Christmas and a wonderful Happy New Year, Best regards, !*************************************! ! M. Sc. Normando Iznaga Escobar ! ! Center of Molecular Immunology ! ! Division of Antibody Engineering ! ! PO BOX 16040, Havana, 11 600, Cuba ! ! ! ! Fax Number : (53 7) 33 50 49 ! ! (53 7) 33 35 09 ! ! Phone : (53 7) 21 68 11 ! ! (53 7) 21 79 33 ! ! e-mail : normando@ict.sld.cu ! !*************************************! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 18 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.voicenet.com!REILLY!taoess From: taoess@omni.voicenet.com (Vic Reilly) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: p50 Analysis Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 00:44:54 GMT Organization: TCS Scientific Lines: 12 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ivyland303.voicenet.com Keywords: hemaglobin p50 spectroscopy X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Question: Does anyone know of any newsgroup or internet user/site that is concerned with the oxygen dissociation or association curve of hemoglobin? I am interested in reading about the progress/needs of these groups/individuals. I am also interested in specific work/research related to poresis and pheresis. Please respond here or send me an email to: taoess@omni.voicenet.com Thanks! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Dec 18 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca!waldron From: Gareth Waldron Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: p50 Analysis Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 14:53:48 -0700 Organization: The University of Calgary Lines: 13 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: waldron@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: Try bionet.biology.cardiovascular Cheers Gareth. > Question: Does anyone know of any newsgroup or internet user/site that is > concerned with the oxygen dissociation or association curve of hemoglobin? I > am interested in reading about the progress/needs of these groups/individuals. > I am also interested in specific work/research related to poresis and > pheresis. Please respond here or send me an email to: > taoess@omni.voicenet.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Dec 19 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk![192.129.2.42] From: "Dr. Petra Henrich-Noack" Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: subject: hippocampal slice culture Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 10:15:56 EST Lines: 12 Message-ID: <50309.noack@jupiter.ifn-magdeburg.de> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: [192.129.2.42] X-Minuet-Version: Minuet1.0_Beta_14.7 X-Popmail-Charset: English X-Mail2News-Path: dfnserv1.URZ.Uni-Magdeburg.DE!jupiter.ifn-magdeburg.de![192.129.2.42] I would like to culture hippocampal slices from gerbils. I would like to get in touch with people who alredy attempted to culture hippocampal slices from gerbil in order to obtain information about the culture conditions succesfully or unsuccessfully tried (culture media, additives etc.).I would appreciate every helpful comment on this subject. You can respond directly or send me an e-mail. Many thanks in advance. Yours sincerely Petra Please mail to: noack@jupiter.ifn-magdeburg.de From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Dec 20 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: mawolfe@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Miriam Wolfe) Newsgroups: alt.med.equipment,alt.practitioners,alt.sci.mbe,bionet.biophysics,bionet.cellbiol,bionet.diagnostics,bionet.microbiology,bionet.virology,biz.general Subject: wtb: MICROSCOPES Date: 20 Dec 1995 19:17:37 -0800 Organization: Family Studies Laboratory Lines: 7 Sender: biohelp@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Xref: biosci bionet.biophysics:1531 bionet.cellbiol:3689 bionet.diagnostics:494 bionet.microbiology:4324 bionet.virology:5315 Two doctors are looking to buy (cheap, relatively speaking) two working light microscopes for their office to check out tissue samples. Please reply via e-mail, Miriam Wolfe mawolfe@merle.acns.nwu.edu From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 21 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!CS.Arizona.EDU!news.Arizona.EDU!aruba.ccit.arizona.edu!norikane From: Joey H Norikane Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Plant Laser Induced Fluorescence Question Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 18:56:53 -0700 Organization: The University of Arizona Lines: 9 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: aruba.ccit.arizona.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: norikane@aruba.ccit.arizona.edu Hello, I am interested in LIF in plants, but I do not have good information regarding how plant constituents (i.e., the chlorophylls, carotene, vitamins, etc.) respond to various laser frequencies and energy levels? Need the information to choose an appropriate laser and to have controls for the study. thank you foryour help. Joey Norikane From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 21 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!nntp-oslo.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!daresbury!not-for-mail From: erik@kuifje.bbf.uia.ac.be (Erik De Schutter) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience Date: 22 Dec 1995 14:19:22 -0000 Lines: 78 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <4beepa$2am@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: biophys@dl.ac.uk CRETE COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE AUGUST 25 - SEPTEMBER 21, 1996 CRETE, GREECE DIRECTORS: Erik De Schutter (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Idan Segev (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) Jim Bower (California Institute of Technology, USA) Adonis Moschovakis (University of Crete, Greece) The Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience introduces students to the practical application of computational methods in neuroscience, in particular how to create biologically realistic models of neurons and networks. The course consists of two complimentary parts. A distinguished international faculty gives morning lectures on topics in experimental and computational neuroscience. The rest of the day is spent learning how to use simulation software and how to implement a model of the system the student wishes to study. The first week of the course introduces students to the most important techniques in modeling single cells, networks and neural systems. Students learn how to use the GENESIS, NEURON, XPP and other software packages on their individual unix workstations. During the following three weeks the lectures will be more general, moving from modeling single cells and subcellular processes through the simulation of simple circuits and large neuronal networks and, finally, to system level models of the cortex and the brain. The course ends with a presentation of the student modeling projects. The Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience is designed for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in a variety of disciplines, including neurobiology, physics, electrical engineering, computer science and psychology. Students are expected to have a basic background in neurobiology as well as some computer experience. A total of 25 students will be accepted, the majority of whom will be from the European Union and affiliated countries. A tuition fee of 500 ECU ($700) covers travel to Crete, lodging and all course-related expenses for European nationals. We encourage students from the Far East and the USA to also apply to this international course. More information and application forms can be obtained: - WWW access: http://bbf-www.uia.ac.be/CRETE/Crete_index.html - by mail: Prof. E. De Schutter Born-Bunge Foundation University of Antwerp - UIA, Universiteitsplein 1 B2610 Antwerp Belgium - email: crete_course@kuifje.bbf.uia.ac.be APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 10th, 1996. Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection procedures before May 1st. FACULTY: M. Abeles (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel), D.J. Amit (University of Rome, Italy and Hebrew University, Israel), R.E. Burke (NIH, USA), C.E. Carr (University of Maryland, USA), A. Destexhe (Universite Laval, Canada), R.J. Douglas (Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland), T. Flash (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel), A. Grinvald (Weizmann Institute, Israel), J.J.B. Jack (Oxford University, England), C. Koch (California Institute of Technology, USA), H. Korn (Institut Pasteur, France), A. Lansner (Royal Institute Technology, Sweden), R. Llinas (New York University, USA), E. Marder (Brandeis University, USA), M. Nicolelis (Duke University, USA), J.M. Rinzel (NIH, USA), W. Singer (Max-Planck Institute, Frankfurt, Germany), S. Tanaka (RIKEN, Japan), A.M. Thomson (Royal Free Hospital, England), S. Ullman (Weizmann Institute, Israel), Y. Yarom (Hebrew University, Israel). 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We carry two different finishes, depending on the application and offer a variety of thicknesses. For more information on ordering, please contact us: Specialty Manufacturing, Inc. 2210 Midland Rd. Saginaw, MI 48603 (517) 790-9011 Fax: 790-9106 email: Specialt@cris.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 28 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.one.net!news From: theov@mail.one.net (Mr. Verbrugge) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: dogs Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 04:58:14 GMT Organization: OneNet Communications (one.net) Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4bvi2k$ptq@mail.one.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: port-2-25.access.one.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Help I have two beagles. I have two sets of ropes for them. Both sets are of equal length (one inside, one out). After about a week, the ropes become very twisted. Because neither dog is put on any one rope more than the other, why don't the dogs untwist as much as they twist. This has been bothering me for some time. I work in NMR but these ropes are killing me. I know the obvious answer is that dogs motions aren't random but the dogs are put on either rope randomly. please respond via email help thanks theo http://w3.one.net/~theov From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Dec 28 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!BUPHYC.BU.EDU!BC From: BC@BUPHYC.BU.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: education Date: 29 Dec 1995 08:55:10 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01HZDLM7FOHU000XU7@buphyc.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I have a strong feeling that there is much to be done in the area of biophysics education and that the Biophysical Society might well do more in this area. Failing that it is at least possible that this bulletin board might serve as a useful forum. I believe that there are issues to be addressed in graduate and undergraduate biophysics courses, but also in the development of teaching materials, lab exercises, etc., suitable for introduction into elementary physics courses. I have heard of an elementary physics exercise based on electrophoresis. A planar bilayer is another possible subject for the physics laboratory. The December 1995 Scientific American Amateur Scientist column has a neat exercise on mearuring the metabolism rate of small organisms. There is probably a great variety of such exercises and ideas out there, waiting to be gathered together. Is there anyone out there who shares these concerns ? BERNARD CHASAN PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS, BOSTON UNIVERSITY From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Dec 30 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!TELEGRAFIX.COM!info From: info@TELEGRAFIX.COM (TeleGrafix Information) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Introducing RIP-2 multimedia graphics for the Internet! 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To remove yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to majordomo@telegrafix.com with a single command on the first line of the message reading "unsubscribe customer". -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TeleGrafix Communications, Inc. Sales: (714) 379-2141 16458 Bolsa Chica, #15 Fax: (714) 379-2132 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 BBS: (714) 379-2133 WWW: http://www.telegrafix.com FTP: ftp.telegrafix.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Dec 31 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!news.pgh.net!fastnet!news From: "BG" Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics,fj.sci.physics,sci.physics,sci.physics.electromag,sci.physics.particle Subject: Information on glueballs, quarks, and anti-quarks Date: 1 Jan 1996 01:17:45 GMT Organization: FASTNET(tm) PA/NJ/DE Internet Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4c7cnp$gnm@nn.fast.net> Reply-To: mpb@fast.net NNTP-Posting-Host: abe-ppp321.fast.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Xref: biosci bionet.biophysics:1540 sci.physics:115579 sci.physics.electromag:7426 sci.physics.particle:5503 I am a 10th grader taking AP Biology. As part of the circurriculum, I have to complete a research project for The DuPont Challenge. The DuPont Challenge "is an essay of 700 to 1000 words discussing a scientific development, event, or theory taht has captured your interest and attention." The event/theory that caught my attention was an article in the local newspaper on Monday, December 18. The article, an AP story, entitled "Chipping away-- 566 times-- at glueball secret," is about the completion of a calculation on a powerful computer to advance knowledge of a theory on nuclear interactions or quantum chromodynamics. The theory states that glueballs are the force that binds quarks and anti-quarks, witch make up protons and neutrons. The results were published on the 18th in the journal, Physical Review Letters. The glueball is what I am writing my research project on. For research, I an using the Internet, scientific journals (incuding Physical Review Letters), enclylopedias, and other sources. I would also like to contact the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (where the research was done), but am unsure of how to do that. Also, any suggestions as to where to find other resources about glueballs, quarks, or anti-quarks would help me greatly. Thanks, BG mpb@fast.net