From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.rccn.net!master.di.fc.ul.pt!student!fermanag From: fermanag@student (Vitor Colaco) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Mechanisms of pain...URGENT Date: 3 Jun 1996 08:35:31 GMT Organization: Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade de Lisboa Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4ou84j$3bl@master.di.fc.ul.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: student.cc.fc.ul.pt X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I'm a 2nd year Phisics student making a work about pain, it's physical mechanisms and methods of control. However I'm having some problem about getting some articles or books for supporting my work. I would appreciate if someone could direct me to some material that I could use or even help me in the construction of it... The structure is something like this: - Introduction - Mechanisms of pain; Physical alterations created by pain. - Body reaction to pain. - The control of pain: Anesthesics - Other forms of control: Meditation; Uncouncious modifiers. - Pain stimulators, chemical or psycological - Sensorial overload as a pain trigger - Conclusion TIA Vitor C. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!COMPUSERVE.COM!73243.1412 From: 73243.1412@COMPUSERVE.COM ("Jonathan L.Elsass") Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: subscribe Date: 2 Jun 1996 21:39:10 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 9 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <960603043424_73243.1412_FHO57-1@CompuServe.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I would like to subscribe to your server if at all possible. Thanks, Thomas R. Elsass From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!cgl!itssrv1.ucsf.edu!dek From: dek@socrates.ucsf.edu (David Konerding) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Energies of hydrogen bonds in proteins Date: 3 Jun 1996 21:40:19 GMT Organization: UCSF, ITS Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <3JUN96.11365250@skyfox.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: socrates.ucsf.edu X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.2 UNIX) In article <3JUN96.11365250@skyfox.usask.ca>, yangj@skyfox.usask.ca wrote: >Hello, everyone, could anybody tell me the energies for hydrogen bonds O-H...O >and N-H...O in proteins? Thx in advance for your help. Can't be done. -- -- David E. Konerding dek@cgl.ucsf.edu http://picasso.ucsf.edu/~dek From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!usc!chi-news.cic.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!crick.bms.com!usenet From: krystek@alcor.bms.com (Stanley Krystek) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: address David Parry Date: 03 Jun 1996 17:21:37 -0400 Organization: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Macromolecular Structure Lines: 13 Sender: krystek@alcor.bms.com Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: alcor.bms.com I am looking for David Parry E-mail David Parry Department of Physics and Biophysics Massey University New Zealand -- Stan Krystek Bristol-Myers Squibb krystek@alcor.bms.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!wizard.pn.com!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!skyfox.usask.ca!yangj From: yangj@skyfox.usask.ca Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Energies of hydrogen bonds in proteins Date: 3 JUN 96 11:36:52 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 9 Message-ID: <3JUN96.11365250@skyfox.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: sask.usask.ca Hello, everyone, could anybody tell me the energies for hydrogen bonds O-H...O and N-H...O in proteins? Thx in advance for your help. Jian Yang Department of Chemistry University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada S7N 5C9 Tel: (306) 966 4366 Email: yangj@sask.usask.ca From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Survey Administration <74750.1341@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: WE NEED YOUR INPUT Date: 3 Jun 1996 10:57:55 -0700 Organization: Kitty Knight Corporation Lines: 26 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <4otl7q$3ni$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Please excuse this brief intrusion, but we are trying to locate any and all holders of academic degrees conferred within the last ten (10) years. The Kitty Knight Corporation, Boston, MA, is currently searching for qualified individuals to participate in a ***PAID*** study focusing on post-secondary, graduate, and professional education in the United States. Holders of ALL types of degrees in ALL fields of study are needed. We would like to hear from you as long as your degree was earned at an accredited institution in the United States. After an initial screening, qualified participant will be asked to complete a questionaire of approx 150 questions. Everyone who completes the survey will receive a $100 stipend. Naturally, *ALL* information will be held in the strictest confidence. To express interest, please send your name, mailing address, and photocopies of **ALL** degrees you have earned to: The Kitty Knight Corporation, Attn: Study 96-3H, Back Bay Annex, P O Box 546, Boston, MA 02117. (If not obvious from the degree, please indicate the field of study.) Thank You Very Much! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!news.cais.net!world1.bawave.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: KNQX95A@prodigy.com (Philip Benjamin) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Quantum mind/self ??? Date: 3 Jun 1996 12:50:34 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 56 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4oun2q$se2@usenetz1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: innugap7-int.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Quantum Mind ' What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.' Then what is quantum mind? A quatzalcoatlian quagmire. There is a cacophonic surge in coining popular but pseudo-scientific caconyms such as"quantum healing", "quantum medicine", "quantum society', "quantum mind", "quantum spirit" etc. Quantum refers to a quantity, the smallest measure of an entity that can exist independently. So what is quantum mind? the smallest measure of what? Rather, a more sensible question will be: what is mind quantum? Just as elementary particles are fundamental to the quantum structure of matter, are there elementary noumenons ( perhaps, Kantian) fundamental to the structure of mind also? The constituents of a substance are essentially non-substantial interactions of quantum fields. Even so, could there be ingredients of the nonmaterial mind which are essentially the interactions of the quantum fields of these noumenons? Is the premise of a structural theory of mind, similar to the granular triplet structure of matter and life (DNA)? If quantum mind makes sense, then quantum parts of mind make better sense. A logical nomenclature of these components could be emotons, psychons and neumatons, rhyming with their material counterparts, electron, proton and neutrons. Will emotons be the seat of emotions? Will psychons and neumatons be collectively called cognitons, the seat of thought and conscience? Is there a quantum aufbau of mind ? Philip P.Benjamin, Ph.D Ivy Benjamin, M.D Copyright Development of Self Assuming that the noumenons are at least as numerous as the subatomic particles of matter, then for each atom in the reproductive cell of a living organism a corresponding psy- atom may exist, consisting of a psy- nucleus of psychons plus neumatons (cognitons?) and a psy shell of emotons. Simply stated, for every zygote there may be a corresponding psygote, each dividing and growing parallelly. The body is then mind around which matter coalesce. The noumenons may be boot strapping the genetic programme, acting as its reading heads. The pylogenic order may indicate that only emotons participate in plant cells, both emotons and psychons may be involved in the animal cells and that only in humans all the three noumenons are active. Will the noumenons progress into an " Infinite Omega Point Singularity" or are they proceeding from an Infinite Alpha Point Singularity ? In either case, will there be the probability of runaway noumenons ? Then their proper alignment, or the lack thereof, with that singularity will be a factor that decides order or disorder in the human psyche. Moreover, there may be an intermingling of 'degenerate' states of noumenons with different wave functions, but the same energies. This may also cause disorder. All humans may thus be abnormal (abnoumenal ?) Philip P.Benjamin, Ph.D Ivy Benjamin, M.D Copyright From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU!RHODES From: RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: WE NEED YOUR INPUT (fwd) Date: 3 Jun 1996 04:54:25 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 43 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <960603.075016.EDT.RHODES@UConnVM.UConn.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net To all recent degree recipients... The following showed up in another newsgroup, and it appears (on the surface) to be an opportunity for some easy cash. Since there's never a free lunch and I'm in no way connected with this group, I make no claims as to the motivation of the survey company. Good luck! | O==O | | DAVID G. RHODES O==O PHONE 860-486-5413 | | SCHOOL OF PHARMACY; U-92 O==O FAX 860-486-4998 | | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT O==O | | STORRS, CT 06269-2092 O==O RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU | | O==O | ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- To: xtal-log@net.bio.net From: Survey Administration <74750.1341@CompuServe.COM> Subject: WE NEED YOUR INPUT Date: 3 Jun 1996 03:24:43 GMT Please excuse this brief intrusion, but we are trying to locate any and all holders of academic degrees conferred within the last ten (10) years. The Kitty Knight Corporation, Boston, MA, is currently searching for qualified individuals to participate in a ***PAID*** study focusing on post-secondary, graduate, and professional education in the United States. Holders of ALL types of degrees in ALL fields of study are needed. We would like to hear from you as long as your degree was earned at an accredited institution in the United States. After an initial screening, qualified participant will be asked to complete a questionaire of approx 150 questions. Everyone who completes the survey will receive a $100 stipend. Naturally, *ALL* information will be held in the strictest confidence. To express interest, please send your name, mailing address, and photocopies of **ALL** degrees you have earned to: The Kitty Knight Corporation, Attn: Study 96-3H, Back Bay Annex, P O Box 546, Boston, MA 02117. (If not obvious from the degree, please indicate the field of study.) Thank You Very Much! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!bofh.dot!news.postech.ac.kr!galaxy.postech.ac.kr!ppjun From: ppjun@galaxy.postech.ac.kr (Park Byung Jun) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: POST-DOC position in Theoretical Biological Physics Date: 3 Jun 1996 02:10:46 GMT Organization: POSTECH, Pohang, Korea Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4othj6$7c@news.postech.ac.kr> NNTP-Posting-Host: galaxy.postech.ac.kr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] A postdoctoral position in theoretical biological physics/biologically inspired ststistical physics. We are looking for a postdoctoral research associate who has an interest and an experience in statistical physics of soft matter and/or stochastic processes, with biological concerns. The present problems of our research include (1) polymer behaviors near a membrane with the emphasis on the effect of their flexibility and fluctuation, (2) protein translocation through biomembranes and (3) stochastic resonance, resonant activation, Brownian ratchets occuring in biological processes. The position pays 1,000,000 Won (1 US$ = 780 Won) per month and begins this September. If you are interested, send us your resume (via e-mail, if possible) to ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Wokyung Sung Dept of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang, 790-784, Korea e-mail: sung@galaxy.postech.ac.kr Fax: +82-562-279-3099 Tel: +82-562-279-2061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Jun 03 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!rutgers!oitnews.harvard.edu!hpngsv01.mgh.harvard.edu!usenet From: Stuart Forman Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Postdoc Position Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 14:07:14 -0700 Organization: Department of Anesthesia, Mass. General Hospital Lines: 11 Message-ID: <31B4A582.E3A@helix.mgh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: csc-p8704k.mgh.harvard.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY/PHARMACOLOGY POSTDOCTORAL POSITION available 8/1/96 (start date negotiable, duration at least 2 yrs.) to study the molecular mechanisms of general anesthetics and alcohols at ligand-gated ion channels in the CNS. Refer to Molecular Pharmacology, vol. 48, pp. 574-581 (1995). A Ph.D. with experience in molecular biology, cellular expression systems, and/ or patch-clamp electrophysiology is required. Send curriculum vitae and names of references to: Stuart A. Forman, Department of Anesthesia, Clinics 3, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114. E-mail: forman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Jun 03 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!usenet From: aduncan@heartlab.rri.uwo.ca (Anthony Duncan) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: elastic modulus of human aorta Date: 4 Jun 1996 18:28:13 GMT Organization: The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Canada Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4p1v7t$mn4@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca> Reply-To: aduncan@heartlab.rri.uwo.ca (Anthony Duncan) NNTP-Posting-Host: next.heart.rri.uwo.ca Keywords: modulus Would anyone happen to know the elastic modulus and ultimate tensile strength of the human aorta at the aotic root (i.e. as it exits the heart) ? Thanks. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Jun 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!news.ultranet.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!bofh.dot!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!news.sri.ucl.ac.be!news.belnet.be!swsbe6.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!ubaclu.unibas.ch!ubaclu.unibas.ch!nntp Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: open PhD position Message-ID: <31B58475.CC1@ubaclu.unibas.ch> From: Harry Heinzelmann Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 14:58:29 +0200 Organization: Institute of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland Nntp-Posting-Host: dancer.physik.unibas.ch X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: heinzelmann@ubaclu.unibas.ch Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 31 PhD position: near-field optical microscopy in chemistry and biology at the Institute of Physics, University of Basel The project deals with the application of near-field optical micros- copy to chemical and biological problems, with the possibility to contribute to the development of miniaturized optical sensors. The successful candidate will collaborate with Ciba Geigy, the IBM Res. Lab, and the microfabrication centers IMT and CSEM in Neuchatel. University degree in physics (preferentially, but not mandatory, with some knowledge in biophysics or biochemistry), or chemistry or biology (with background in physics); experience in scanning probe or optical microscopy helpful, but not a must. University degree in chemistry/biology (with background in physics), or in physics (preferentially with some knowledge in biophysics or biochemistry); experience in scanning probe or optical microscopy helpful, but not a must. Strong motivation to work in an inter- disciplinary project with different partners and institutions. We would like to fill the position as soon as possible; women are encouraged to apply. please contact: Dr. Harry Heinzelmann Institute of Physics University of Basel Klingelbergstr.82 4056 Basel, Switzerland tel. +41 61 267-3725, fax -3795 heinzelmann@zbaclu.unibas.ch From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Jun 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!demos!news.glas.apc.org!usenet From: electrosurge@glas.apc.org Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: nmr risks! Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 21:17:25 GMT Organization: GlasNet Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4p4tn5$5bv@horse.glas.apc.org> References: <31B5AF99.167E@ibf.unige.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp73.glas.apc.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Giuseppe Nicastro wrote: >To anyone who can help me, >has anybody any information about biological effects of static magnetic >fields (1-3 Gauss) on cell populations? You may try 'Static EM fields and cancer FAQs' in usenet.sci.med.physics. There's a good deal of references there. AFAIK, an updating version of the document is also available at ftp://ftp.mcw.edu/pub/emf-and-cancer SY Alexander Yevdokimov =================== Moscow 1996 ===================== From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Jun 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!skyfox.usask.ca!yangj From: yangj@skyfox.usask.ca Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: RE: open PhD position Date: 5 JUN 96 11:57:23 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 1 Message-ID: <5JUN96.11572351@skyfox.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: sask.usask.ca Please don't post your message so many times. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Jun 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!newsserver.cilea.it!news.unige.it!news From: Giuseppe Nicastro Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: nmr risks! Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 18:02:33 +0200 Organization: institute of biophysics Lines: 3 Message-ID: <31B5AF99.167E@ibf.unige.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: marina.ibf.unige.it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; IRIX 5.2 IP6) To anyone who can help me, has anybody any information about biological effects of static magnetic fields (1-3 Gauss) on cell populations? From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Jun 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.uwa.edu.au!PETER From: aledain@receptor.pharm.uwa.edu.au (Dr. Alex) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Mechanisms of pain...URGENT Date: 5 Jun 1996 00:43:23 GMT Organization: Pharmacology - UWA Lines: 47 Message-ID: <4p2l7b$im2@styx.uwa.edu.au> References: <4ou84j$3bl@master.di.fc.ul.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: peter.pharm.uwa.edu.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <4ou84j$3bl@master.di.fc.ul.pt>, fermanag@student (Vitor Colaco) wrote: > > I'm a 2nd year Phisics student making a work about pain, it's >physical mechanisms and methods of control. > However I'm having some problem about getting some articles or books for >supporting my work. There are many places one could start looking ... in fact, I believe there is usually a large building located on campus that contains, if my memory serves me correctly, a large repository of interwoven pieces of pulped tree ... > I would appreciate if someone could direct me to some material that I >could use or even help me in the construction of it... > > The structure is something like this: > > - Introduction > > - Mechanisms of pain; Physical alterations created by pain. Try PAIN and the Journals "Trends in Neurosciences" and "Trends in Pharmacological Sciences" > - Body reaction to pain. Above references will probably redirect you. > - The control of pain: Anesthesics Try Goodman and Gilman's "The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics" > - Other forms of control: Meditation; Uncouncious modifiers. See witchcraft ...? Oh, and try endogenous opiates for unconscious modifiers. > - Pain stimulators, chemical or psycological Capsaicin is a good one. > - Sensorial overload as a pain trigger > > - Conclusion cheers, Alex. P.S. Sarcasm is the ignorant man's pen. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.ryerson.ca!hopper.acs.ryerson.ca!jchi From: jchi@acs.ryerson.ca (Jack Chi - CNED/P96) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: hello Date: 6 Jun 1996 02:14:45 GMT Organization: Ryerson Polytechnic University Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4p5eul$bsi@ns2.ryerson.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: hopper.acs.ryerson.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] hello From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU!RHODES From: RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: UV/Vis spectrophotometer Date: 6 Jun 1996 08:08:40 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 22 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <960606.110327.EDT.RHODES@UConnVM.UConn.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I'd like to tap into the collective experience and expertise of the UV/Vis owners out there before I make a choice for my instrument. I was about to go for a Beckman model which has a small beam and can be used for tiny samples, but a colleague warned me of repair/maintenance nightmares, and I am now in search mode again (although I have not _completely_ written off the Beckman instrument). PLEASE - IF YOU HAVE ANY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH UV/VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'll summarize the results for the group if there's any interest. PS - _Someone_ ought to put together a Consumer Reports style periodical or homepage or newsgroup for scientific instruments. | O==O | | DAVID G. RHODES O==O PHONE 860-486-5413 | | SCHOOL OF PHARMACY; U-92 O==O FAX 860-486-4998 | | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT O==O | | STORRS, CT 06269-2092 O==O RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU | | O==O | From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: KNQX95A@prodigy.com (Philip Benjamin) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Quantum Mind ? Fact or Fiction ? Date: 6 Jun 1996 14:31:49 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 51 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4p6q4l$1kvc@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.254.52 X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Quantum Mind ' What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.' Then what is quantum mind? A quatzalcoatlian quagmire. There is a cacophonic surge of caconyms such as"quantum healing", "quantum medicine", "quantum society', "quantum mind", "quantum spirit" etc. Quantum refers to a quantity, the smallest measure of an entity that can exist independently. So what is quantum mind? the smallest measure of what? Rather, a more sensible question will be: what is mind quantum? Just as elementary particles are fundamental to the quantum structure of matter, are there elementary noumenons ( perhaps, Kantian) fundamental to the structure of mind also? The constituents of a substance are essentially non-substantial interactions of quantum fields. Even so, could there be ingredients of the nonmaterial mind which are essentially the interactions of the quantum fields of these noumenons? Is the premise of a structural theory of mind, similar to the granular triplet structure of matter and life (DNA)? If quantum mind makes sense, then quantum parts of mind make better sense. A logical nomenclature of these components could be emotons, psychons and neumatons, rhyming with their material counterparts, electron, proton and neutron. Will emotons be the seat of emotions? Will psychons and neumatons be collectively called cognitons, the seat of thought and conscience? Is there a quantum aufbau of mind ? Palmuttil Kodvathil Development of Self Assuming that the noumenons are at least as numerous as the subatomic particles of matter, then for each atom in the reproductive cell of a living organism a corresponding psy- atom may exist, consisting of a psy- nucleus of psychons plus neumatons (cognitons?) and a psy shell of emotons. Simply stated, for every zygote there may be a corresponding psygote, each dividing and growing parallelly. The body is then mind around which matter coalesce. The noumenons may be boot strapping the genetic programme, acting as its reading heads. The pylogenic order may indicate that only emotons participate in plant cells, both emotons and psychons may be involved in the animal cells and that only in humans all the three noumenons are active. Will the noumenons progress into an " Infinite Omega Point Singularity" or are they proceeding from an Infinite Alpha Point Singularity ? In either case, will there be the probability of runaway noumenons ? Then their proper alignment, or the lack thereof, with that singularity will be a factor that decides order or disorder in the human psyche. Moreover, there may be an intermingling of 'degenerate' states of noumenons with different wave functions, but the same energies. This may also cause disorder. All humans may thus be abnormal (abnoumenal ?) Palmuttil Kodvathil From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!nntp.primenet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!amgen!usenet From: John Philo Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: UV/Vis spectrophotometer Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 13:16:19 -0700 Organization: Amgen Inc. Lines: 43 Message-ID: <31B73C93.319D@amgen.com> References: <960606.110327.EDT.RHODES@UConnVM.UConn.Edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; U) To: RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU wrote: > > I'd like to tap into the collective experience and expertise of the > UV/Vis owners out there before I make a choice for my instrument. > > I was about to go for a Beckman model which has a small beam and can > be used for tiny samples, but a colleague warned me of > repair/maintenance > nightmares, and I am now in search mode again (although I have not > _completely_ written off the Beckman instrument). > > PLEASE - IF YOU HAVE ANY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH > UV/VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. > > -- Hello David! We have both a Beckman DU650 (photomultiplier version) and a DU7500 (diode array) here. The '650 is now about 4 years old and has been mostly trouble-free despite heavy use (we do have both under a maintenance contract so preventive maintenance gets done twice a year, I think). Other than lamps, the only problem has been with the monitor, which had to be replaced about 9 months ago (Beckman switched brands of monitors since we originally bought that machine because they were unreliable). We do not have a sipper, but do have the thermoelectric temp control (which is real nice if you do kinetics or DNA melting). My only other semi-complaint about the '650 is that the linearity is not good much above 2 absorbance (presumably stray light), but this may vary somewhat from machine to machine. The DU7500 is used by others in the department, mostly for reading column fractions and such. We have had it for about 3 years, and as far as I know it has never broken down. Last summer I had my intern do some linearity checks on it, expecting to find that the diode array would do poorly at high absorbance. To my total surprise, the 7500 is actually better than the 650! (The Hewlett-Packard diode array also did quite well at high absorbances.) 'Hope this info is helpful. John Philo, Protein Chemistry Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA jphilo@amgen.com --Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Amgen-- *** Disclaimer: These are the opinions of the poster not Amgen Inc.*** From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!news.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news.frontiernet.net!usenet From: "Sherman Agins" Newsgroups: alt.metaphysics.alchemy,alt.paranet.metaphysics,alt.sci.physics,alt.sci.physics.acoustics,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,alt.sci.physics.plutonium,alt.sci.physics.spam,alt.sex.bondage.particle.physics,bionet.biophysics,cu.physics,cu.physics.ugrads Subject: physics problem Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:55:49 -0400 Organization: Frontier Internet Rochester N.Y. (716)-777-SURF Lines: 22 Message-ID: <01bb53ea.eb45e660$220da8cc@agins.frontiernet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascend1-34.frontiernet.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1085 \ \ \[] \ d \ \ \ A\ ======== | h | | | Given a constant mass sliding down an inclined plane that falls off the table onto the floor as shown. How does the distance on the plane affect the distance from the table the mass lands? How does the angle of inclination of the plane affect the distance from the table the mass lands? How does the height of the table affect the distance from the table the mass lands? Any thoughts, comments, or help please write 'agins@frontiernet.net' From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!ncar!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!rcogate.rco.qc.ca!altitude!usenet From: Achim Recktenwald Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,de.sci.biologie,de.sci.chemie,sci.bio.misc,sci.chem,bionet.metabolic-reg,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.biophysics Subject: Why is solubility phe > tyr ? Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 14:54:52 -0500 Organization: IBEX Technologies, Inc. Lines: 44 Message-ID: <31B7378C.17A@ibex.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ibex.hip.cam.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:8062 sci.bio.misc:3405 sci.chem:57879 bionet.metabolic-reg:759 bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts:45433 bionet.biophysics:2087 I have a question concerning the solubilities of the amino acids phenylalan= ine and = tyrosine. I had posted this message already a few weeks ago, but received no answer, = therefore, I am = trying again, and to more Newsgroups. I am working with an enzyme that accepts phenylalanine (phe) and tyrosine (= tyr) as = substrate. When I prepared the first time stock solutions I was surprised to notice th= at phe is = soluble in water at pH 7 +/- 1 pH to approx. 180 mM, while with tyr I can p= repare at the = same conditions only a 10 mM solution. Tyr differs from phe only in an additional hydroxyl-group. I had always assumed an increase in polarity would also make a substance mo= re water = soluble. Can anybody explain to me, why the p-OH group in tyrosine has such a strong= effect on the = solubility of the amino acid, nin effect decreasing it almost to 1/20 of ph= e. Is this only valid for the free enzyme, or would this also be the case for = the amino acid = side-chains in proteins? Does this mean, phe-side-chains have a more hydro= philic = character than tyr=B9s in proteins? Achim From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!ncar!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!rcogate.rco.qc.ca!altitude!usenet From: Achim Recktenwald Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,de.sci.biologie,de.sci.chemie,sci.bio.misc,sci.chem,bionet.metabolic-reg,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.biophysics Subject: Why is solubility phe > tyr ? Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 14:46:43 -0500 Organization: IBEX Technologies, Inc. Lines: 44 Message-ID: <31B735A3.30D8@ibex.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ibex.hip.cam.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:8060 sci.bio.misc:3403 sci.chem:57878 bionet.metabolic-reg:757 bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts:45431 bionet.biophysics:2086 I have a question concerning the solubilities of the amino acids phenylalan= ine and = tyrosine. I had posted this message already a few weeks ago, but received no answer, = therefore, I am = trying again, and to more Newsgroups. I am working with an enzyme that accepts phenylalanine (phe) and tyrosine (= tyr) as = substrate. When I prepared the first time stock solutions I was surprised to notice th= at phe is = soluble in water at pH 7 +/- 1 pH to approx. 180 mM, while with tyr I can p= repare at the = same conditions only a 10 mM solution. Tyr differs from phe only in an additional hydroxyl-group. I had always assumed an increase in polarity would also make a substance mo= re water = soluble. Can anybody explain to me, why the p-OH group in tyrosine has such a strong= effect on the = solubility of the amino acid, nin effect decreasing it almost to 1/20 of ph= e. Is this only valid for the free enzyme, or would this also be the case for = the amino acid = side-chains in proteins? Does this mean, phe-side-chains have a more hydro= philic = character than tyr=B9s in proteins? Achim From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Path: biosci!lhc.nlm.nih.gov!nih-csl!postman From: @ (Jay Miller) Subject: Re: UV/Vis spectrophotometer Message-ID: <1996Jun6.185305.25837@alw.nih.gov> Sender: postman@alw.nih.gov (AMDS Postmaster) Nntp-Posting-Host: 137.187.64.21 Reply-To: jhmiller@os2bbs.com (Jay Miller) Organization: National Institutes of Health X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 References: <960606.110327.EDT.RHODES@UConnVM.UConn.Edu> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 18:53:05 GMT Lines: 36 I've had a Beckman DU-650 for about four years and it's worked well. I think they've had to service it once or twice. Nothing recently. My biggest complaint is the setup for the sipper which seems to have been designed by an engineer with no thought to its use. The lines get in the way when it isn't being used and have to be held back with Time tape. The software has been been fine for my uses, mainly enzyme and protein assays. The newer motherboards support color ink jet printers. Unfortunately my older machine doesn't and it would cost about $800 to upgrade. Repairing any scientific equipment is very expensive and should be taken into account. A "Consumer Reports" for scientific apparatus would certainly be useful. Ah, another newsgroup to subscribe to! BTW, I wish my home computer, a TI Travelmate 4000, was as trouble free as the equipment in my lab! In <960606.110327.EDT.RHODES@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>, RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU writes: >I'd like to tap into the collective experience and expertise of the >UV/Vis owners out there before I make a choice for my instrument. > >I was about to go for a Beckman model which has a small beam and can >be used for tiny samples, but a colleague warned me of repair/maintenance >nightmares, and I am now in search mode again (although I have not >_completely_ written off the Beckman instrument). > >PLEASE - IF YOU HAVE ANY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH >UV/VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. > >I'll summarize the results for the group if there's any interest. > >PS - _Someone_ ought to put together a Consumer Reports style periodical > or homepage or newsgroup for scientific instruments. > >| O==O | >| DAVID G. RHODES O==O PHONE 860-486-5413 | >| SCHOOL OF PHARMACY; U-92 O==O FAX 860-486-4998 | >| UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT O==O | >| STORRS, CT 06269-2092 O==O RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU | >| O==O | From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!news.cais.net!news.structured.net!usenet From: m3995@jorsm.com (Eric W Blissmer) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: RECYCLE your used TYVEK coverall garments- we offer to buy them! Date: 6 Jun 1996 17:50:52 GMT Organization: JORSM Internet Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4p75ps$n6e@news.structured.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm1s15.jorsm.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ HELP PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE INCREASING YOUR PROFITS... ===================================================== REPROCE$$ Your TYVEK Coverall Garments. Miller's Precision Enterprises was founded in 1987 to recover disposable Tyvek garments from the cleanroom industry. 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No matter. What is matter? Never mind.' Then what is quantum mind? A quatzalcoatlian quagmire. There is a cacophonic surge of caconyms such as"quantum healing", "quantum medicine", "quantum society', "quantum mind", "quantum spirit" etc. Quantum refers to a quantity, the smallest measure of an entity that can exist independently. So what is quantum mind? the smallest measure of what? Rather, a more sensible question will be: what is mind quantum? Just as elementary particles are fundamental to the quantum structure of matter, are there elementary noumenons ( perhaps, Kantian) fundamental to the structure of mind also? The constituents of a substance are essentially non-substantial interactions of quantum fields. Even so, could there be ingredients of the nonmaterial mind which are essentially the interactions of the quantum fields of these noumenons? Is the premise of a structural theory of mind, similar to the granular triplet structure of matter and life (DNA)? If quantum mind makes sense, then quantum parts of mind make better sense. A logical nomenclature of these components could be emotons, psychons and neumatons, rhyming with their material counterparts, electron, proton and neutron. Will emotons be the seat of emotions? Will psychons and neumatons be collectively called cognitons, the seat of thought and conscience? Is there a quantum aufbau of mind ? Palmuttil Kodvathil Development of Self Assuming that the noumenons are at least as numerous as the subatomic particles of matter, then for each atom in the reproductive cell of a living organism a corresponding psy- atom may exist, consisting of a psy- nucleus of psychons plus neumatons (cognitons?) and a psy shell of emotons. Simply stated, for every zygote there may be a corresponding psygote, each dividing and growing parallelly. The body is then mind around which matter coalesce. The noumenons may be boot strapping the genetic programme, acting as its reading heads. The pylogenic order may indicate that only emotons participate in plant cells, both emotons and psychons may be involved in the animal cells and that only in humans all the three noumenons are active. Will the noumenons progress into an " Infinite Omega Point Singularity" or are they proceeding from an Infinite Alpha Point Singularity ? In either case, will there be the probability of runaway noumenons ? Then their proper alignment, or the lack thereof, with that singularity will be a factor that decides order or disorder in the human psyche. Moreover, there may be an intermingling of 'degenerate' states of noumenons with different wave functions, but the same energies. This may also cause disorder. All humans may thus be abnormal (abnoumenal ?) Palmuttil Kodvathil From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 06 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: rune@fys.ku.dk (Rune W. Berg) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT Date: 7 Jun 1996 13:39:09 +0100 Lines: 89 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <4p97td$gf3@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: biophys@dl.ac.uk Announcement: SUMMER SCHOOL `96 The First Copenhagen International Interdisciplinary School in the Biological Sciences: The Spontaneous Order of Life In Search of the Laws of Self-Organization in Physical, Biological and Cognitive Systems to be held at the Niels Bohr Institute 26-31 August 1996 * Self-Organization and Adaptation in Biological Systems * The Technological and Commercial Perspectives of Applied Molecular Evolution * The Emergence of Spontaneously Ordered Behavior at the Edge of Chaos. * Consciousness: ``Emergent Phenomena'' in a Complex System? 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From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 06 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!rcogate.rco.qc.ca!news.total.net!news From: storm@accent.net (Earth Thing) Newsgroups: alt.metaphysics.alchemy,alt.paranet.metaphysics,alt.sci.physics,alt.sci.physics.acoustics,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,alt.sci.physics.plutonium,alt.sci.physics.spam,alt.sex.bondage.particle.physics,bionet.biophysics,cu.physics,cu.physics.ugrads Subject: Re: physics problem Date: 7 Jun 1996 06:51:40 GMT Organization: Life Lines: 51 Message-ID: <4p8jhs$oet@news.accent.net> References: <01bb53ea.eb45e660$220da8cc@agins.frontiernet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.205.161.95 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <01bb53ea.eb45e660$220da8cc@agins.frontiernet.net>, agins@frontiernet.net says... > >\ > \ > \[] > \ > d \ > \ > \ > A\ >======== > | > h | > | > | > > Given a constant mass sliding down an inclined plane that falls off the >table onto the floor as shown. How does the distance on the plane affect >the distance from the table the mass lands? How does the angle of >inclination of the plane affect the distance from the table the mass >lands? How does the height of the table affect the distance from the table >the mass lands? > > Any thoughts, comments, or help please write 'agins@frontiernet.net' Since your little problem is probably more interesting than earing Pu's talking to himself, I'll even reply right here ! First you will agree that, we can identify the critical point as the location where the mass exits the plane. We can resolve the mass velocity to be in the exact orientation of the plane. The distance "d" on the plane and inclination forms a triangle which height serves to calculate the initial potential energy. E = mgh. At the previously mentionned critical point, this energy is transformed into kinetic energy (speed-mass). 0.5 * mv^2. Isolating for "v" you get it's speed ! Then the plane gives the vector's orientation. The rest is simply the result of gravity. And, for small heights we avoid corriolis effect (on earth). Remember: F=ma. Getting the speed into horizontal and vertical vectors, we can use the vertical (initial) speed and Earth's gravity to determine the time taken to hit the ground. Using this time with the horizontal speed enables us to identify the horizontal distance travelled. I only gave the general idea. It was fun to think about this stuff. Hope you find it usefull ! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 06 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.orst.edu!news.orst.edu!ava.bcc.orst.edu!daleyl From: Larry Daley Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: UV/Vis spectrophotometer Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 09:59:16 -0700 Organization: Oregon State University Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: <960606.110327.EDT.RHODES@UConnVM.UConn.Edu> <31B73C93.319D@amgen.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ava.bcc.orst.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <31B73C93.319D@amgen.com> John: For me Shimadzu has worked out quite well. I have a 12 year old 260 and a 3 year old 3100 and very very few repairs and no repairs that I could not handle myself. However, if you need imaging capability, send me your complete address with zip for reprints of the some of the imaging instrumentation my collaborators and I have built. best wishes larry daley On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, John Philo wrote: > RHODES@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU wrote: > > > > I'd like to tap into the collective experience and expertise of the > > UV/Vis owners out there before I make a choice for my instrument. > > > > I was about to go for a Beckman model which has a small beam and can > > be used for tiny samples, but a colleague warned me of > > repair/maintenance > > nightmares, and I am now in search mode again (although I have not > > _completely_ written off the Beckman instrument). > > > > PLEASE - IF YOU HAVE ANY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH > > UV/VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. > > > > -- > > Hello David! We have both a Beckman DU650 (photomultiplier version) and > a DU7500 (diode array) here. The '650 is now about 4 years old and has > been mostly trouble-free despite heavy use (we do have both under a > maintenance contract so preventive maintenance gets done twice a year, I > think). Other than lamps, the only problem has been with the monitor, > which had to be replaced about 9 months ago (Beckman switched brands of > monitors since we originally bought that machine because they were > unreliable). We do not have a sipper, but do have the thermoelectric > temp control (which is real nice if you do kinetics or DNA melting). My > only other semi-complaint about the '650 is that the linearity is not > good much above 2 absorbance (presumably stray light), but this may vary > somewhat from machine to machine. > > The DU7500 is used by others in the department, mostly for reading column > fractions and such. We have had it for about 3 years, and as far as I > know it has never broken down. Last summer I had my intern do some > linearity checks on it, expecting to find that the diode array would do > poorly at high absorbance. To my total surprise, the 7500 is actually > better than the 650! (The Hewlett-Packard diode array also did quite well > at high absorbances.) > > 'Hope this info is helpful. > > John Philo, Protein Chemistry > Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA > jphilo@amgen.com > --Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Amgen-- > *** Disclaimer: These are the opinions of the poster not Amgen Inc.*** > > From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 06 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.uth.tmc.edu!bmb155.med.uth.tmc.edu!user From: tliang@utmmg.med.uth.tmc.edu (T. Chyau Liang) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,de.sci.biologie,de.sci.chemie,sci.bio.misc,sci.chem,bionet.metabolic-reg,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Why is solubility phe > tyr ? Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 13:31:15 +0100 Organization: U. Texas-Houston Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <31B735A3.30D8@ibex.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmb155.med.uth.tmc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:8072 sci.bio.misc:3418 sci.chem:57970 bionet.metabolic-reg:761 bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts:45482 bionet.biophysics:2093 Solubility is determined by the equilibrium between the solid form and the solvated form of the molecule. The phenol group of Tyr apparently "aggregates" better, i.e., the solid form of Tyr is more favored than the solvated form when compared to Phe. In short, it is not because Phe is more hydrophilic than Tyr. Another little known fact is that pure d- or l- amino acids have better solubilities (also by significant factors) than the racemic d,l mixture. Presumably,this is due to the same mechanism and not because the the d- or l- form is more hydrophilic than the d,l mixture. Hope this helps. T. Chyau Liang U.Texas-Houston [snip] > Can anybody explain to me, why the p-OH group in tyrosine has such a strong= > effect on the = > > solubility of the amino acid, nin effect decreasing it almost to 1/20 of ph= > e. > > Is this only valid for the free enzyme, or would this also be the case for = > the amino acid = > > side-chains in proteins? Does this mean, phe-side-chains have a more hydro= > philic = > > character than tyr=B9s in proteins? From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Fri Jun 07 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!TTUHSC.EDU!phyan From: phyan@TTUHSC.EDU (Alan Neely) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Quantum Mind ? Fact or Fiction ? Date: 8 Jun 1996 08:08:07 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 61 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199606081508.IAA11372@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Is being a specialist in a hard to understand field a justification to say any thing about a complex subjet for which he has no training or experience ? I wonder if Dr. Benjamin assisted the mediation session of: "Tucson II: Toward A Science of concioussness 1996" sponsored by the University of Arizona. (described in NIH res. vol 8 #6 page 24). For starter the DNA in the brain doens't do anything different from the one in the gonade...At earlier stages when neuron were still growing the DNA was busy duplicating itself. Later in life, DNA is responsible for giving the necesarry instructions to replenish the molecular component.. The substrate for the activity assiocated with brain computations has to do with IONS (no neutron or bossoms) that move accoss the membrane through ion-channels. These are huge proteins whose behavior is as sensitive to the quantum world as the path of a baseball. (Newton and diffusion are plentifull to characterize and explain their behavior if we knew there structure.) Why do you even need a fisical element of conciousness ? Knowing the wave-function that descibe the sate of my computer will not tell me if I am running windows 95 or UNIX and would be of little help to understand why the old SCSI driver doesn't work any more.... I like to thing that I am a neurobiologist and after a few beers I can mumble a few things about string, quark and bossom and whether the universe is expanding or not but I would not dare to adventure a theory unless I am drunk. The fact that a problem is so complex that our knowledge appear limited does mean that any one can come a blurr the field even more by adding there own arbitrary views about it. I thing Dr. Phillip that you should read a little more about how the brain work. It would be nice if you can relate your crazy theory to some of the hard scientific fact on neurobiology. May be your were trying to be humorous but I have seen some many physicist that take "the theory of everything" as a justification to adventure theories on anything that I got sufficiently anoied that I have to answer your "contribution" to bionet. __________________________________________________ Alan Neely, Ph.D. Texas Tech U. Health Sciences Center Lubbock TX, 79430 From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!ost57 From: kbonelli@capecod.net Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: need info: semicircular canals Date: Mon, 10 Jun 96 07:20:37 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4pgib8$c72@news0-alterdial.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.255.214.57 Summary: Different in animals and humans? X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Dear reader: I am a physicist doing research in Psychology. A structural anatomy question has come up concerning the 3-semicircular canals of the ear; in humans and in animals. The 3-canals are known to be at right angles to each other; one "horizontal" and the other two making a 45-degree angle with the sagittal and coronal planes of the skull, in humans (Curthoys et al 1977). The question is this: Is this anatomical geometry the same in animals (dogs, cats, horses) as it is in humans? The question has come up because of the erect posture of humans compared to the quadrupedal posture of animals. Has the vestibular system undergone a 90-degree rotation in humans, or is it still the same as in animals? I'm sure there is a simple yes no answer to this, but I am not near a major library, and I was hoping someone in comparitive anatomy would know the answer. The question has an important bearing on the quest for the Structural Model in Psychology. Any reply will be appreciated, George Hammond prep@unix.ccsnet.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!omnifest.uwm.edu!omnifest.uwm.edu!not-for-mail From: marjorie@omnifest.uwm.edu (Marjorie A. Lundquist) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Mechanisms of pain...URGENT Date: 10 Jun 1996 13:17:32 -0500 Organization: Omnifest Lines: 16 Distribution: na Message-ID: <4phors$fje@omnifest.uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.70.58 Vito Colaco, a 2nd year physics student, is preparing a document about pain, its physical mechanisms and methods of control. He asked to be directed to material he could use. But he did not provide a valid e-mail address that people can use to send him information! Vito, if you see this, please post an e-mail address where people can communicate with you. I replied to the e-mail address in your post, but it was returned to me! Put your COMPLETE e-mail address in the body of your message. I have some things to send you, which I will do when I have an address to send them to. -- Marjorie ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marjorie Lundquist P. O. Box 11831 Milwaukee, WI 53211-0831 USA marjorie@omnifest.uwm.edu ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Jun 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.dfn.de!news.embl-heidelberg.de!starks From: starks@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE (David Starks-Browning) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics,bionet.molbio,bionet.mol-model,bionet.structural-nmr,bionet.virology,bionet.xtallography Subject: Parallel Programming Course Announcement Date: 11 Jun 1996 15:14:32 GMT Organization: European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Heidelberg Lines: 53 Sender: starks@emu.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE (David Starks-Browning) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4pk2go$1s6@lion.embl-heidelberg.de> Reply-To: David.Starks-Browning@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE NNTP-Posting-Host: emu.embl-heidelberg.de X-newsreader: xrn 8.00 Xref: biosci bionet.biophysics:2097 bionet.structural-nmr:1334 bionet.virology:7252 bionet.xtallography:2650 [Please post and distribute.] As part of the Supercomputing Resource for Molecular Biology programme, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg is offering training courses in Parallel Programming and High Performance Computing to European researchers in molecular biology. Participants will receive instruction in writing message passing and data parallel programs using PVM, MPI and Fortran90/HPF. General tuning and performance optimization techniques, suitable for today's high performance RISC microprocessors, will also be covered. All topics are complemented by hands-on training sessions, using the parallel supercomputer facilities at EMBL-Heidelberg. This course is open to European Molecular Biologists at the advanced post-graduate level with research interests in sequence analysis, image processing, structural refinement, protein design and molecular dynamics. Visitors from EU and associated countries will have travel and accomodation expenses funded by an EU HCM/ALSI grant. Visitors from other EMBL member states will be supported by funds from EMBL. The next course is scheduled for the week of 01 - 07 September 1996. There is a limited number of openings. Applications should be received no later than Monday 15 July 1996. For information and an application form, visit our web page at For more information about the Supercomputing Resource for Molecular Biology programme, visit the SRMB web page at Or contact us at: SRMB Secretary Biological Structures and Biocomputing Programme European Molecular Biology Laboratory Postfach 10.2209 D-69012 Heidelberg Germany Phone: +49 6221 387 271 Fax: +49 6221 387 306 Email: SRMBadmin@EMBL-Heidelberg.de From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Jun 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!onreur.navy.mil!ivodyanoy From: ivodyanoy@onreur.navy.mil (Igor Vodyanoy) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Biotechnology in Armenia & EU Date: 11 Jun 1996 12:54:33 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 381 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <1996Jun11.203400.1027.141709@smtp-gw.ehis.navy.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS Igor Vodyanoy _______________________________________________________ An Office Of Naval Research-European Office Biophysics Newsletter No 22 "Biotechnology in Armenia and EU " _______________________________________________________ Contents: 1. Summary 2. Snaky Biosensors 3. Microbiology - Anticorrosion and Materials destruction 4. Antibacterial Healing Ointment from Russia 5. European Union Demonstration Project 6. A Million ECUs for Publicizing Biotechnology 7. Forthcoming Events in Biotechnology 1. SUMMARY This letter is about the efforts of Armenian scientists to study sensory mechanisms of snakes that are seemingly capable of detecting the earth tremors 18 hours before their occurrence and about unique fifteen years long studies of materials bacterial destruction and its prevention (There are about 2,500 species of biodestructor bacteria in their databank!) There are news from the European Union (EU): The EU has initiated Biotechnological Demonstration Projects to prove the technical viability and economic advantages of new technologies. The EU is also putting one million ECUs in to their new biotechnology publicity program. Finally to all of you who is interested in biotechnology I offer description of forthcoming meetings in Europe. 2. SNAKY BIOSENSORS The Armenians have originated a project of using poisonous gurza snakes as biosensors for earthquakes. They have noticed that several hours prior to a quake, hundreds of these snakes surface, head to the river, and swim downstream to congregate until the earthquake is over. (They only go as far as the spot where the local molybdenum mine dumps its refuse in the water.) Then they return, also en masse. The Armenian scientists are looking at three possible explanations for the behavior of the snakes. Although the snakes are deaf, they are very sensitive to infrasound and infrared. It is also possible that they sense minute chemical changes in HS concentrations. The scientists don't feel it is an electromagnetic effect--gurzas placed in Helmholz coils showed no special sensitivity. The snakes seem to provide the best advance warning of all animals studied--up to 18 hours. Dogs seem to know when earthquakes are coming a few hours prior. Goats, we are told, are not so good, "maybe 30 minutes to an hour ahead at the most". 3. MICROBIOLOGY - ANTICORROSION AND MATERIALS DESTRUCTION The Armenian Institute of Microbiology institute was founded in 1961 and has nearly 200 employees, 10 laboratories, and a small chemical and drug factory. It also has library of more than 20,000 living bacteria cultures which are available for international access. (Researchers had to keep the test tubes in their own beds last winter to save bacteria from the harsh conditions at the institute last winter!) The Institute maintains a databank of information on all their cultures to include nomenclature, bacterial characteristics, and passport data (strains). They are putting all this into an electronic database. Of great significance is a databank of 2,500 species of biodestructors. They have developed a scale to measure the degree of bacterial damage and procedures to protect people and equipment exposed to biodestructors. Current research includes bacterial destruction of synthetic materials for waste treatment, bacterial enrichment of ore, synthetic production of fructose, bacterial insecticides, acido-lactic products for treatment of childhood diseases, and production of gunpowder additives/replacements. In addition, the institute is developing a liquid protection coating to prevent biocorrosion and destruction of pipelines. The bacterial agents in this coating are also being investigated for use as an additive to paints used for ship hulls to prevent mollusks from attaching. 4 ANTIBACTERIAL HEALING OINTMENT FROM RUSSIA Russian doctors Ivanov and Egorov claim development of a new ointment that scarlessly heals the skin infected by: all forms of warts, condyloma acuminata, molluscum contagiosum, epidermodisplasia verruciformis Levandovsky-Lutz, acroceratosis verruciformis Hopf, and keratoacanthoma They also claim that they can heal the following skin cancers: epithelioma basocellulare, epithelioma pagetoides, and epithelioma spinocellulare. They invite collaboration and/or equal rights business partnership. For further information please contact: Dr. V.V. Ivanov apt. 50, house 4/6, Novo-Basmannaya st., Moscow, 107078, Russia Phone: (095) 262-15-90 FAX: (095) 261-3273 (with the note "For Mr. Kretov") 5. EUROPEAN UNION (EU) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT Since "seeing is believing" the intention of demonstration projects is to provide the program with an internal mechanism for the exploitation and dissemination of new technologies where uncertainties and risks may discourage potential users. Demonstration projects aim to promote biotechnology to commercial users investors and the general public at large. The Fourth Framework program defines demonstration projects as where "the objective is to prove the technical viability of a new technology together with its economic advantages. Projects will be precompetitive and as such should focus on the applications of new technologies and involve participants by both producers and users." Thus while traditional research and technology development projects aim to generate basic knowledge the purpose of a demonstration is to show that new technology will actually work in a real situation. "Technical viability" involves showing that a new technology has advantages compared with current technology or that it can comply with regulations or standards or that it is acceptable to the public. "Economic advantage" means that the new technology should not only increase financial profit but also increase the efficiency of public services or improve public perceptions of biotechnology . The project must involve both people who produce the technology and people who would use it so as to represent both viewpoints. For further information please contact: Alejandro Herrero, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG XII E3 Demonstration Projects, 200 rue de la Loi, B- 1049 Brussels; Tel: +32-2 295 4683, Fax: +32-R 295 5365 6. A MILLION ECUs FOR PUBLICIZING BIOTECHNOLOGY The European Commission is spending I million ECUs over the next three years on advancing public awareness and understanding of biotechnology across Europe. The appointed Task Group has at present some 50 members from all EU and most other European countries. There are six Working Groups relating user group needs with Task Group activities: biotechnology industry; journalists and the media; politicians and policy makers; biotechnology research and higher education; environmental and consumer organizations; and research on public perceptions. The overall aim is to promote greater public awareness and understanding of biotechnology and to encourage informed, open debate. It does this in a number of different ways: public opinion surveys and media analyses to aid policy development, planning and provision of information; a series of briefing papers on key issues in biotechnology, widely distributed throughout Europe and translated into the main European languages handbooks and leaflets detailing sources of biotechnology information throughout Europe for non-specialists. The Internet and WWW providing information, the exchange of information and Correspondence in relation to all the above activities. The European Commission has supported the Task Group since its establishment in 1991 and this new- funding will enable the expansion of its activities and also new targeted activities for Specific groups such as industrialists or environmentalists. For further information please contact: Prof. J. Durant (Task Group chairman), Assistant Director, The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD, UK; Tel:+44- 171 938-8210; Fax: +44- 171 938-8213 7. FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY International Conference Genetic Medicine in the 21st Century 2 July 1996, The Hague, The Netherlands Organized by the European Federation of Biotechnology Task Group On public perceptions of biotechnology in cooperation with the European Alliance of Genetic Support Groups The promises of human genetic research are becoming a reality but there are many challenges to be faced. This high-level, Europe wide meeting will debate the broader issues surrounding genetic medicine and its foreseeable developments such as social, ethical and economic Considerations; regulation; Commercialization, service delivery; public perception and the media. It is also an opportunity to discuss the issues and viewpoints of the researchers, the industry, the regulators, the health professionals and the genetic support groups, and patients and their families. There is a reduced registration fee for students and genetic support organizations. For further information please contact: Dr. David J. Bennett, Secretary, EFB Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology, Schuytstraat l 2, NL-25 l 7 XE The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel/Fax: +31-70 365 3857; Email: efb.cbc@stm.tudelft.nl. 1st European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Dublin, Ireland, 19 - 21 September 1996 The Symposium will bring together researchers from universities, research institutes and industry to discuss the various subdisciplines of biochemical engineering. The European Biochemical Engineering Network (EBEN) and the European Science Foundation program "Process Integration in Biochemical Engineering", are also involved, contributing plenary lectures on the Development of biochemical engineering science in Europe, Biotransformation and fermentation, Thermodynamics, Future expectations of process integration, Education in biochemical engineering and Industry & biochemical engineering. For further information and registration please contact: Ms. Gillian Barry, Symposium Secretariat, Ist European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science (ESBES) Tel: +353-1 704 5105, Fax: +353-1 704 5997, e-mail: barry@Rccmail.dcu.ie International Conference on Biotechnology for Industrial Production of Fine Chemicals 29 September 2 October 1996, Zermatt, Switzerland 93rd Event of the European Federation of Biotechnology The objectives of this meeting are the assessment of present applications and future potential of biocatalysis in tile industrial production of fine chemicals for the life Science industries. The international Symposium will focus on the practical aspects of bioprocesses in the following areas: * Biocatalysis in aqueous and nonaqueous media with enzymes or whole cells. * Bioprocess control, and product isolation * Screening for biocatalysts and novel metabolites. * Metabolic pathway engineering for the production of chemicals or metabolites. * Economic and regulatory aspects of biotechnologically produced chemicals. * New industrial applications and processes including novel bioprocess technologies. The Conference will take place at the Grand Hotel Zermatterhoff in Zermatt/CH. Oral presentations will be given by invited speakers and by Contributing participants. In order to promote an interactive and productive atmosphere, the number of participants will be limited. If you wish to receive the 2nd announcements, please contact: Alwin Gossweiler, Bio-Congress Zermatt 1996, P.O. Box 134, CH-3930 Visp, Switzerland; Tel: +41 28 46 20 08 (if no answer +41 28 48 S l 78), Fax: +41 28 48 8th European Congress on Biotechnology 18 - 22 August 1997, Budapest, Hungary Biotechnology approaches the Third Millennium 70th Event of the European Federation of Biotechnology Secretariat IBUSZ Travel Congress Dept. Ferenciek tere 10, H- 1053 Budapest V., Hungary Tel.: +36 1 1175 212, Fax: +36 1 1189 161 Ist European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science (ESBES) 19-21 September 1996, Dublin, Ireland 92nd Event of the European Federation of Biotechnology Secretariat Ms. Gillian Barry, Symposium Secretariat, Ist European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science (ESBES) Tel: +353-1 704 5105, Fax: +353-1 704 5997, e-mail: barry@ccmail.dcu.ie Biotechnology for Industrial Production of Fine Chemicals 29 Septernber- 2 October 1996, Zermatt Switzerland international Symposium 93rd Event of the European Federadon of Biotechnology Secretariat Dr. H.-P. Meyer, Lonza AG, FBTF, Walliser Werke, CH-3930 Visp Tel.: +41 -21 485111, Fax: +41 -28 486581 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology (ISEB) 21 - 24 April 1997, Oostende, Belgium 94th Event of the European Federation of Biotechnology Secretariat Mrs. R Peys, KVIV, Ingenieurshuis, Desguilei 214, B-2018 Antwerpen Tel.: +32-3 216 0996, Fax: +32-3 216 0689 14th Meeting of the ESACT- European Society for Animal Cell Technology 20 - 24 May 1996, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Secretariat Dr. Manuel J.T. Carrondo, IBET, Apartado 12, P-2780 Oeiras, Portugal Tel.: +351 - I 4427787 or 4421173, Fax: +351 - I4421161 The Netherlands International Conference on Genetic Medicine in the 21st Century I - 2 July 1996, The Hague, Secretariat Dr. David J. Bennett, Secretary, EFB Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology, Schuytstaat 12, NL-2517 XE The Hague, The Netherlands. TeVFax +31 -70 365 3857; Email: efb.cbc@ystm.tudelft.nl. 4th IUBMB Conference "The Life and Death of the Cell" 14 - 17 July 1996, Edinburgh, Scotland Secretariat The Conference Assistant IUBMB 1996,The Biochemical Society, 59 Portland Place, London Wl N 3AJ, U.K. Tel.: +44- 171 580 5530, Fax: +44- 171 637 7626 _______________________________________________________ The opinions and assessments in this report are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect official ONREUR or Navy positions. _______________________________________________________ The Office of Naval Research, Europe is dedicated to providing current information on science and technology development in European countries. In order to better meet your needs, our Associate Directors and Scientists are very much interested in knowing what are your specific science and technology interests. Please let me know what they are. 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For more information on this topic contact: Igor Vodyanoy, Ph.D. at TEL: +44-171-514-4131 FAX: +44-171-723-6359 E-mail address: ivodyanoy@onreur.navy.mil Alternative E-mail address: 100656.1003@compuserve.com International mail address: Igor Vodyanoy Ph.D. Associate Director, Biophysics Office of Naval Research Europe 223 Old Marylebone Rd London, NW1 5TH England US military address: Igor Vodyanoy Ph.D. Associate Director, Biophysics Office of Naval Research Europe PSC 802, Box 39, FPO AE 09499-0700 Office of Naval Research Europe has the Internet homepage: http://www.ehis.navy.mil:80/homepage.htm From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Jun 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!newshub.csu.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!olivea!express.ior.com!usenet From: sdrader@on-ramp.ior.com (kk) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,de.sci.biologie,de.sci.chemie,sci.bio.misc,sci.chem,bionet.metabolic-reg,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Why is solubility phe > tyr ? Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 02:24:13 PST Organization: Internet On-Ramp, Inc Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4pm2bl$nhh@express.ior.com> References: <31B7378C.17A@ibex.ca> Reply-To: @on-ramp.ior.com NNTP-Posting-Host: pm2-11.ior.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:8104 sci.bio.misc:3465 sci.chem:58314 bionet.metabolic-reg:765 bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts:45604 bionet.biophysics:2101 this is a test to see if i can post From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Jun 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!info.ucla.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!olivea!express.ior.com!usenet From: sdrader@on-ramp.ior.com (kk) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,de.sci.biologie,de.sci.chemie,sci.bio.misc,sci.chem,bionet.metabolic-reg,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Why is solubility phe > tyr ? Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 02:18:24 PST Organization: Internet On-Ramp, Inc Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4pm20o$nhh@express.ior.com> References: <31B735A3.30D8@ibex.ca> Reply-To: @on-ramp.ior.com NNTP-Posting-Host: pm2-11.ior.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.9 Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:8103 sci.bio.misc:3464 sci.chem:58313 bionet.metabolic-reg:764 bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts:45600 bionet.biophysics:2100 this is a test ..... to see if i can post sorry i have no answer From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Jun 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!MAIL.IRTEMP.NA.CNR.IT!neuros From: neuros@MAIL.IRTEMP.NA.CNR.IT (Gruppo Neurosistemi) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Study Program Date: 12 Jun 1996 07:32:36 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 251 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199606121528.AA02189@arco.na.cnr.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net PLEASE CIRCULATE ISTITUTO ITALIANO PER GLI STUDI FILOSOFICI promotes and supports the Study Program on UPWARD AND DOWNWARD CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PERCEPTION PROCESSES articulated in two International Schools International School of Biophysics "FROM STRUCTURE TO INFORMATION IN SENSORY SYSTEMS" Isle of Ischia (Naples), Italy October 14-19, 1996 Opening Ceremony: Naples, morning of October 14, 1996 International School of Biocybernetics "DOWNWARD PROCESSES IN THE PERCEPTION REPRESENTATION MECHANISMS" Isle of Ischia (Naples), Italy October 21-26, 1996 Opening Ceremony: Naples, morning of October 21, 1996 SCHOOLS' DIRECTOR Cloe Taddei-Ferretti Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Antonio Cotugno Carlo Musio Salvatore Piantedosi Silvia Santillo Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR ORGANIZING INSTITUTE Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR Via Toiano, 6 I-80072 Arco Felice (NA), Italy Tel: +39-81-8534113/131 Fax: +39-81-5267654 OTHER SUPPORTERS National Group of Cybernetics and Biophysics, Italian National Research Council (GNCB, CNR) INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BIOPHYSICS "FROM STRUCTURE TO INFORMATION IN SENSORY SYSTEMS" Isle of Ischia, Naples, Italy October 14-19, 1996 ADVISORY BOARD Carr (USA), Lancet (IL), Paul (CAN), Stieve (D), Torre (I), Van Houten (USA) INVITED LECTURERS AMONG OTHERS Session I - Chemoreceptive Systems and Chemotransductive Processes W.E.S. Carr (USA) 1. The role of chemical senses and specific chemicals in controlling different facets of the behavior of aquatic animals 2. Receptor and perireceptor components of chemosensory systems A. Cavaggioni (I) 1. Olfaction. I 2. Olfaction. II D. Lancet (IL) 1. Olfaction: from receptor genes to neural information processing. Molecular recognition and trasduction in olfactory system 2. Olfaction: from receptor genes to neural information processing. Neuronal processing of molecular shape information Session II - Mechanoreceptive Systems and Mechanotransductive Processes M. Juusola (FIN) 1. Signal encoding in spider slit-sense organ mechanoreceptor neurons H.Machemer (D) 1. Mechano-sensorimotor organization in the Ciliate organism. Basis 2. The dealing with gravity at the unicellular level. Concepts and data G.K. Yates (ASL) 1. Mechanical signal conditioning in the mammalian cochlea: linear processes 2. Mechanical signal conditioning in the mammalian cochlea: non linear processes D.C. Wood (USA) 1. Mechanisms of mechanoreception. The place of a small organism in the big picture Session III - Photoreceptive Systems and Phototransductive Processes T. Gotow (JAP) 1. Depolarizing and hyperpolarizing receptor potentials of the molluscan extra-ocular photoreceptor cells 2. Cyclic GMP-activated K+ channels of the molluscan extra-ocular photoreceptor cells K.G. Goetz (D) 1. Processing of visual information in the fruitfly Drosophila. I 2. Processing of visual information in the fruitfly Drosophila. II H.C. Hardie (UK) 1. Properties of the light-sensitive channels in Drosophila 2. The role of Ca++ in Drosophila phototransduction M. Juusola (FIN) 2. Processing visual information by graded potential transmission in blowfly photoreceptor-LMC synapses E. Nasi (USA) 1. Visual excitation mechanisms in rhabdomeric photoreceptors: multiple light-dependent channels, ion permeation and gating 2. Bridging the gap between vertebrate and invertebrate phototransduction: the light-activated conductance in molluscan hyperpolarizing photoreceptors H. Stieve (D) 1. Phototransduction in Invertebrates and Vertebrates. Structure-function relation D.C. Wood (USA) 2. Photophobic responses in Stentor and Blepharisma from an electrophysiological perspective INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BIOCYBERNETICS "DOWNWARD PROCESSING IN THE PERCEPTION REPRESENTATION MECHANISMS" Isle of Ischia, Naples, Italy October 21-26, 1996 ADVISORY BOARD Berlucchi (I), Glezer (CSI), Ingvar (SW), Libet (USA), Poeppel (D), Pribram (USA) INVITED LECTURERS AMONG OTHERS Session I - Perception and Representation T. Bachmann (EE) 1. The theory of perceptual retouch in explaining the dynamics of visibility of brief visual images 2. Some empirical tests for the predictions derived from the theory of perceptual retouch G. Basti (I) 1. Neural images and neural coding V.D. Glezer (CSI) 1. Two mechanisms of visual cortex. Spatial frequency analysis and primitives 2. The role of this mechanisms in abstract and full description of image in different hemispheres D.H. Ingvar (S) 1. A top-down model for language perception and production A. Perrone (I) 1. Information coding in the brain T. Radil (CZ) 1. Descendent control of perception R. Sekuler (USA) 1. Motion perception. General introduction 2. Motion perception. Cooperation between top-down and bottom-up influences S. Ullman (IL) 1. Visual object recognition 2. Bottom-up and top-down processing in the visual cortex N. Troje (D) 1. Generalization to novel views of faces. Psychophysics and models 2. Representations of human faces Session II - The Unconscious and Consciousness D.H. Ingvar (S) 2. A "kantian" model of consciouness B. Libet (USA) 1. Neural time factors in cerebral mediation of conscious vs. unconscious sensory perception 2. Unconscious cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will in voluntary action T. Radil (CZ) 2. Conscious and unconscious olfaction Session III - Mental Events K.H. Pribram (USA) 1. Comprehension: the contributions of the posterior cerebral convexity in enhancing processing span 2. Envisioning properties, priorities and pratical influences: the far frontal cortex as executive processor T. Radil (CZ) 3. A philosophical frame from neuroscience AIM OF THE SCHOOLS The Schools are foreseen as training for young researchers while bringing up to date the experienced ones, by means of both formal lectures and discussions. SCHOOL(S) FEE The fee for one School is Lit (Italian Lire) 850,000, for both Schools is Lit 1,500,000. The fee includes full board and lodging in Ischia (arranged by the School Organization) from the dinner of (the first) Monday to the lunch of (the last) Saturday, the lunch(es) of Monday(s) in Naples after the Introductory lecture(s), coffee breaks, social dinner(s), touristic excursion(s), programme(s), abstract booklet(s), and proceedings' volume(s). The fee must be payed by bank transfer to: "Bio School", account no. 8059002, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Filiale Fuorigrotta, SWIFT BCIT IT MM 514, ABI 2002, CAB 3412, Piazza San Vitale 13, Napoli, Italy. GRANTS Limited support can be granted at the end of each School to some students of deserving countries who need financial help. Those wishing to apply for a grant should submit a request, together with the Registration Form, and with a letter of the Head of the Department of affiliation confirming the impossibility to provide a total support. LODGING The Schools are residential; both, the invited lecturers and the other participants are grouped in the same location (a few minutes walk distance from the sea), in order to promote discussion also after the lecture time. The single rooms will be reserved for the early registrations. The instructions to reach the hotel will be sent to regularly registered participants. Full board and lodging for extra days and/or for accompanying person(s) is Lit 100,000 per day and per person. For those wishing to stay some more days, one can add that the isle of Ischia is close to Naples, Capri, Sorrento, Vesuvio, Pompei, Paestum, Cuma. ABSTRACT Participants may offer, in the form of oral presentation (5-10 min), the results of their own current researches. Applicants should submit to the Director of the Schools one A4 page abstract, in order to be included among the lecturer abstracts, which will be distributed at each School. Furthermore, a short paper (max four A4 pages, prepared according to the instructions that will be sent to the applicants) can be submitted, in order to be published in the proceeding volume, with the lecturer papers, by an international editing company. The paper will be placed under the judgment of the Advisory Board, which reserves the right of rejecting papers non suitable for publication. DEADLINES Deadline for registration: July 5, 1996. Deadline for accommodation: July 5, 1996. Deadline for abstract submission: July 26, 1996. Deadline for paper submission: September 20, 1996. A copy of the Bank Receipt of the Fee Payment as well as the Registration and Accommodation Forms must be returned within July 5, 1996 to: Carlo Musio, Antonio Cotugno or Silvia Santillo of the Local Organizing Committee Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR Via Toiano 6 I-80072 Arco Felice (NA), Italy Tel.: +39-81-8534113/8534131 Fax: +39-81-5267654 E-mail: neuros@mail.irtemp.na.cnr.it REGISTRATION FORM Name(s) of the School(s) Name First Name Male Female Position or Title Company Address Tel Fax E-mail I payed the sum of Lit 1,200,000 / 550,000 (bank tax excluded) [circle the right item] for part of the School(s) registration (a copy of the payment document is enclosed). I will pay the last Lit 300,000 on my arrival in order to complete my registration. Signature ACCOMMODATION FORM Please reserve/do not reserve [circle the desired item] for me no. ...... extra days before the School(s), no. ....... extra days after the School(s). Please reserve/do not reserve [circle the desired item] no. ...... days for no. ...... accompanying person(s); arrival ...... , departure ...... . I will pay all the extra days directly to the Hotel. Signature Date From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU!BCH0016 From: BCH0016@UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Quantum Date: 13 Jun 1996 09:43:21 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 12 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199606131643.JAA20735@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net EGG first, EGG came first!!! On Thu, 13 Jun 1996 08:42:52 -0700 you said: >Harry A. Smith wrote: >> >> One comment: DNA doesn't "do" anything! It is a repository of information >> upon which proteins act to actually "do" things. DNA is no more a >> "controller" in the cell than glucose is. > > >What came first? the chicken or the egg? > From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.ufl.edu!news.fsu.edu!garnet!hasmith From: hasmith@garnet.acns.fsu.edu (Harry A. Smith) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Quantum Date: 9 Jun 1996 21:45:18 GMT Organization: Florida State University Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4pfgle$dip@news.fsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.acns.fsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] One comment: DNA doesn't "do" anything! It is a repository of information upon which proteins act to actually "do" things. DNA is no more a "controller" in the cell than glucose is. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!MAIL.IRTEMP.NA.CNR.IT!neuros From: neuros@MAIL.IRTEMP.NA.CNR.IT (Carlo Musio) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Int. Schools of Biophysics and Biocybernetics Date: 13 Jun 1996 01:00:45 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 251 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199606130857.AA03314@arco.na.cnr.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net PLEASE CIRCULATE ISTITUTO ITALIANO PER GLI STUDI FILOSOFICI promotes and supports the Study Program on UPWARD AND DOWNWARD CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PERCEPTION PROCESSES articulated in two International Schools International School of Biophysics "FROM STRUCTURE TO INFORMATION IN SENSORY SYSTEMS" Isle of Ischia (Naples), Italy October 14-19, 1996 Opening Ceremony: Naples, morning of October 14, 1996 International School of Biocybernetics "DOWNWARD PROCESSES IN THE PERCEPTION REPRESENTATION MECHANISMS" Isle of Ischia (Naples), Italy October 21-26, 1996 Opening Ceremony: Naples, morning of October 21, 1996 SCHOOLS' DIRECTOR Cloe Taddei-Ferretti Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Antonio Cotugno Carlo Musio Salvatore Piantedosi Silvia Santillo Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR ORGANIZING INSTITUTE Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR Via Toiano, 6 I-80072 Arco Felice (NA), Italy Tel: +39-81-8534113/131 Fax: +39-81-5267654 OTHER SUPPORTERS National Group of Cybernetics and Biophysics, Italian National Research Council (GNCB, CNR) INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BIOPHYSICS "FROM STRUCTURE TO INFORMATION IN SENSORY SYSTEMS" Isle of Ischia, Naples, Italy October 14-19, 1996 ADVISORY BOARD Carr (USA), Lancet (IL), Paul (CAN), Stieve (D), Torre (I), Van Houten (USA) INVITED LECTURERS AMONG OTHERS Session I - Chemoreceptive Systems and Chemotransductive Processes W.E.S. Carr (USA) 1. The role of chemical senses and specific chemicals in controlling different facets of the behavior of aquatic animals 2. Receptor and perireceptor components of chemosensory systems A. Cavaggioni (I) 1. Olfaction. I 2. Olfaction. II D. Lancet (IL) 1. Olfaction: from receptor genes to neural information processing. Molecular recognition and trasduction in olfactory system 2. Olfaction: from receptor genes to neural information processing. Neuronal processing of molecular shape information Session II - Mechanoreceptive Systems and Mechanotransductive Processes M. Juusola (FIN) 1. Signal encoding in spider slit-sense organ mechanoreceptor neurons H.Machemer (D) 1. Mechano-sensorimotor organization in the Ciliate organism. Basis 2. The dealing with gravity at the unicellular level. Concepts and data G.K. Yates (ASL) 1. Mechanical signal conditioning in the mammalian cochlea: linear processes 2. Mechanical signal conditioning in the mammalian cochlea: non linear processes D.C. Wood (USA) 1. Mechanisms of mechanoreception. The place of a small organism in the big picture Session III - Photoreceptive Systems and Phototransductive Processes T. Gotow (JAP) 1. Depolarizing and hyperpolarizing receptor potentials of the molluscan extra-ocular photoreceptor cells 2. Cyclic GMP-activated K+ channels of the molluscan extra-ocular photoreceptor cells K.G. Goetz (D) 1. Processing of visual information in the fruitfly Drosophila. I 2. Processing of visual information in the fruitfly Drosophila. II H.C. Hardie (UK) 1. Properties of the light-sensitive channels in Drosophila 2. The role of Ca++ in Drosophila phototransduction M. Juusola (FIN) 2. Processing visual information by graded potential transmission in blowfly photoreceptor-LMC synapses E. Nasi (USA) 1. Visual excitation mechanisms in rhabdomeric photoreceptors: multiple light-dependent channels, ion permeation and gating 2. Bridging the gap between vertebrate and invertebrate phototransduction: the light-activated conductance in molluscan hyperpolarizing photoreceptors H. Stieve (D) 1. Phototransduction in Invertebrates and Vertebrates. Structure-function relation D.C. Wood (USA) 2. Photophobic responses in Stentor and Blepharisma from an electrophysiological perspective INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BIOCYBERNETICS "DOWNWARD PROCESSING IN THE PERCEPTION REPRESENTATION MECHANISMS" Isle of Ischia, Naples, Italy October 21-26, 1996 ADVISORY BOARD Berlucchi (I), Glezer (CSI), Ingvar (SW), Libet (USA), Poeppel (D), Pribram (USA) INVITED LECTURERS AMONG OTHERS Session I - Perception and Representation T. Bachmann (EE) 1. The theory of perceptual retouch in explaining the dynamics of visibility of brief visual images 2. Some empirical tests for the predictions derived from the theory of perceptual retouch G. Basti (I) 1. Neural images and neural coding V.D. Glezer (CSI) 1. Two mechanisms of visual cortex. Spatial frequency analysis and primitives 2. The role of this mechanisms in abstract and full description of image in different hemispheres D.H. Ingvar (S) 1. A top-down model for language perception and production A. Perrone (I) 1. Information coding in the brain T. Radil (CZ) 1. Descendent control of perception R. Sekuler (USA) 1. Motion perception. General introduction 2. Motion perception. Cooperation between top-down and bottom-up influences S. Ullman (IL) 1. Visual object recognition 2. Bottom-up and top-down processing in the visual cortex N. Troje (D) 1. Generalization to novel views of faces. Psychophysics and models 2. Representations of human faces Session II - The Unconscious and Consciousness D.H. Ingvar (S) 2. A "kantian" model of consciouness B. Libet (USA) 1. Neural time factors in cerebral mediation of conscious vs. unconscious sensory perception 2. Unconscious cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will in voluntary action T. Radil (CZ) 2. Conscious and unconscious olfaction Session III - Mental Events K.H. Pribram (USA) 1. Comprehension: the contributions of the posterior cerebral convexity in enhancing processing span 2. Envisioning properties, priorities and pratical influences: the far frontal cortex as executive processor T. Radil (CZ) 3. A philosophical frame from neuroscience AIM OF THE SCHOOLS The Schools are foreseen as training for young researchers while bringing up to date the experienced ones, by means of both formal lectures and discussions. SCHOOL(S) FEE The fee for one School is Lit (Italian Lire) 850,000, for both Schools is Lit 1,500,000. The fee includes full board and lodging in Ischia (arranged by the School Organization) from the dinner of (the first) Monday to the lunch of (the last) Saturday, the lunch(es) of Monday(s) in Naples after the Introductory lecture(s), coffee breaks, social dinner(s), touristic excursion(s), programme(s), abstract booklet(s), and proceedings' volume(s). The fee must be payed by bank transfer to: "Bio School", account no. 8059002, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Filiale Fuorigrotta, SWIFT BCIT IT MM 514, ABI 2002, CAB 3412, Piazza San Vitale 13, Napoli, Italy. GRANTS Limited support can be granted at the end of each School to some students of deserving countries who need financial help. Those wishing to apply for a grant should submit a request, together with the Registration Form, and with a letter of the Head of the Department of affiliation confirming the impossibility to provide a total support. LODGING The Schools are residential; both, the invited lecturers and the other participants are grouped in the same location (a few minutes walk distance from the sea), in order to promote discussion also after the lecture time. The single rooms will be reserved for the early registrations. The instructions to reach the hotel will be sent to regularly registered participants. Full board and lodging for extra days and/or for accompanying person(s) is Lit 100,000 per day and per person. For those wishing to stay some more days, one can add that the isle of Ischia is close to Naples, Capri, Sorrento, Vesuvio, Pompei, Paestum, Cuma. ABSTRACT Participants may offer, in the form of oral presentation (5-10 min), the results of their own current researches. Applicants should submit to the Director of the Schools one A4 page abstract, in order to be included among the lecturer abstracts, which will be distributed at each School. Furthermore, a short paper (max four A4 pages, prepared according to the instructions that will be sent to the applicants) can be submitted, in order to be published in the proceeding volume, with the lecturer papers, by an international editing company. The paper will be placed under the judgment of the Advisory Board, which reserves the right of rejecting papers non suitable for publication. DEADLINES Deadline for registration: July 5, 1996. Deadline for accommodation: July 5, 1996. Deadline for abstract submission: July 26, 1996. Deadline for paper submission: September 20, 1996. A copy of the Bank Receipt of the Fee Payment as well as the Registration and Accommodation Forms must be returned within July 5, 1996 to: Carlo Musio, Antonio Cotugno or Silvia Santillo of the Local Organizing Committee Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR Via Toiano 6 I-80072 Arco Felice (NA), Italy Tel.: +39-81-8534113/8534131 Fax: +39-81-5267654 E-mail: neuros@mail.irtemp.na.cnr.it REGISTRATION FORM Name(s) of the School(s) Name First Name Male Female Position or Title Company Address Tel Fax E-mail I payed the sum of Lit 1,200,000 / 550,000 (bank tax excluded) [circle the right item] for part of the School(s) registration (a copy of the payment document is enclosed). I will pay the last Lit 300,000 on my arrival in order to complete my registration. Signature ACCOMMODATION FORM Please reserve/do not reserve [circle the desired item] for me no. ...... extra days before the School(s), no. ....... extra days after the School(s). Please reserve/do not reserve [circle the desired item] no. ...... days for no. ...... accompanying person(s); arrival ...... , departure ...... . I will pay all the extra days directly to the Hotel. Signature Date From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: phmikas@aol.com (PhMikas) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Bio Energy Field Diagnosis In Realtime Date: 12 Jun 1996 21:28:36 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4pnqs4$1n9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: phmikas@aol.com (PhMikas) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Egely Wheel Vitalometer is a brand new device to measure the amount of emitted Bio Energy from ones hands. No body contact. Realtime energy level display. Interested? Regards Philip Mikas, Munich PhMikas@aol.com From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!usenet From: Chris Barry Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Quantum Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 08:42:52 -0700 Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab Lines: 8 Message-ID: <31C036FC.7091F7B3@llnl.gov> References: <4pfgle$dip@news.fsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mackiller.llnl.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; Linux 1.1.72 i486) Harry A. Smith wrote: > > One comment: DNA doesn't "do" anything! It is a repository of information > upon which proteins act to actually "do" things. DNA is no more a > "controller" in the cell than glucose is. What came first? the chicken or the egg? From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!LEX.LCCC.EDU!rcb1 From: rcb1@LEX.LCCC.EDU (Ron Blue) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Quantum Date: 13 Jun 1996 11:26:08 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 6 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <199606131643.JAA20735@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net On 13 Jun 1996 BCH0016@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu wrote: > EGG first, EGG came first!!! Interesting I agreed but did not write the post assuming that no one else would understand. Ron Blue From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!TTUHSC.EDU!phyan From: phyan@TTUHSC.EDU (Alan Neely) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Quantum Date: 13 Jun 1996 10:00:16 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199606131700.KAA22936@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net At 08:42 AM 6/13/96 -0700, you wrote: >Harry A. Smith wrote: >> >> One comment: DNA doesn't "do" anything! It is a repository of information >> upon which proteins act to actually "do" things. DNA is no more a >> "controller" in the cell than glucose is. > > >What came first? the chicken or the egg? > The RNA __________________________________________________ Alan Neely, Ph.D. Texas Tech U. Health Sciences Center Lubbock TX, 79430 From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!usenet From: Chris Barry Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Quantum Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 11:36:41 -0700 Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab Lines: 20 Message-ID: <31C05FB9.3821A32E@llnl.gov> References: <199606131700.KAA22936@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mackiller.llnl.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; Linux 1.1.72 i486) Alan Neely wrote: > > At 08:42 AM 6/13/96 -0700, you wrote: > >Harry A. Smith wrote: > >> > >> One comment: DNA doesn't "do" anything! It is a repository of information > >> upon which proteins act to actually "do" things. DNA is no more a > >> "controller" in the cell than glucose is. > > > > > >What came first? the chicken or the egg? > > > The RNA > __________________________________________________ > Alan Neely, Ph.D. > Texas Tech U. Health Sciences Center > Lubbock TX, 79430 exactomundo!!!!! From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Wed Jun 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!goliath.montclair.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!paperboy.uconn.edu!usenet From: Davy Kalonia Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,de.sci.biologie,de.sci.chemie,sci.bio.misc,sci.chem,bionet.metabolic-reg,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Why is solubility phe > tyr ? Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:36:22 -0700 Organization: University of Connecticut Lines: 16 Message-ID: <31C097E6.6008@uconnvm.uconn.edu> References: <31B735A3.30D8@ibex.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: kavan.phar.uconn.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:8124 sci.bio.misc:3481 sci.chem:58394 bionet.metabolic-reg:768 bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts:45695 bionet.biophysics:2112 Achim Recktenwald wrote: > > I have a question concerning the solubilities of the amino acids phenylalanine and > tyrosine. > I had posted this message already a few weeks ago, but received no The solubility is an equilibrium quantity. The free energy of solubilization (del G) depends on three factors. Interaction of (solvent_solvent molecules)+ (solvent_solute)+(solute_solute). In this case assuming water as solvent, the solvent_solute factor is same for both Phe and Tyr. The solvent_solute is more favorable for Tyr since it has a polar group (-OH). The third factor solute_solute is the one that creates confusion here. This energy depends on crystal lattice. The energy of crystallization for Tyr is much larger than that of Phe, ie. the O..H--O interaction and stacking of the hydrophobic rings results in stronger interaction in the solid state. Thus more energy must be provided to move the molecules from a solid_solid state to a solvent_solid state. Thus poor solubility for tyr. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 13 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!ifi.uio.no!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!usenet From: Chris Barry Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,de.sci.biologie,de.sci.chemie,sci.bio.misc,sci.chem,bionet.metabolic-reg,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Why is solubility phe > tyr ? Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 11:58:57 -0700 Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab Lines: 5 Message-ID: <31C1B671.7DEFA6EC@llnl.gov> References: <31B735A3.30D8@ibex.ca> <31C097E6.6008@uconnvm.uconn.edu> <31C0CF2D.1A50@peabody.sct.ucarb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mackiller.llnl.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; Linux 1.1.72 i486) Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:8136 sci.bio.misc:3490 sci.chem:58476 bionet.metabolic-reg:770 bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts:45755 bionet.biophysics:2117 I am sure as heck no crystallographer, but why wouldn't simple hydrophobic interaction between the methoxy groups help to stabilize the phenyl rings? CHris From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 13 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Nilsson, KI/CSB" Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Understanding Protein Structure Determination Date: 14 Jun 1996 14:04:00 +0100 Lines: 28 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <4pro00$66d@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Mts: smtp 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 Posted-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 96 15:03:46 +0200 The Karolinska Institute's Center for Structural Biochemistry will hold its 6th summer school, entitled "Understanding Protein Structure Determination" on September 1-6, 1996. This is one of a series of short graduate courses organized each summer by the Summer University of Southern Stockholm at NOVUM Research Park, located about 15 km south of Stockholm. As usual we are aiming for an informal format with students on the graduate and postdoc levels. A fair amount of time will be set aside for discussions and social activities. The topic of the 1996 summer school is intended to cover the two major protein structure determination techniques: X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. Topics such as the physical basis, experimental aspects, computational and software aspects, quality assessment of determined structures, and effects of structural heterogeneity and dynamics will be addressed. Emphasis will be put on the complementarity of the two techniques. Course fee: SEK 2500 (academic), SEK 5000 (non academic) Deadlines: Application June 14, 1996; poster abstract August 2, 1996. For further information/application forms please contact Ms. Aila Holappa at FAX +46-8-608 9290 or e-mail Aila.Holappa@cbt.ki.se More information, and a post-script registation form, is available at http://www.csb.ki.se/events/summer96.html Organizing committee: Hans Hebert, Torleif Hard, Rudolf Ladenstein, Lennart Nilsson From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 13 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!news.belnet.be!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!earth.superlink.net!news From: Eric Lucas Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,de.sci.biologie,de.sci.chemie,sci.bio.misc,sci.chem,bionet.metabolic-reg,bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts,bionet.biophysics Subject: Re: Why is solubility phe > tyr ? Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 21:32:14 -0500 Organization: SuperNet Inc. (908) 828-8988 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <31C0CF2D.1A50@peabody.sct.ucarb.com> References: <31B735A3.30D8@ibex.ca> <31C097E6.6008@uconnvm.uconn.edu> Reply-To: lucas@superlink.net NNTP-Posting-Host: p6.superlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b2 (Macintosh; I; 68K) Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:8129 sci.bio.misc:3485 sci.chem:58418 bionet.metabolic-reg:769 bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts:45712 bionet.biophysics:2113 Davy Kalonia wrote: > The free energy of solubilization (del G) depends on three factors. ... > The energy of crystallization for Tyr is much larger than that of Phe, > ie. the O..H--O interaction and stacking of the hydrophobic rings > results in stronger interaction in the solid state. Thus more energy > must be provided to move the molecules from a solid_solid state to a > solvent_solid state. Thus poor solubility for tyr. Quite correct, but it's not just hydroxy groups that have this effect; methoxy groups can have the same effect. There are several synthetic tricks that structural chemists can use to make compounds that are easier to crystallize for X-ray structural analysis. One of the tricks is to use phenyl rings; they stack beautifully. In this case, both phe and tyr have benzene rings, so that isn't it. However, beyond this, another common trick is to attach hydroxy or methoxy groups to the phenyl ring. Very often they really make for excellent crystallization, because they really increase the lattice energy. In grad school, I tried to get two rather different reactions to give crystals for quite some time. When I changed the ligands in both (very different ligands) from having a phenyl to a having a dimethoxyphenyl, I got x-ray quality, analytically pure crystals in the NMR tubes I did the reactions in. Without any effort at all. Just left em there and came in the next day, and handed the tubes to the crystallographer. The argument about hydroxy groups and hydrogen bonding makes a lot of sense. However, methoxy groups obviously don't have the same option. It's also hard for me to believe it's simple polarity--typical crystal stacking with phenyl rings is in a direction orthogonal to the benzene ring, and the dipole of a methoxyphenyl is in the plane of the ring. Any crystallographers out there have a good explanation as to why methoxy groups seem unique in making phenyl-containing compounds much more crystalline? Eric From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 13 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!skyfox.usask.ca!yangj From: yangj@skyfox.usask.ca Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: thank you all for your help Date: 14 JUN 96 11:34:38 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 10 Message-ID: <14JUN96.11343860@skyfox.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: sask.usask.ca Hello, everyone, since I posted the question "energies of hydrogen bonds in proteins", I have received lots of suggestions. Because I can not thank you individually, I thank you all here. Thank you very much for your helps. Jian Yang Department of Chemistry University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada S7N 5C9 Tel: (306) 966-4366 Email: yangj@sask.usask.ca From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Jun 13 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!highway.leidenuniv.nl!iris!alex From: alex@iris (Alessandro Del Bianco) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: New Photosynthesis URL Date: 14 Jun 1996 14:11:18 GMT Organization: Leiden University, The Netherlands Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4prru6$69a@highway.leidenuniv.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: iris.biophys.leidenuniv.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Hello everybody, this is just to let you know that the Dept. of Biophysics of the Leiden University (NL) has open a WEB site on photosynthesis. The URL is: http://www.biophys.leidenuniv.nl/~webmgr/ regards -- Alessandro Del Bianco, Biophysics Dept. Leiden University Niels Bohrweg, 2 - PO 9504 RA 2300 Leiden The Netherlands ph. +31 71 527 5983 e-mail alex@biophys.LeidenUniv.nl Home page http://www.biophys.leidenuniv.nl/~alex/index.html From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Jun 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UMDNJ.EDU!biswassb From: biswassb@UMDNJ.EDU (Subhasis Biswas) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Postdoctoral position offered Date: 16 Jun 1996 12:51:34 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 25 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199606161951.MAA24149@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Postdoctoral position offered: Immediately available for a recent PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology to study enzymes involved in the replication of chromosomal DNA. Candidates should have publications either in ENZYME KINETICS OR YEAST GENETICS. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated with a solid training in the area of expertise. Our laboratory is well equipped and externally funded (NIH). Please send resume, reprints and preprints to: Dr. S. Biswas, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, NJ 08084. E-mail: biswassb@umdnj.edu From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Jun 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!hegazi.demon.co.uk From: ali@hegazi.demon.co.uk (Ali hegazi) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: body thermodynamics Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 09:24:55 GMT Organization: Ali Lines: 7 Message-ID: <834917102.25071.0@hegazi.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: ali@hegazi.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: hegazi.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: hegazi.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 If anyone can help me on a high school project on the thermodynamic aspects of the human body, please send help. Thanx ALi From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Jun 15 23:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Path: biosci!rutgers!umdnj!news From: Subhasis Biswas Subject: Postdoctoral position offered Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: To: biophys@net.bio.net Sender: news@umdnj.edu () Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 19:47:59 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.04 9000/887) X-Url: http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/BIOPHYSICS/ Lines: 24 Postdoctoral position offered: Immediately available for a recent PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology to study enzymes involved in the replication of chromosomal DNA. Candidates should have publications either in ENZYME KINETICS OR YEAST GENETICS. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated with a solid training in the area of expertise. Our laboratory is well equipped and externally funded (NIH). Please send resume, reprints and preprints to: Dr. S. Biswas, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, NJ 08084. E-mail: biswassb@umdnj.edu From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!BUDS1.baylor.edu!NewsWatcher!user From: asdf (asdf) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: On the flexibility of Boogers! Date: 17 Jun 1996 02:49:53 GMT Organization: asdf Lines: 2 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.62.129.141 Boogers are highly flexible, maintaining many of their elastic characteristices even hours after extraction. From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 16 23:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics,bionet.diagnostics,sci.med.radiology.interventional,sci.engr.biomed,soc.culture.german,sci.image.processing,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,alt.lang.delphi,sci.physics.electromag,sci.techniques.mag-resonance,sci.med.physics,sc Path: biosci!daresbury!yama.mcc.ac.uk!thor.cf.ac.uk!news From: schneider@cf.ac.uk Subject: Electrical Impedance Tomography - new W3 page Sender: news@cf.ac.uk (USENET News System) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 19:13:05 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: d106.elsy.cf.ac.uk Reply-To: schneider@cf.ac.uk Organization: Heaven X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ Lines: 7 Xref: biosci bionet.biophysics:2124 bionet.diagnostics:911 sci.med.radiology.interventional:106 sci.engr.biomed:6312 soc.culture.german:84748 sci.image.processing:20661 comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc:43023 sci.physics.electromag:11051 sci.techniques.mag-resonance:1689 sci.med.physics:4462 A new biomedical orientated webpage focussing Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) can be found at http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/engin/Systems/medical/ingo/ingo.html Feedback or not links to not listed sites are welcome. Ingo From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sun Jun 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: IMPORTANT - BIOSCI Fundraising Update! Date: 17 Jun 1996 02:00:38 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 154 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199606170900.CAA27745@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net BIOSCI is about halfway to its funding goal!! I'm interrupting the usual monthly posting of the BIOSCI miniFAQ to bring you up to date on BIOSCI fundraising progress, a topic of concern to your future use of this resource. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this message carefully. Last year we announced that BIOSCI was going to adopt the U.S. Public Broadcasting System model to fund its operations after our DOE/NSF grant runs out later this year. 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Please contact us at biosci-help@net.bio.net for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Jun 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!highway.leidenuniv.nl!usenet From: "Marcel J. van der Heyden" Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: Proceedings of the HELNET Workshop on Neural Networks Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:45:22 -0700 Organization: Dynamical Systems Research - NL Lines: 105 Message-ID: <31C73F92.48C7@rullf2.leidenuniv.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: rulffn.medfac.leidenuniv.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; I) HELNET International Workshop on Neural Networks Proceedings Volume I/II (1994/1995) M.J. van der Heyden, J. Mrsic-Floegel and K. Weigl (eds)