From owner-csm@net.bio.net Mon May 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!torn!nott!nrcnet0.nrc.ca!csm From: John Nash Newsgroups: bionet.prof-society.csm Subject: A microbial cultures newsgroup Date: Tue, 2 May 95 8:44:11 EDT Organization: National Research Council, Canada Lines: 119 Approved: csm@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca Distribution: world Message-ID: <9505021244.AA23866@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca Originator: csm@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca The following post just popped up on bionet.general and bionet.announce. Since we're microbiologists, I though that some of us may be interested in following this discussion, and participating in the vote. john <--- start of included clip From: BIOSCI Administrator Newsgroups: bionet.announce Subject: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: MICROBIAL-CULTURES/bionet.microbiology.cultures Followup-To: bionet.general Date: 1 May 1995 19:37:02 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 90 Sender: biohelp@net.bio.net Approved: bionews-moderator@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <3o45se$7ek@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net We have received a proposal below for a new newsgroup, MICROBIAL-CULTURES/bionet.microbiology.cultures Discussion on the following proposal will now be open through 10 May on BIOFORUM/bionet.general (*not* on BIONEWS/bionet.announce). For those who are not on the BIOFORUM/bionet.general newsgroup currently, either read bionet.general on USENET or contact one of the following biosci addresses to sign up by e-mail: Subscription Address Location -------------------- -------- biosci@daresbury.ac.uk Europe, Africa, and Central Asia biosci@net.bio.net Americas and the Pacific Rim One warning, however: BIOFORUM/bionet.general is a "chatty" newsgroup and many other items will be discussed there besides this newsgroup proposal. USENET news access is definitely better than e-mail if you want to monitor only this discussion. Discussion Guidelines --------------------- Please do not post one-line messages saying things like "I am in favor of such a newsgroup". We will collect votes later. The discussion period is an opportunity for anyone to bring up reservations about the proposed charter below and to propose modifications prior to the vote. If the charter is perfect as is, then there is no need for anyone to say anything!!! The newsgroup discussion leader may submit a revised proposal in light of the discussion, and the new charter would be included in the call for votes which will go out on 11 May (Newsgroup Discussion leaders - please note this deadline - if no revisions are received before the deadline, the original charter will be voted on.). Please be aware that only one vote is counted per e-mail address, so it is necessary to have your own account in order to vote. Multiple votes from the same address are not accepted. If you are interested in the following newsgroup, but do not have an e-mail address of your own, please obtain one from your computer center before the call for votes is issued. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal to establish MICROBIAL-CULTURES/bionet.microbiology.cultures Proposed USENET name: bionet.microbiology.cultures Proposed mailing list name: MICROBIAL-CULTURES Proposed e-mail addresses: cultures@net.bio.net cultures@daresbury.ac.uk Discussion leader: David Boone boone@ese.ogi.edu The main purposes of this discussion group are to discuss methods for storage of cultures and to aid microbiologists in finding either sources of microbial cultures or collections into which new isolates can be deposited. Many microbial strains can be found in national collections such as the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), but other cultures are stored only in specialized collections scattered around the world. For instance, many fastidious microbes can be cultivated only by experts in those particular organisms, and even major culture collections do not have sufficient staff to include experts for each of these groups. This newsgroup should serve as a forum to help researchers find appropriate collections for the deposit or acquisition of specific organisms. Another important function of this newsgroup will be to find permanent homes for important "orphaned" collections. Many scientists acquire during their careers large collections of microbes that are not available elsewhere, and when these scientists retire their collections are often lost due to lack of maintenance or because the cultures are discarded by the employing institutions. Often national collections are able to accept only a few of the most important organisms or type strains, and this newsgroup could help the scientist to find a permanent repository for the rest of the collection. Subscribers interested in the acquisition and storage of microbial cultures are welcome from academic and commercial institutions. Contributions consistent with the objectives of this newsgroup are encouraged. The newsgroup will be unmoderated, and I will act as coordinator. David Boone Professor of Environmental Microbiology Oregon Graduate Institute Portland, Oregon, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <--- end of clip -- Dr. John Nash // Dr. Max Firtel (moderators) Disclaimer: The National Research Council of Canada bears no responsibility for the content of messages posted to this newsgroup. From owner-csm@net.bio.net Thu May 18 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.starnet.net!wupost!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!bcarh189.bnr.ca!nott!nrcnet0.nrc.ca!csm From: "PETER KRELL" Newsgroups: bionet.prof-society.csm Subject: ICV, Israel Date: 19 May 1995 21:32:54 GMT Organization: National Research Council, Canada Lines: 24 Approved: csm@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca Originator: csm@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca [To NRC readers: Apologies for the double post - propagation problems - JN] Could someone tell me the exact dates and venue for the International Congress for Virology next summer in Israel. ASM News does not yet list it and I could find nothing in ASV literature. Your help is much appreciated. Thanks and Cheers Dr. Peter J. Krell Department of Microbiology University of Guelph Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1 Phone: 519 824-4120 ext. 3368 (office) or 3264 (lab) FAX: 519 837-1802 E-mail: pkrell@micro.uoguelph.ca -- Dr. John Nash // Dr. Max Firtel (moderators) Disclaimer: The National Research Council of Canada bears no responsibility for the content of messages posted to this newsgroup. From owner-csm@net.bio.net Mon May 29 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!ub!netfs.dnd.ca!dgbt!nott!nrcnet0.nrc.ca!csm From: medzon@julian.uwo.ca (Ted Medzon) Newsgroups: bionet.prof-society.csm Subject: Re: ICV, Israel Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 11:29:14 -0600 Organization: National Research Council, Canada Lines: 27 Approved: csm@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca Distribution: world Message-ID: <199505301623.MAA05760@julian.uwo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca Originator: csm@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca Peter, This information is in the January-March issue of the CSM Newsletter, page 18. To save you time here it is; xth Int. Cong. Virology, August 11-16, 1996, Jerusalem. Contact Dr.Yechel Becker, Dept. of Molecular Virology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 122-6, Jerusalem, 92210, Israel. Fax: 9722784010. For the benefit of others: August 18-23, 1996, Jerusalem. Int. Cong. Bacteriology and Mycology. Contact: Secretariat, Israel Society for Microbiology, P.O.Box 122-6, Jerusalem, 92210, Israel. Ted. -- Dr. John Nash // Dr. Max Firtel (moderators) Disclaimer: The National Research Council of Canada bears no responsibility for the content of messages posted to this newsgroup.