From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 02 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.zeitgeist.net!bdt.com!usenet From: "R. Scott Jokerst" Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Biological Data Transport info Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 18:21:28 -0800 Organization: Biological Data Transport Lines: 30 Message-ID: <31390228.22E@data-transport.com> Reply-To: scott_jokerst@data-transport.com NNTP-Posting-Host: jokerst.dial-up.bdt.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; I; PPC) CC: "R. Scott Jokerst" I wanted to let you know about a service we offer to the life sciences community on the Web. Our site is emerging as a great source for links to bioinformatics resources, company products and services information, etc. We're becoming more comprehensive daily. Our growth has been quite rapid. We're at: http://www.data-transport.com The entire collection of product, services, and public information links integrated within our system may be found by searching at our site. This allows you to FOCUS on just the information you need, reducing the effort needed to find what you want. The site is exceptionally fast, and we have a track record of being up virtually all of the time. Everything we offer at the site works, (we do not post services under construction) and we have more coming soon. We are eager to receive feedback from you regarding how well the site serves you, and what you would like to see to help you be more productive. Thanks ahead of time. It's worth a look, Scott (P.S. I have cross posted to other lists, wanting to get the info out to you.) -- R. Scott Jokerst Biological Data Transport scott_jokerst@data-transport.com 510-648-8229 http://www.data-transport.com 510-648-8279 (FAX) From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 02 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!umich.edu!jchristn From: jchristn@umich.edu Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: ELISA reagent suppliers help needed! Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 15:28:07 Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm002-05.dialip.mich.net Keywords: ELISA, immunoglobulin, substrate X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Our laboratory is developing ELISA assays for quatitating levels of human IgG subclasses. However, we need to know the specificity of our reagents with respect to IgG subclass allotype reactivity. Does anyone know of commercial suppliers for these reagents or how to go about getting the standards from the WHO? Also, we recently had trouble with KPL laboratories refusing to replace a suspect batch of ELISA and western blot substrates that they sent us. Does anyone know of suppliers of comparable reagents to their 2-component TMB liguid substrate and their 1-component NBT/BCIP liquid substrate? Please E-mail me directly because I do not have regular access to Usenet. Thanks in advance, Rob Christner Igglab@opus.mco.edu rchristner@opus.mco.edu From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 02 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: IMPORTANT - BIOSCI Fundraising Update! Date: 3 Mar 1996 02:00:28 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 149 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199603031000.CAA12373@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net 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. Unlike PBS, we are not soliciting contributions from users; we are only selling ads on our Web pages solely to cover our operating costs. Our goal is to seek sponsorships until we build up an operating reserve of about $100,000 and then cease further promotions until we need to build the reserve back up. (The accountants among our readership will be familiar with the problem of deferred revenue which we can not safely utilize until ads have been displayed for a period of time.) We have three sponsors to date with a couple more pending. The process is time-consuming, however, and we need your help as explained further below. Our operating costs consist of our network connection, phone lines, hardware maintenance (we hope to have new and faster hardware soon!), plus 0.7 FTE of salaries covering UNIX systems admin, technical support, quality assurance, i.e., testing, of our system, and administrative costs (such as the time it takes to actually find/write/call potential sponsors and raise money!). Although the BIOSCI staff does get compensated for a portion of the work that they do, this project has always received a lot of free after-hours and "vacation" time labor, so we hope that no one will begrudge the time that we do charge to the project to serve you. All of the three part-time staff members, Dave Mack, Julie Lawrence, and myself, have full time day jobs and families in addition to working hard to keep this service running for all of you. Julie and Dave Mack are subcontractors for BIOSCI; my time that is charged to the project defrays a portion of my regular salary instead of adding to my income. Besides having to relocate the project, we were very busy this last year building new infrastructure such as our WWW hypermail interface to the system. This was released last December along with scores of WAIS indices for the newsgroups. Virtually everything is complete, although we do continue to find and fix bugs (many through your helpful feedback!). We are still having some problems with our WAIS indexing. The archives continue to grow rapidly. We are running over 100 indexes now versus three previously and any systems crashes cause greater havoc with the indexing than before! We are still working to fix this as fast as our resources permit and appreciate your patience, but we have been able to automate a lot of the infrastructure to reduce labor as compared to past requirements. We have also implemented new software to make moderation of BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups much easier and combat the growing problem of Internet junk mail and USENET "spamming." About 20% of our groups are now moderated, many of them by the BIOSCI staff! This, for example, made a major difference last year in the quality of content in our EMPLOYMENT/bionet.jobs.offered newsgroup which many commercial concerns and recruiting firms are using **without charge** to recruit candidates for positions in the biological sciences. We are also now in a position to have sponsors for individual newsgroups as you will have noticed if you have visited http://www.bio.net/ and clicked on "Access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups" recently. So, how can you help?? ---------------------- As noted above it can take a lot of time to contact potential sponsors if I have to do it all myself. Our request is quite simple. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can now post or reply to messages via your Web browser. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. Our hope is to quickly raise several large corporate/institutional sponsors on our heavily-used WWW locations (some stats appended below), and then end this sponsorship campaign so that our resources can continue to be used for service provision, not fundraising. Many of our specialty newsgroup WWW archives are still used by small communities of scientists (and they haven't been heavily promoted yet). While these may be valuable niche markets to some advertisers, it will generate more labor and overhead having to find these sponsors, fairly price the locations, and deal with lots of smaller sponsorships than fewer mid-to large sponsors. We are striving to keep our operation as lean and efficient as possible since we are not trying to make careers out of running BIOSCI. We are trying if at all possible to avoid the administrative overhead entailed with processing lots of small payments to reach our fundraising goals. I'd like to thank all of you for your help in advance. In helping us, you are also helping yourselves, not only in keeping this resource available for all of the both large and small research communities that we serve, but also by alleviating the need for us to go back and compete with researchers for tight grant dollars! We promised NSF when we were awarded the BIOSCI grant that we would carry out this mission to make the service self-supporting. With your help, we will succeed in continuing BIOSCI's work into its second decade. Thank you very much! Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net A list of our prime WWW sponsorship locations follow. Statistics are for the four week period from 22 Jan. - 18 Feb. 1996 and usage continues to grow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The overall BIOSCI WWW pages are currently visited by users from close to 5000 unique computer hosts per week. Web servers only log the Internet computer/host name and frequently more than one individual can connect to us from a particular host. Main home page, http://www.bio.net, visited recently by about 2100 unique hosts per week Main Newsgroups archives page, http://www.bio.net/archives.html, visited recently by about 1200 Unique hosts per week BIO-JOURNALS archive page, http://www.bio.net/BIO-JOURNALS.html, visited recently by about 1000 unique hosts per week. EMPLOYMENT archive pages: http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/EMPLOYMENT/ and monthly header pages, visited recently by about 600 unique hosts per week. Address database search page, http://www.bio.net/addrsearch.html, visited recently by about 450 unique hosts per week. Methods newsgroup archive pages, http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/METHDS- REAGNTS/ and monthly header pages, visited recently by about 350 unique hosts per week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 02 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!gossip.pyramid.com!news.sedona.net!usenet From: Gene Rathbun Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Aerosol Engineers Date: 28 Feb 1996 11:44:51 GMT Organization: Sedona Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4h1f7j$e2a@labrat.sedona.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: client30.sedona.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) We have two positions open on the West Coast for engineers with Aerosol experience. Our client company is involved in Powdered Drug Delivery Systems and have asked us to find a Manager and an entry level engineer with the following backgrounds: Requirements: * Experience with Aerosol Science in Industry: Practical experience in Particle Size Measurements, Eelectrostatic Precipitation, Incineration, Spray Drying, etc. * Min. of BS, preferably in Chem. Engineering [OK if physics, engineering, sciences]; Could be a PhD with less than 4 yr. industrial experience. * Excellent verbal, documentation & team skills; good sense of humor. * Creative problem solving skills, excellent analytical abilities. * Experience in Formulations, Powder Processing, Powder Characterizations. Should Have [any combination]: > Experience in pharmaceutical/pharmacology (Very Big Plus!) > Knowledge of statistics and Design of Experiments. > Knowledge of NDA & IND, and pre-approval inspections. > Experience with UV, HPLC and protein assays a plus. If you have an interest in this or other opportunities, please mail or FAX your CV/resume to RS&A to the attention of Gene Rathbun, Sr. Partner. All correspondence is held in strict confidence. Please Post P.O. Box 2337 Sedona, AZ 86339-2337 * USA (520) 284-3360 Office (520)284-3361 FAX E-mail: rathbun@ sedona.net From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 02 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!newshub.cts.com!usenet From: b3748@cts.com (Bryan Kiehl) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: ELISA reagent suppliers help needed! Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 20:59:02 GMT Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4hd0s6$irs@news2.cts.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiehl.cts.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I suspect there are no WHO standards. As far as supplies, there are several. I suggest that you find a copy of the AACC convention information. Most of the suppliers attend this meeting. I think you will find most larger manufactures do make their own material, but generally do not sell these. We have reagents that are made for our products, but we would not be able to specify for your product. You just take what we have, but it is reproducible. Good Luck. If you had questions, give me a call. (619-592-9300, ext 309) jchristn@umich.edu wrote: >Our laboratory is developing ELISA assays for quatitating levels of human IgG >subclasses. However, we need to know the specificity of our reagents with >respect to IgG subclass allotype reactivity. Does anyone know of commercial >suppliers for these reagents or how to go about getting the standards from the >WHO? >Also, we recently had trouble with KPL laboratories refusing to replace a >suspect batch of ELISA and western blot substrates that they sent us. Does >anyone know of suppliers of comparable reagents to their 2-component TMB >liguid substrate and their 1-component NBT/BCIP liquid substrate? >Please E-mail me directly because I do not have regular access to Usenet. >Thanks in advance, >Rob Christner >Igglab@opus.mco.edu >rchristner@opus.mco.edu Bryan Kiehl b3748@cts.com San Diego, CA From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 03 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!cc.UManitoba.CA!fernand From: fernand@cc.UManitoba.CA (Marcel Fernandez) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: unsubcribe Date: 4 Mar 1996 14:23:02 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 3 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9603042220.AA01139@toliman.cc.umanitoba.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net take me off you list thanks From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 03 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agresearch.cri.nz!HartA From: HartA@agresearch.cri.nz Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Saliva Date: 4 Mar 1996 14:49:00 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01I1Z89RS3KM000AGH@INVERMAY.CRI.NZ> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I want to collect human saliva samples. I vaguely recall that it is possible to get absorbent pads that can be sucked/ chewed and then removed from the subjects mouth. Does anyone know of a source of these? Would the cylindrical pads that dentists use to keep their patient's teeth dry be suitable? Thanks, Alan Hart From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 03 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!sasa.gov.uk!odonnell From: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk ("Kevin O'Donnell") Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Conference: Diagnostics in Crop Production Date: 4 Mar 1996 02:25:16 -0800 Organization: Scottish Agricultural Science Agency Lines: 44 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9603041020.aa14086@jura.sasa.gov.uk> Reply-To: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net DIAGNOSTICS IN CROP PRODUCTION 1-3 April 1996 University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Session 1 The Scientific Basis of Diagnostic Techniques Session 2 Diagnostics for Viruses, Phytoplasmas and GMOs Session 3 Diagnostics for Fungal Plant Pathogens Session 4 Diagnostics for Lower Fungi, Bacteria and Nematodes Session 5 Development of Diagnostic Methods for Agrochemicals Session 6 Diagnostics in Crop Production Session 7 Validation, Regulatory Impact and Commercial Development of Diagnostics Session 8 Diagnostics: The Future Registration and Accomodation Enquiries: British Crop Protection Enterprises Ltd. 49 Downing St. Farnham Surrey GU9 7PH UK Tel. +44 1252 733072 Fax +44 1252 727194 Dr Kevin O'Donnell "Work as if you were in the early days Diagnostics and Molecular Biology of a better nation" SASA - Alasdair Gray Edinburgh From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 03 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!aol.com!MHughes77 From: MHughes77@aol.com Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: TMB liquid substrates for ELISAs Date: 4 Mar 1996 11:15:21 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <960304141223_437746753@emout06.mail.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Diagnostics Newgroup Members: A question was recently posted regarding alternate sources for two-part TMB liquid substrates for ELISAs using HRP conjugates. After enjoying the convenience and reliability of one-part TMB substrates for a few years, I am curious as to why anyone would stick to using two-part substrates. Have any of you found any differences in sensitivity or linearity between the two types of TMB? I know that some brands of one-part substrates may suffer from a fairly short shelf life, but I have used two brands that last for over a year under refrigeration, one of which also lasts at least six months without refrigeration. The latter comes two forms, to produce either a soluble product or a precipitate, both of which work equally well. Mark Hughes MHughes77@aol.com From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Tue Mar 05 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UCS.ORST.EDU!postmanj From: postmanj@UCS.ORST.EDU (Joseph Postman) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Rhododendron Necrotic Ringspot Virus Date: 6 Mar 1996 09:28:17 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 21 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4hjkbb$d69@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Is anyone aware of a diagnostic tool (serology?, bioassay?) for rhododendron necrotic ringspot virus? It produces lovely brown concentric ringspots on mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) plants in our landscape. I had an inquiry about how best to detect or confirm the presence of this virus in suspect rhododendrons. Joseph *** Feast on Genetic Diversity *** ============================================================================= Joseph D. Postman | N ational / -PLANT PATHOLOGIST- | C lonal / \ Eat More postmanj@bcc.orst.edu | G ermplasm / \ Fruit! corjp@ars-grin.gov | R epository \ _ / ============================================================================= USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, Oregon, USA http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/PacWest/Corvallis/ncgr From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Tue Mar 05 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Pete Kwasowski Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Bovine Body Fluids Date: 6 Mar 1996 09:02:35 -0000 Lines: 12 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <4hjkbb$d69@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Sender: bss3pk@central.surrey.ac.uk Original-To: diagnost@dl.ac.uk Hi all, Does any one out there know of a US source of fresh (frozen) bovine body fluids, including serum, urine and bile? Any pointers would be appreciated. Many Thanks. Pete From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Tue Mar 05 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.exodus.net!news.aimnet.com!alpha.sky.net!news From: "Gwen E. Sprague" Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Digoxin Date: 6 Mar 1996 03:52:46 GMT Organization: SkyNET Online Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4hj26e$gpk@alpha.sky.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip163.sky.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:bionet.diagnostics I'm looking for a 2 part digoxin methodology that has an application for the Chem1. Does anyone have any ideas? Gwen <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> >>> Freelance Technogoddess <<< "I am NOT unemployed, I'm a consultant." <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Mar 06 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: "J. Oprandy" Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: WWW site for Consultants, Contract labs, Service Providers Date: 7 Mar 1996 15:32:56 GMT Organization: LuxNet, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4hmvj8$2sl@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool031.max1.washington.dc.dynip.alter.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) Please allow me take this opportunity to introduce you to our information service for the biomedical community. LuxNet is the premier source of news and information for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The site is located at: http://www.luxnet.com LuxNet has a Newsroom and a Travel Center that contain numerous hyperlinks. The site also contains ConsultNet and LabNet, searchable databases of detailed information on consultants and contract laboratories as well as other service providers. For a limited time, consultants and contract labs can get a 3 MONTH LISTING FREE. I hope you find the site interesting and useful. Thank you for your consideration. JJO -------------------------------------------------------------------- LuxNet, Inc. http://www.luxnet.com "The premier source for information, consultants and contract labs for the biotech, pharma and medical device industries." FAX: 301-963-9822 phone: 301-963-5051 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Mar 06 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!sasa.gov.uk!odonnell From: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk ("Kevin O'Donnell") Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Microsatellite probes Date: 7 Mar 1996 06:43:12 -0800 Organization: Scottish Agricultural Science Agency Lines: 11 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9603071439.aa22043@jura.sasa.gov.uk> Reply-To: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Can anyone suggest a supplier of microsatellite probes, ideally biotin labelled? Thanks, Kevin Dr Kevin O'Donnell "Work as if you were in the early days Diagnostics and Molecular Biology of a better nation" SASA - Alasdair Gray Edinburgh From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Thu Mar 07 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!nntp.uio.no!usenet From: line.roed@kjemi.uio.no (Line R|ed) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Primers for PCR? Date: 8 Mar 1996 10:00:36 GMT Organization: Universitet i Oslo Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4hp0g4$l5f@ratatosk.uio.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: pckjemi103.uio.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Hi! We are to do PCR on whole blood from dogs. We have no information on sequences, restriction maps or anything - all we want is to get a PCR product of reasonable length (1000-2000 bp). Is there anyone who could suggest what primers to use? We have considered using random primers of ca. length 12 bp. Are there any other suggestions? Please mail us directly: line.roed@kjemi.uio.no Regards, Irina Arsky and Line Roed From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Fri Mar 08 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!ralph.vnet.net!lys.vnet.net!not-for-mail From: allbell@lys.vnet.net (Al Bell) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: whonet Date: 8 Mar 1996 18:53:45 -0500 Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. (704) 374-0779 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4hqha9$hl4@lys.vnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lys.vnet.net Whonet: I noticed while doing a Web search that someone requested information about Whonet, an international system for reporting the spread of communicable diseases, especially those caused by antibiotic-resistant microbes. I'm now sure what the number is, but they guy in charge of the project is Dr. Thomas O'Brien, head of microbiology and Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. (Just dial 617-555-1212 information for the number.) There's also a little information about Whonet at my Web site, at http://www.vnet.net/users/allbell/belljar.html. -- Al Bell's Bell Jar - http://www.vnet.net/users/allbell/belljar.html "I'm just crazy about it." - Sylvia Plath Featuring: "Terror at 30 Rock (or: The Peacock Had Fangs)" allbell@vnet.net allbell@delphi.com From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Mar 13 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!PO.IIJNET.OR.JP!srldx From: srldx@PO.IIJNET.OR.JP (Hajime Sugisaki) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Saliva diagnostic kit Date: 13 Mar 1996 17:43:16 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199603140140.KAA03995@sh0.po.iijnet.or.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear netters, I really appreciate if somebody inform me of diagnostic/pharmaceutical makers supplying a diagnostic kit to detect antibody (viral and bacterial antibodies) in patient's saliva. Our laboratory received the increasing demand from dental offices. Thank you in advance. H. Sugisaki Section Chief Intellectual Property and Licensing Dept. Reagent Production Dept. (concurrent) SRL, Inc. Tel: (Japan)-426-48-4017 Fax: (Japan)-426-48-4087 E-Mail: srldx@po.iijnet.or.jp http://www.iijnet.or.jp/SRL-CO/ From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 17 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!sleepy.inch.com!usenet From: metin@inch.com Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Hematopathology workshop at NYU Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 07:29:28 GMT Organization: The Internet Channel Lines: 347 Message-ID: <4iisc9$qvq@sleepy.inch.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: port272.dialup.inch.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 2ND ANNUAL HEMATOPATHOLOGY WORKSHOP AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (May 7-10) COURSE DESCRIPTION This concentrated 3 1/2 day course is designed to provide a thorough and in-depth review of hematologic and lymphoid pathology by the leading experts in this field. Both histopatho- logic criteria and differential diagnosis and data provided by immunopathology, molecular biology, and cytogenetics will be discussed. A set of Kodachrome slides will be provided, illustrating the pathology of post-thymic T-cell lymphomas. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES This course is intended for practicing pathologists, residents and fellows in pathology to update them on recent develop- ments and the latest diagnostic techniques in current problem areas. EXPECTED OUTCOME It is expected that the participants will acquire a wider knowledge of hemato-lymphoid disorders-especially neoplastic, as well as a definite sense for the morphologic criteria and the additional specialized studies required for their diagnosis. FACULTY Course Director Glauco Frizera, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Director of Hematopathology NYU School of Medicine New York, New York Co-Directors Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Professor and Vice-Chairman Department of Pathology Southwestern Medical School Dallas, Texas Giorgio Inghirami, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of Molecular Pathology NYU School of Medicine New York, New York Special Guest Lecturer Janet D. Rowley, M.D. Blum-Riese Professor Departments of Medicine and Molecular Cytogenetics and Cell Biology University of Chicago School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois Guest Faculty Clara D. Bloomfield, M.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Oncology State University of New York at Buffalo Head, Department of Medicine Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, New York Jerome S. Burke, M.D. Clinical Professor of Pathology University of California School of Medicine San Francisco California Director of Surgical Pathology Alta Bates Medical Center Berkeley, California Kathy Foucar, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Director of the Pathology Service University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque, New Mexico Nancy L. Harris, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of Anatomic Pathology Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Elaine s. Jaffe, M.D. Chief, Hematopathology Section Laboratory of Pathology National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Maryland Daniel M. Knowles, M.D., Professor and Chairman of Pathology The New York Hospital -Cornell Medical Center New York, New York Bharat N. Nathwani, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Chief of Hematopathology USC School of Medicine Los Angeles, California Sibrand Poppema, M.D. Professor and Chairman of Pathology University of Groningen and Academic Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands James W. Vardiman, M.D. Professor of Pathology Director of Hematology/Hematopathology University of Chicago Hospital Chicago, Illinois NYU Faculty Hideko Kamino, M.D. Director of Dermatopathology NYU Medical Center New York, New York Stefano Rosati, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pathology NYU School of Medicine New York, New York Program Schedule Tuesday Normal Lymphoid Tissues: Review Nancy L. Harris, M.D. Reactive Lymphadenopathies Glauco Frizzera, M.D. Atypical Lymphoproliferative Disorders Glauco Frizzera, M.D. Immunophenotypic Characterization of Hematopoietic Malignancies Giorgio Inghirami, M.D. Molecular Genetic Basis of Lymphoid Neoplasms Giorgio Inghirami, M.D. Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorders: Clinical and Biologic Aspects I Daniel M. Knowles, M.D. Benign and Malignant Lymphoid .Proliferations Associated with HIV Infection Daniel M. Knowles, M.D. Special Guest Lecture Chromosomal Translocations: Dangerous Liaisons Janet D. Rowley, M.D. Wednesday Principles of Lymphoma Classification Nancy L. Harris, M.D. Low Grade B-Cell Lymphomas Nancy L. Harris, M.D. Intermediate and High-Grade B-Cell Lymphomas, and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Bharat N. Nathwani, M.D. Post-Thymic T-Cell Lymphomas Elaine S. Jaffe, M.D. Hodgkin's Disease, Nodular Lymphocyte Predominance Sibrand Poppema, M.D. Other Types of Hodgkin's Disease and Relationship with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas Sibrand Poppema, M.D. Pathology of the Spleen Jerome S. Burke, M.D. Lymphoproliferative Disorders of the Skin Hideko Kamino, M.D. Bone Marrow Lymphomas and Related Disorders Stefano Rosati, M.D. Thursday Recent Advances in the Management of Adult Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas Clara D. Bloomfield, M.D. Recent Advances in the Management of Adult Leukemias Clara D. Bloomfield, M.D. Microscopic Anatomy of the Bone Marrow and Hematopoietic Cell Regulation Kathy Foucar, M.D. Reactive Leukocyte Disorders Kathy Foucar, M.D. Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Leukemias Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias Kathy Foucar, M.D. Acute Myeloid Leukemias Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Myelodysplastic Syndromes Stefano Rosati, M.D. Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases James W. Vardiman, M.D. Friday B-Cell Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders Kathy Foucar, M.D. T Cell Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Interpretation of Post-Therapy Bone Marrows James W. Vardiman, M.D. Proliferative Disorders of Histiocytes and Langerhans' Cells Glauco Frizzera, M.D. GENERAL INFORMATION Location NYU Medical Center Alumni Hall Farkas Auditorium 550 First Avenue, New York, NY The NYU Medical Center is located in a predominately residential area on the east side of Manhattan. Accreditation The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School designates this continuing medical education activity for 26.5 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and commercial relationships, if any, will be made known at the symposium. Enrollment Enrollment is limited. Applications will be accepted in the order of their registration form. In the unusual circumstance that this course is cancelled, two weeks notice will be given and tuition will be refunded in full. Information Registration Office NYU Post-Graduate Medical School Murray Hill Station PO. Box 1855, New York, NY 10016 (212) 263-5295 Please note: We cannot accept phone or fax registration. Parking Parking is available at the Kips Bay Parking Garage directly across from the Medical Center at 32nd Street (575 First Avenue). There is additional parking on 29th Street between First and Second Avenues. Hotel and Travel Accommodations Registrants are responsible for their own hotel and travel arrangements. A list of nearby hotels offering special rates to course registrants will be sent with confirmation of enrollment. For airline reservations, you may contact the medical center travel department at (212) 263-8999, or (800) 801-6208 and indicate you are a registrant in this course. COURSE REGISTRATION . 2nd Annual Hematopathology Workshop, #452 May 7-10, 1996 Social Security # (Must be supplied for confirmation of reg~stration-for internal records only) Name Address Day Phone Fax Specialty Degree Full Tuition: $600 Reduced Tuition: $450 Reduced tuition applies to NYU School of Medicine alumni, former residents & fellows; physicians in training (with certification from Chief of Service); technologists; M.D.'s employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; full-time active military personnel; Ph.D.'s; and other health care professionals. Cash and credit cards not accepted. Foreign registrants must send an International Postal Money Order. Make Check Payable to: NYU Post Graduate Medical School Send to: Registration Department NYU Postgraduate Medical School Murray Hill Station P.O. Box 1855 New York, NY 10016 Refund Policy: $60 will be retained to cover administrative costs. In order to receive a refund, written notice must be postmarked two weeks prior to the course opening. The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School reserves the right to cancel a course. If you have questions about this course, you can e-mail to Dr. Inghirami. (inghig01@mcr.cro.med.nyu.edu) From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Mon Mar 18 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!IX.NETCOM.COM!temprise From: temprise@IX.NETCOM.COM Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Help Date: 19 Mar 1996 13:47:46 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 19 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199603192143.NAA11150@ix5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net To anyone who can help. My one-year-old grandaughter is very ill. Her white cell blood count is zero. Although several tests have been made, there is no definitive diagnose. One hematologist believes it to be a rare blood disease, possibly, "Cyclic Neutropenia" but that hasn't been confirmed. We are located in San Francisco. Can you give me the name of the leading authority on hematology or other appropriate specialty here or anywhere in the world? Cost is not important. Gratefully, Kenneth Sale E-Mail: temprise@ix.netcom.com From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Mar 20 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!PO.IIJNET.OR.JP!srldx From: srldx@PO.IIJNET.OR.JP (Hajime Sugisaki) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: SRL, Inc., new www site Date: 21 Mar 1996 01:29:59 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199603210927.SAA03385@sh0.po.iijnet.or.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear netters, We (SRL, Inc.) are pleased to announce opening of a new www site (http://www.iijnet.or.jp/SRL-CO/). You will be able to know activities of this company as a leading commercial reference laboratory in Japan. Thank you very much for your attention. H. Sugisaki Section Chief Intellectual Property and Licensing Dept. Reagent Production Dept. (concurrent) SRL, Inc. Tel: (Japan)-426-48-4017 Fax: (Japan)-426-48-4087 E-Mail: srldx@po.iijnet.or.jp http://www.iijnet.or.jp/SRL-CO/ From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Mar 20 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!infobiogen.fr!pasteur.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!vol.net!news.glink.net.hk!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!newsfeeder.ust.hk!nntp.hk.super.net!news.iij.ad.jp!news2.iij.ad.jp!usenet From: srldx@po.iijnet.or.jp (srldx) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: SRL, Inc., new www site Date: 21 Mar 1996 09:19:48 GMT Organization: SRL, Inc. Lines: 13 Sender: srldx@sh0.po.iijnet.or.jp Message-ID: <4ir6vk$t50@news2.iij.ad.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp8019.po.iijnet.or.jp X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.7@ppp8019.po.iijnet.or.jp X-Authenticated: srldx on POP host sh0.po.iijnet.or.jp Dear netters, We (SRL, Inc.) are pleased to announce opening of a new www site (http://www.iijnet.or.jp/SRL-CO/). You will be able to know activities of this company as a leading commercial reference laboratory in Japan. Thank you very much for your attention. H. Sugisaki Dept. of Intellectual Property and Licensing Dept. of Reagent Production (concurrent) SRL, Inc. Tel: (Japan)-426-48-4017 Fax: (Japan)-426-48-4087 E-Mail: srldx@po.iijnet.or.jp http://www.iijnet.or.jp/SRL-CO/ From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Mar 20 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!csn!news-1.csn.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!bull.hkstar.net!b1!alo From: alo@b1.hkstar.com (Lo Wing Ip Anthony) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: Microsatellite probes Date: 21 Mar 1996 16:26:03 GMT Organization: Princess Margaret Hospital Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4irvur$p2r@bull.hkstar.net> References: <9603071439.aa22043@jura.sasa.gov.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: b1.hkstar.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Kevin O'Donnell (odonnell@sasa.gov.uk) wrote: : Can anyone suggest a supplier of microsatellite probes, ideally : biotin labelled? How about Oncor? Dr. Anthony W.I. Lo (MB ChB, B Med Sc) Tel: (852)-2990-1870 Medical Officer Fax: (852)-2370-0969 Chemical Pathology, Dept. of Pathology Pager: 7205-4096 Princess Margaret Hospital e-mail: anthony-lo@cuhk.hk Lai King Hill, Kowloon. Hong Kong. http://www.hkstar.com/~alo From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Thu Mar 21 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!sleepy.inch.com!usenet From: metin@inch.com Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Hematopathology Workshop at NYU Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 15:39:29 GMT Organization: The Internet Channel Lines: 348 Message-ID: <4iuaio$cna@sleepy.inch.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: port123.dialup.inch.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 2ND ANNUAL HEMATOPATHOLOGY WORKSHOP AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (May 7-10) COURSE DESCRIPTION This concentrated 3 1/2 day course is designed to provide a thorough and in-depth review of hematologic and lymphoid pathology by the leading experts in this field. Both histopatho- logic criteria and differential diagnosis and data provided by immunopathology, molecular biology, and cytogenetics will be discussed. A set of Kodachrome slides will be provided, illustrating the pathology of post-thymic T-cell lymphomas. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES This course is intended for practicing pathologists, residents and fellows in pathology to update them on recent develop- ments and the latest diagnostic techniques in current problem areas. EXPECTED OUTCOME It is expected that the participants will acquire a wider knowledge of hemato-lymphoid disorders-especially neoplastic, as well as a definite sense for the morphologic criteria and the additional specialized studies required for their diagnosis. FACULTY Course Director Glauco Frizera, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Director of Hematopathology NYU School of Medicine New York, New York Co-Directors Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Professor and Vice-Chairman Department of Pathology Southwestern Medical School Dallas, Texas Giorgio Inghirami, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of Molecular Pathology NYU School of Medicine New York, New York Special Guest Lecturer Janet D. Rowley, M.D. Blum-Riese Professor Departments of Medicine and Molecular Cytogenetics and Cell Biology University of Chicago School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois Guest Faculty Clara D. Bloomfield, M.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Oncology State University of New York at Buffalo Head, Department of Medicine Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, New York Jerome S. Burke, M.D. Clinical Professor of Pathology University of California School of Medicine San Francisco California Director of Surgical Pathology Alta Bates Medical Center Berkeley, California Kathy Foucar, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Director of the Pathology Service University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque, New Mexico Nancy L. Harris, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of Anatomic Pathology Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Elaine s. Jaffe, M.D. Chief, Hematopathology Section Laboratory of Pathology National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Maryland Daniel M. Knowles, M.D., Professor and Chairman of Pathology The New York Hospital -Cornell Medical Center New York, New York Bharat N. Nathwani, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Chief of Hematopathology USC School of Medicine Los Angeles, California Sibrand Poppema, M.D. Professor and Chairman of Pathology University of Groningen and Academic Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands James W. Vardiman, M.D. Professor of Pathology Director of Hematology/Hematopathology University of Chicago Hospital Chicago, Illinois NYU Faculty Hideko Kamino, M.D. Director of Dermatopathology NYU Medical Center New York, New York Stefano Rosati, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pathology NYU School of Medicine New York, New York Program Schedule Tuesday Normal Lymphoid Tissues: Review Nancy L. Harris, M.D. Reactive Lymphadenopathies Glauco Frizzera, M.D. Atypical Lymphoproliferative Disorders Glauco Frizzera, M.D. Immunophenotypic Characterization of Hematopoietic Malignancies Giorgio Inghirami, M.D. Molecular Genetic Basis of Lymphoid Neoplasms Giorgio Inghirami, M.D. Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorders: Clinical and Biologic Aspects I Daniel M. Knowles, M.D. Benign and Malignant Lymphoid .Proliferations Associated with HIV Infection Daniel M. Knowles, M.D. Special Guest Lecture Chromosomal Translocations: Dangerous Liaisons Janet D. Rowley, M.D. Wednesday Principles of Lymphoma Classification Nancy L. Harris, M.D. Low Grade B-Cell Lymphomas Nancy L. Harris, M.D. Intermediate and High-Grade B-Cell Lymphomas, and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Bharat N. Nathwani, M.D. Post-Thymic T-Cell Lymphomas Elaine S. Jaffe, M.D. Hodgkin's Disease, Nodular Lymphocyte Predominance Sibrand Poppema, M.D. Other Types of Hodgkin's Disease and Relationship with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas Sibrand Poppema, M.D. Pathology of the Spleen Jerome S. Burke, M.D. Lymphoproliferative Disorders of the Skin Hideko Kamino, M.D. Bone Marrow Lymphomas and Related Disorders Stefano Rosati, M.D. Thursday Recent Advances in the Management of Adult Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas Clara D. Bloomfield, M.D. Recent Advances in the Management of Adult Leukemias Clara D. Bloomfield, M.D. Microscopic Anatomy of the Bone Marrow and Hematopoietic Cell Regulation Kathy Foucar, M.D. Reactive Leukocyte Disorders Kathy Foucar, M.D. Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Leukemias Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias Kathy Foucar, M.D. Acute Myeloid Leukemias Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Myelodysplastic Syndromes Stefano Rosati, M.D. Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases James W. Vardiman, M.D. Friday B-Cell Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders Kathy Foucar, M.D. T Cell Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Robert W. McKenna, M.D. Interpretation of Post-Therapy Bone Marrows James W. Vardiman, M.D. Proliferative Disorders of Histiocytes and Langerhans' Cells Glauco Frizzera, M.D. GENERAL INFORMATION Location NYU Medical Center Alumni Hall Farkas Auditorium 550 First Avenue, New York, NY The NYU Medical Center is located in a predominately residential area on the east side of Manhattan. Accreditation The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School designates this continuing medical education activity for 26.5 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and commercial relationships, if any, will be made known at the symposium. Enrollment Enrollment is limited. Applications will be accepted in the order of their registration form. In the unusual circumstance that this course is cancelled, two weeks notice will be given and tuition will be refunded in full. Information Registration Office NYU Post-Graduate Medical School Murray Hill Station PO. Box 1855, New York, NY 10016 (212) 263-5295 Please note: We cannot accept phone or fax registration. Parking Parking is available at the Kips Bay Parking Garage directly across from the Medical Center at 32nd Street (575 First Avenue). There is additional parking on 29th Street between First and Second Avenues. Hotel and Travel Accommodations Registrants are responsible for their own hotel and travel arrangements. A list of nearby hotels offering special rates to course registrants will be sent with confirmation of enrollment. For airline reservations, you may contact the medical center travel department at (212) 263-8999, or (800) 801-6208 and indicate you are a registrant in this course. COURSE REGISTRATION . 2nd Annual Hematopathology Workshop, #452 May 7-10, 1996 Social Security # (Must be supplied for confirmation of reg~stration-for internal records only) Name Address Day Phone Fax Specialty Degree Full Tuition: $600 Reduced Tuition: $450 Reduced tuition applies to NYU School of Medicine alumni, former residents & fellows; physicians in training (with certification from Chief of Service); technologists; M.D.'s employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; full-time active military personnel; Ph.D.'s; and other health care professionals. Cash and credit cards not accepted. Foreign registrants must send an International Postal Money Order. Make Check Payable to: NYU Post Graduate Medical School Send to: Registration Department NYU Postgraduate Medical School Murray Hill Station P.O. Box 1855 New York, NY 10016 Refund Policy: $60 will be retained to cover administrative costs. In order to receive a refund, written notice must be postmarked two weeks prior to the course opening. The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School reserves the right to cancel a course. If you have questions about this course, you can e-mail to Dr.Inghirami. (inghig01@mcrcr0.med.nyu.edu) From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Thu Mar 21 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!dundee.ac.uk!pub2.medschool.dundee.ac.uk!kappleyard From: kappleyard@ninewells.dundee.ac.uk (Keith Appleyard) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: Saliva diagnostic kit Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 13:59:24 GMT Organization: University of Dundee Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <199603140140.KAA03995@sh0.po.iijnet.or.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: pub2.medschool.dundee.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <199603140140.KAA03995@sh0.po.iijnet.or.jp> srldx@PO.IIJNET.OR.JP (Hajime Sugisaki) writes: >From: srldx@PO.IIJNET.OR.JP (Hajime Sugisaki) >Subject: Saliva diagnostic kit >Date: 13 Mar 1996 17:43:16 -0800 >Dear netters, I really appreciate if somebody inform me of >diagnostic/pharmaceutical makers supplying a diagnostic kit to detect >antibody (viral and bacterial antibodies) in patient's saliva. Our >laboratory received the increasing demand from dental offices. Thank you in >advance. Keith Appleyard, Senior Scientific/Dept.Safety Officer, Virology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY,U.K e-mail k.appleyard@dundee.ac.uk Tel:U.K 01382 632559 Fax:01382 641907 From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Fri Mar 22 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!mserv1.dl.ac.uk!bioftp.unibas.ch!infobiogen.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!cmcl2!mcrcr6!oddouc01 Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Amino acid analyzer for sale Message-ID: <1996Mar22.222404.8253@mcrcr6> From: oddouc01@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu. (oddouc01) Date: 22 Mar 96 22:24:04 EDT Nntp-Posting-Host: mcti4mac5.med.nyu.edu X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu. Lines: 10 Equipment for sale at NYU Medical Center Waters 712 WISP HPLC Beckman amino acid analyzer, model 7300 ESA HPLC pump 420 Perkin Elmer Auto System Gas Chromatograph Contact Harry Ostrer ostreh01@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu 212 263-5746 From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 23 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!dialin-5.admin.ogi.edu!user From: sathyam@eeap.ogi.edu (ujwal sathyam) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Resume - Biomedical Engr/Scientist Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 10:37:30 -0800 Organization: oregon medical laser center Lines: 130 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-5.admin.ogi.edu UJWAL SATHYAM 6320 SW Lombard Street, Apartment 34 Beaverton, OR 97008 Home: (503) 644-3201 Work: (503) 291-2109 or (503) 291-4093 Fax: (503) 291-2422 e-mail: sathyam@eeap.ogi.edu ujwal_sathyam@phsor.org OBJECTIVE: A challenging career in research and development of non-invasive techniques for medical diagnosis and therapy SUMMARY: Three years of experience in experimental and theoretical research of laser applications in medicine. Strong background in electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, and computer programming. Medical background includes human anatomy and physiology, and participation in animal trials. EXPERIENCE: 1992 - present Research Assistant, Oregon Medical Laser Center SKILLS: Biomedical Engineering: 1. Practical experience with a variety of medical lasers from UV - IR. 2. Design of bench-top experiments to simulate invivo situations. 3. Remote temperature sensing using infrared radiometry. 4. Basic investigations of laser ablation of tissue. 5. Theoretical modeling of light transport in tissue. 6. Spectrophotometric measurement of chromophore levels. 7. Measurement of optical properties of tissue. 8. Light delivery with optical fibers and catheters. 9. Good wet lab skills. 10. Participation in animal trials. 11. Graduate level courses in human anatomy and physiology. Electrical Engineering: 1. Signal processing techniques in frequency and time domains. 2. Design and analysis of analog and digital electronic circuits. 3. Extensive lab skills with optical and electronic equipment. 4. Design and alignment of optical systems. 5. Modeling of physical processes during laser-tissue interaction. 6. Modeling of stochastic processes, Monte Carlo methods. 7. Image acquisition of high-speed phenomena. 8. Familiar with LABVIEW software. Computer Skills: 1. Programming languages: Pascal, C, Fortran. 2. Environments: Mac-OS, Unix, Windows, DOS. EDUCATION: Presently in Ph.D. program in Electrical Engineering. Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology, Portland, OR. Expected Graduation: July 1996. M.S., Electrical Engineering. Oregon Graduate Institute, July 1994. Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communications. Mangalore University, India, June 1992. RESEARCH: Laser thrombolysis: Jan.93 - present Conducted basic research into the mechanism of laser-assisted arterial recanalization. Optimized laser parameters and identified principal ablation mechanism. Assisted in animal trials. Procedure is in clinical trials phase. Non-invasive detection of structures in human skin: July 95 - Dec.95 Investigated a technique to non-invasively detect structures embedded in inhomogeneous tissue based on measurement of changes in surface temperature. Modeling of light transport in tissue: July 95 - present Evaluating the applicability of the diffusion approximation to predict optical penetration depth in tissue. Speech recognition: Aug.91 - May 92, Mangalore University, India Implemented a voice command recognition system to recognize spoken passwords based on end-point location and minimum prediction residual principle. Modeling Experience: Implemented a Monte Carlo algorithm to describe light transport in turbid tissue (C). Wrote code to determine optical properties of tissue from surface temperature measurements (PASCAL). Implemented an algorithm to predict internal temperature distribution following laser irradiation (PASCAL). OTHER SKILLS: 1. Experienced at authoring and reviewing technical papers and grants. 2. Speak, read, and write German. AFFILIATIONS: Optical Society of America REFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS PROVIDED ON REQUEST From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 23 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!sgigate.sgi.com!news1.best.com!news.aimnet.com!alpha.sky.net!news From: Technogoddess Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: Saliva Date: 24 Mar 1996 03:15:25 GMT Organization: Laboratory Technology Resources Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4j2eod$cbd@alpha.sky.net> References: <01I1Z89RS3KM000AGH@INVERMAY.CRI.NZ> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip222.sky.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:Pine.A32.3.91-heb-2.05.960323102750.25548D-100000@shani.net On 4 Mar 1996 HartA@agresearch.cri.nz wrote: > > I want to collect human saliva samples. I vaguely recall that it is possible > to get absorbent pads that can be sucked/ chewed and then removed from the > subjects mouth. Does anyone know of a source of these? Would the cylindrical > pads that dentists use to keep their patient's teeth dry be suitable? > > Thanks, > Alan Hart > You can also find collection kits from Sarstedt and Epitope. I've used both along with the Saliva Diagnostics System for various applications. They each have their pros and cons and it could depend upon your specific use as to the best one to utilize. I often use the following sources when searching for products. http://www.biosupplynet.com/bsn/ or http://www.data-transport.com/ Good Luck! Gwen <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> >>> Freelance Technogoddess <<< "I am NOT unemployed, I'm a consultant." <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 23 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!SHANI.NET!ffish From: ffish@SHANI.NET (Falk Fish) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: Saliva Date: 23 Mar 1996 17:11:05 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 29 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <01I1Z89RS3KM000AGH@INVERMAY.CRI.NZ> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net On 4 Mar 1996 HartA@agresearch.cri.nz wrote: > > I want to collect human saliva samples. I vaguely recall that it is possible > to get absorbent pads that can be sucked/ chewed and then removed from the > subjects mouth. Does anyone know of a source of these? Would the cylindrical > pads that dentists use to keep their patient's teeth dry be suitable? > > Thanks, > Alan Hart > Sorry for the late response. I spend too much time out of the country. Saliva Diagnostic Systems (SDS), 11719 NE 95th Street, Vancouver, WA 98682, USA (Not Canada!!!), Ph: 1-800-4-SALIVA, 1-800-472-5482, 1-206-696-4800, Fax: 1-206-254-742, make saliva collection kits, in a form you have described. In the process, the saliva is diluted 1:1 in a storage liquid, which confers long term stability to the antibodies. You can, of course, use dentist pads. Let your patients chew on a pad for a while. Extract the saliva by centrifugation or by pressing inside a syringe. Raw saliva is, however, not stable and full of bugs. You will have to stabilize it, if you want to keep it for a while. Falk Fish, Tel Aviv, Israel. From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 24 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!swsbe6.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.rccn.net!morgana.mat.uc.pt!histocentro From: psantos@gemini.ci.uc.pt (Paulo Santos) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: PCR in situ HPV Date: 25 Mar 1996 12:00:10 GMT Organization: LUSOTRANSPLANTE Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4j61sa$7ek@morgana.mat.uc.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: histocentro.uc.pt X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 I'm looking for a group working on PCR in situ for HPV, in order to stablish contacts for help in starting doing this technique. A quick answer will be highly apreciated. Thank you in advance, Paulo Santos LUSOTRANSPLANTE Fax +351-39-33674 Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro Telefone +351-39-33693 Apartado 3004 +351-39-20527 P-3049 COIMBRA Codex PORTUGAL From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 24 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!OzEmail!usenet From: Gary Lum Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: MGIT TB by BD Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:02:40 +0930 Organization: OzEmail Pty Ltd - Australia Lines: 5 Message-ID: <31568458.3F5D@ozemail.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: sldar1p14.ozemail.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0GoldB1 (Win95; I) Does anyone have anything favourable or unfavourable to say about BD's MGIT system for Mycobacteriology. Please E-mail me asap. -- Hope you're having a good day From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 24 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!swsbe6.switch.ch!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.rccn.net!morgana.mat.uc.pt!histocentro From: psantos@gemini.ci.uc.pt (Paulo Santos) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: PCR Lyme Disease (DNA extraction protocol from serum) Date: 25 Mar 1996 11:46:12 GMT Organization: LUSOTRANSPLANTE Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4j6124$7ek@morgana.mat.uc.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: histocentro.uc.pt X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 Does anyone use/know a good protocol for extraction of DNA from serum for PCR in order to amplify Borrelia (Lyme disease)? A quick answer will be highly apreciated. Thank you in advance. Paulo Santos LUSOTRANSPLANTE Fax +351-39-33674 Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro Telefone +351-39-33693 Apartado 3004 +351-39-20527 P-3049 COIMBRA Codex PORTUGAL From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 24 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!EM.AGR.CA!DEBOERS From: DEBOERS@EM.AGR.CA (Solke Deboer) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Milk in PCR mix Date: 25 Mar 1996 11:53:48 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 9 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I understand some of you may be interested in our experience with using BLOTTO (skim milk) in the PCR mix to minimize inhibition due to the presence of plant compounds. It was published in Nuc. Acids. Res. 23 (1995), 2567-8. I'd be interested to hear how well it works for you, or doesn't. Solke From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 24 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!swsbe6.switch.ch!news.unige.ch!news From: veuthey@sc2a.unige.ch (dugenou qrn) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: scanning gels and analyzing scans ? Date: 25 Mar 1996 15:08:07 GMT Organization: University of Geneva Lines: 46 Message-ID: <4j6csn$q8p@uni2f.unige.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.194.51.21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 Hello fellow biologists and relatives, I am in the process of evaluating/developing/improving novel software apps to analyze data obtained after scanning gels (protein, DNA, RNA). The basic idea is to apply various sophisticated statistical tools to evaluate relationships between electrophoretic patterns (bands for 1D/spots for 2D) obtained with various samples. The practical outcome is to provide a user friendly Windows App integrated with pre- existing image analysis software packages that accomplish more standard tasks (delimiting bands, positions, densitometry, integration, etc). I am particularly interested in genetic data (genetic typing, pedigree analyses, PCR and RFLP experiments). If you are in the habit or need of scanning/digitizing your gels, and are then faced with the task of comparing samples, I would very much be interested in analyzing a set of your data. The acceptable input matrix formats are ASCII , Excel or dBase. What may be in for you is the possibility to become a bona fide beta tester and end up receiving free software that may be very useful for your work. Thank you for your help. For replies and additional information mail to ids@planet.ch: Vanya Loroch Info-Discovery Systems 1126 Vaux SWITZERLAND tel. +41-21-801-68-46 fax +41-21-803-25-85 e-mail: ids@planet.ch From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 24 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!swsbe6.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.rccn.net!morgana.mat.uc.pt!histocentro From: psantos@gemini.ci.uc.pt (Paulo Santos) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: PCR in situ HPV Date: 25 Mar 1996 12:03:15 GMT Organization: LUSOTRANSPLANTE Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4j6223$7ek@morgana.mat.uc.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: histocentro.uc.pt X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 I'm looking for a group working on PCR in situ for HPV, in order to stablish contacts for help in starting doing this technique. A quick answer will be highly apreciated. Thank you in advance, Paulo Santos LUSOTRANSPLANTE Fax +351-39-33674 Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro Telefone +351-39-33693 Apartado 3004 +351-39-20527 P-3049 COIMBRA Codex PORTUGAL From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 24 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UNIXG.UBC.CA!xiangl From: xiangl@UNIXG.UBC.CA (Xiang Li) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: Milk in PCR mix (fwd) Date: 25 Mar 1996 14:38:09 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 27 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I recently used the BLOTTO in my PCR reaction to amplify various genes from soil DNA extracts. It works generally well in the presence of some possible poly-phenolics compounds in brown colour. Xiang Dr. Xiang Li West-East Centre for Microbial Diversity University of British Columbia BC, Canada ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 25 Mar 1996 11:53:48 -0800 From: Solke Deboer To: diagnost@net.bio.net Subject: Milk in PCR mix I understand some of you may be interested in our experience with using BLOTTO (skim milk) in the PCR mix to minimize inhibition due to the presence of plant compounds. It was published in Nuc. Acids. Res. 23 (1995), 2567-8. I'd be interested to hear how well it works for you, or doesn't. Solke From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Mon Mar 25 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!sgigate.sgi.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!newshub.cts.com!usenet From: b3748@cts.com (Bryan Kiehl) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: PCR Lyme Disease (DNA extraction protocol from serum) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 02:27:31 GMT Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4j7kg4$6kn@news2.cts.com> References: <4j6124$7ek@morgana.mat.uc.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiehl.cts.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 The group at Mayo Clinic perform this test. You might try to contact them. The contact is Dr. David Pershing. Bryan Kiehl GenBio GenBio@msn.com psantos@gemini.ci.uc.pt (Paulo Santos) wrote: >Does anyone use/know a good protocol for extraction of DNA from serum for PCR >in order to amplify Borrelia (Lyme disease)? >A quick answer will be highly apreciated. >Thank you in advance. >Paulo Santos >LUSOTRANSPLANTE Fax +351-39-33674 >Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro Telefone +351-39-33693 >Apartado 3004 +351-39-20527 >P-3049 COIMBRA Codex PORTUGAL Bryan Kiehl b3748@cts.com San Diego, CA From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Mar 27 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!EU.net!Belgium.EU.net!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be!chaos.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be!news.belnet.be!news.vub.ac.be!sga-pc7 From: godfroid@sga.ulb.ac.be (Edmond Godfroid) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: PCR Lyme Disease (DNA extraction protocol from serum) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 10:55:39 GMT Organization: Université Libre de Bruxelles Lines: 76 Message-ID: <4jdr7b$11gk_001@ulb.ac.be> References: <4j6124$7ek@morgana.mat.uc.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: sga-pc7.ulb.ac.be X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <4j6124$7ek@morgana.mat.uc.pt>, psantos@gemini.ci.uc.pt (Paulo Santos) wrote: > >Does anyone use/know a good protocol for extraction of DNA from serum for PCR >in order to amplify Borrelia (Lyme disease)? > >A quick answer will be highly apreciated. > >Thank you in advance. > > > >Paulo Santos > >LUSOTRANSPLANTE Fax +351-39-33674 >Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro Telefone +351-39-33693 >Apartado 3004 +351-39-20527 >P-3049 COIMBRA Codex PORTUGAL Dear Colleague, We developed a PCR assay specific to B. burgdorferi sensu lato species. Oligonucleotide primers based on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ospA gene sequences was designed for use in the PCR to type all (SL primers) or each (GI to GIII primers) of the B. burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies involved in Lyme disease. These genospecies-specific primers were routinely used in PCR assay on biological fluids (including serum) from Lyme patients. We prepared serum as followed : 1. Add 1.5 ml of refrigerated biological fluid at 4 °C in microcentrifuge Eppendorf tube. 2. Centrifuge at 4°C for 10 min. at 12,000 g to pellet spirochetes. 3. Discard the supernatant by aspiration. 4. Add again 1.5 ml of clinical sample in the Eppendorf tube and repeat steps 2 and 3. 5. Wash the pellet with 1.5 ml of PBS. 6. Vortex and centrifuge for 10 min. at 12,000 g at 4 °C and discard the supernatant by aspiration. 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 twice. 8. Add 30 µl of steril water, vortex to resuspend the pellet and add a drop of mineral oil. 9. Incubate for 10 min. at 100 °C in a water bath. 10. Store the prepared sample at 4°C until use. This protocol gave us good results published in JCM vol. 33 (March 1995), p 602-608. To improve the specificity and the sensitivity of our PCR assay and to simplify detection procedures of DNA fragments from polymerase chain reaction , we have also developed a solid phase sandwich hybridization system which is now manufactured by the Biocode company (Tel : 3241 / 52.26.36; Fax : 3241 / 52.51.96; Belgium). This format was used for the identification of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the causal agent of Lyme disease. The system relied on the use of a specific capture probe covalently linked to polystyrene plates and a specific polybiotinylated detection probe. DNA fragments, resulting from polymerase chain reaction, sandwiched between these two probes, were detected via enzymatic color development. The new detection format outperformed agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products in sensitivity and specificity. Moreover, in view of its rapidity and simplicity, the system proved appropriate for the routine diagnostic analysis of clinical specimens from Lyme disease patients. Best regards, Dr. Edmond GODFROID Edmond Godfroid godfroid@sga.ulb.ac.be Universite Libre de Bruxelles Secretariat Tel : +32-(0)67-88.94.61 Service de Genetique Appliquee +32-(0)2-650.94.61 Rue de l'industrie, 24 Fax : +32-(0)67-88.94.77 B-1400 Nivelles Email : genapp@sga.ulb.ac.be From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Thu Mar 28 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!admin3.usask.ca!chelack From: chelack@admin3.usask.ca Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Looking fo antibody to Ehrlichia risticci (Potomac Horse Fever) Date: 29 MAR 96 11:43:22 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 15 Message-ID: <29MAR96.11432211@admin3.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: admin3.usask.ca I am, as the title indicates, searching for an antibody to E. risticci the causative agent of Potomac Horse Fever. We are developing a test for the organism in formalin fixed paraffin embedded sections, so ideally the antibody would be of rabbit, goat, or mouse origin. Most people are using convalescent horse serum in an indirect FA test, this source of primary antibody is not useful for the detection of organisms in tissue sections. A thousand thanks to anyone who can help me find a source of antibody to E. risticci. email Chelack@admin3.usask.ca tel. 1-306-966-7241 fax. 1-306-966-7244 regards BJC (Brian) From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Fri Mar 29 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!mcrcr6!oddouc01 Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Equipment for sale Message-ID: <1996Mar29.191503.8266@mcrcr6> From: oddouc01@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu. (oddouc01) Date: 29 Mar 96 19:15:02 EDT Nntp-Posting-Host: mcti4mac5.med.nyu.edu X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu. Lines: 10 Equipment for sale at NYU Medical Center Waters 712 WISP HPLC Beckman amino acid analyzer, model 7300 ESA HPLC pump 420 Perkin Elmer Auto System Gas Chromatograph Contact Harry Ostrer ostreh01@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu 212 263-5746 From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Fri Mar 29 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: viik@ee.tut.fi (Viik Jari) Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics,bionet.diagnostics,sci.engr.biomed,sci.physics.electromag Subject: TUTORIAL COURSES in Biomedical Engineering, June 6-9 1996, Tampere, Finland Date: 29 Mar 1996 19:56:42 -0800 Organization: Tampere University of Technology Lines: 169 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <4jfubr$ajd@ee.tut.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Xref: biosci bionet.biophysics:1823 bionet.diagnostics:717 sci.engr.biomed:5768 sci.physics.electromag:9270 TUTORIAL COURSES in Biomedical Engineering, June 6 - 9, 1996, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland Tutorial courses (TC) in the fields of bioelectromagnetism, biosensors, and biomedical signal and image processing will be arranged at the Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland in connection to the 10th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 1st International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism. The TC are primarily aimed at graduate students and young researchers of Biomedical Engineering but may well suit also related fields like Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Clinical Medicine, Biology and Chemical Technology etc. The TC comprise of four separate 2-day-course that are Bioelectromagnetism, Biomedical Signal Processing I, Biosensors and Biomedical Signal Processing II. These will be lectured at Tampere University of Technology in lecture rooms 1 and 2. NOTE: DEADLINE FOR REDUCED REGISTRATION FEE: April 8, 1996 If paid before April 8, the regular registration fee for each course is 1000 FIM. The reduced registration fee for university students is 650 FIM. After April 8 the registration fee is 1400 FIM. The registration fee covers the course material, coffees and lunches during the course. Registration form is on reverse side. Printable registration form and up-to-date information can be found also from internet (http://www.ee.tut.fi/~nbc96/ preconf.html). DETAILED COURSE PROGRAMS: BIOELECTROMAGNETISM Course material: Textbook "Malmivuo J, Plonsey R: Bioelectromagnetism, Oxford University Press, 1995, 482 pages". A complimentary copy of the book is given for every participant. Lecturers: Prof. Jaakko Malmivuo, Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere University of Technology, Prof. Robert Plonsey, Duke University, NC, USA. Thursday 06.06.1996 09:00 -> Registration + coffee 10:00 - 10:15 Opening ceremony of the TUTORIAL COURSES 10:15 - 11:00 Introduction 11:15 - 12:00 Anatomical and physiological basis of bioelectromagnetism 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 13:00 - 13:45 Volume source and volume conductor 14:00 - 14:45 Source-field models 14:45 - 15:15 Coffee 15:15 - 16:00 Bidomain model of multicellular volume conductors 16:15 - 17:00 Theoretical methods for analyzing volume sources and volume conductors Friday 07.06.1996 09:00 - 09:45 Theory of biomagnetic measurements 09:45 - 10:15 Coffee 10:15 - 11:00 Electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography 11:15 - 12:00 Electrocardiography, vectorcardiography, magnetocardiography 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 13:00 - 13:45 Electric and magnetic stimulation of neural tissue 13:45 - 14:15 Coffee 14:15 - 15:00 Cardiac pacing 15:15 - 16:00 Impedance measurements 16:00 - 16:15 Closing remarks and issue of certificates BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING I: Course material: Edited booklet based on lecturing notes Lecturers: Prof. Jaakko Astola and Prof. Tapio Saramdki, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, Tampere University of Technology, DrTech Pauli Kuosmanen, and MSc Sakari Alenius, Digital Media Institute, Tampere University of Technology Thursday 06.06.1996 09:00 -> Registration + coffee 10:00 - 10:15 Opening ceremony of the TUTORIAL COURSES 10:15 - 12:00 How to filter an continuous-time signal with the aid of a digital filter 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 13:00 - 13:45 Basic tools for analysing and synthisizing digital filters (Saramdki) 14:00 - 14:45 Filter design and finite wordlength effects (Saramdki) 14:45 - 15:15 Coffee 15:15 - 17:00 Fundamentals of median type filtering (Astola) Friday 07.06.1996 09:00 - 09:45 Image perception (Kuosmanen) 09:45 - 10:15 Coffee 10:15 - 12:00 Median type filters in biomedical signal processing (Astola) 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 13:00 - 13:45 Image enhancement (Kuosmanen) 13:45 - 14:15 Coffee 14:15 - 15:00 Image restoration (Kuosmanen) 15:15 - 16:00 Image reconstruction - an example case (Alenius) 16:00 - 16:15 Closing remarks and issue of certificates BIOSENSORS Course material: Edited booklet based on lecturing notes. Lecturers: Prof. Anthony P.F. Turner, Cranfield Biotechnology Centre, UK, Docent Jukka Lekkala, Ragnar Granit Institute, Docent Janusz Sadowski, Lic.Phil. Inger.Vikholm, Lic.Tech. Jyrki Kimmel, VTT Chemical Technology, Tampere. Saturday 08.06.1996 09:00 -> Registration 10:00 - 10:45 Introduction to biosensor concept (Lekkala) 10:45 - 11:00 Coffee 11:00 - 11:45 Biosensing (Vikholm) 11:45 - 12:30 Formation of protein layers (Vikholm) 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:15 Electrochemical methods (Albers) 14:30 - 15:15 Optical sensing by evanescent methods (Sadowski) 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee 15:45 - 16:30 Optical fibre sensors (Kimmel) 16:45 - 17:30 Piezoelectric sensors (Lekkala) Sunday 09.06.1996 09:00 - 09:15 Introduction (Lekkala) 09:15 - 10:00 Applications of biosensors (Turner) 10:00 - 10:15 Coffee 10:15 - 11:30 The "top ten" of commercial biosensors (Turner) 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch 12:30 - 13:15 Demonstration of biosensors (Lekkala, Turner) 13:15 - 13:45 Coffee 13:45 - 14:30 The future of biosensor research (Turner) 14:30 - 14:45 Closing remarks and issue of certificates (Lekkala) BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING II Course material: Edited booklet based on lecturing notes. Lecturers: Prof. Metin Akay, Biomedical Engineering Department, Rutgers University, NJ, USA, Prof. Patrick Flandrin, ENS Lyon, France, Prof. Andrew Laine, Computer Information Science Department, University of Florida, FL, USA, Prof. Klaus-Peter Adlassnig, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria Saturday 08.06.1996 09:00 -> Registration 10:00 - 10.45 Fuzzy Logic and Knowledge Based System (Adlassnig) 10:45 - 11:00 Coffee 11:00 - 12:30 Time-Frequency and Wavelets (Flandrin) 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:15 Implementation of 2-D Wavelets (Laine) 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee 15:45 - 17:30 Wavelets and Biomedical Signal Processing (Akay) Sunday 09.06.1996 09:00 - 09:45 Wavelets and Medical Imaging (Laine) 09:45 - 10:00 Coffee 10:00 - 11:30 Fuzzy Logic and knowledge Based Systems in Medicine (Adlassnig) 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch 12:30 - 13:15 Recent Advances in Time-Freq and Wavelets (Flandrin) 13:15 - 13:30 Coffee 13:30 - 14:15 Hybrid Signal Processing (Akay) 14:15 - 14:30 Closing remarks and issue of certificates --------- GENERAL INFORMATION: For the participants of tutorial courses we have reserved following hotels with reduced conference prices. The prices apply providing that you contact the hotel directly and use the indication "NBC96" when making your reservation. Hotel Victoria: Located in the vicinity (100m) of the congress center (Tampere Talo). Good bus connection to the Tampere University of Technology (about 25 min). RR: Single room FIM 350, Double room FIM 420. Tel.+358-31-2425111 Fax. +358-31-2425100. Hotel Hermica/Hervanta: Located in the vicinity (400m) of the Tampere University of Technology. RR: Single room FIM 190, Double room FIM 240. Tel. +358-31-255 0000, Fax. +358-31-255 0009. More information gives: =========================================================================== Rami Lehtinen, Lic.Tech. Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere University of Technology P.O.Box 692, FIN-33101 Tampere, FINLAND Tel.+358-(9)31-247 4006, Fax.+358-(9)31-247 4013, E-mail rami@ee.tut.fi, WWW-homepage http://www.ee.tut.fi/~rami/ =========================================================================== -- Jari Viik viik@ee.tut.fi TTKK/RGI From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Fri Mar 29 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!news From: John.Harrison@mailbox.uq.oz.au (John Harrison) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Diagnosing Pelezaeus - Merzbacher Syndrome?? Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 20:50:28 GMT Organization: University of Queensland Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4jk6nr$p2@hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: sujharri.slip.cc.uq.oz.au X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Anyone out there interested in doing some genetic testing for this disorder - apart from M. Hodes at Indiana? From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 30 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!news From: sv155304@student.uq.edu.au Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: A New Virological and Molecular Biological Homepage! Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 03:49:02 GMT Organization: University of Queensland Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4jkvei$epr@hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: svimacka.slip.cc.uq.oz.au X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 To all with an interest in the fields of virological and molecular biological science. I draw your attention to a homepage which has just been released to the Internet. The Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre Homepage http://florey.biosci.uq.edu.au/SASVRC/sasvrc.htm With the help of the University of Queensland, we at the Centre have produced a page which we hope will provide educational information and peer contact between our Centre, and the rest of the scientific and general community. The page is slowly being registered with the various searching engines on the 'Net including "Webcrawler" and "Lycos" and with related pages, such as the "Garry Homepage". Please consider stopping by and adding the address to your bookmark list. The page will be continually growing and adapting and will therefore rely on you, the viewer, for critical appraisal. Comments about anything from content to background colour will be recieved eagerly. Thankyou, Ian Mackay Clinical Virology Research Unit Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre Brisbane Queensland From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sat Mar 30 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!news.cerf.net!news From: "N. Gat" Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics,bionet.diagnostics,sci.engr.biomed,sci.physics.electromag Subject: Re: TUTORIAL COURSES in Biomedical Engineering, June 6-9 1996, Tampere, Finland Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 23:38:24 -0800 Organization: Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <315E3670.3CE1@cerfnet.com> References: <4jfubr$ajd@ee.tut.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: oksi.cerfnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) To: Viik Jari Xref: biosci bionet.biophysics:1824 bionet.diagnostics:720 sci.engr.biomed:5776 sci.physics.electromag:9295 Hi, Just in case you are unfamiliar with the TechExpo Calendar of science and technology conferences (covering the engineering and medical/life sciences)... You may want to post your conference announcement at URL: http://www.techexpo.com/ This site is visited by over a thousand engineers, scientists, medical researchers, and technical managers each day. It is fully indexed and searchable by event name, location, date, sponsoring org., key words, etc. Simply fill out the form with the conference information and submit. Please READ posting policy. Complete conference agenda, and electronic registration form can also be posted for a nominal fee For example see: http://www.techexpo.com/events/isas96/isas96.html). Regards, Nahum Gat, Ph.D. Please ignore my message if you have already been there. P.S. The TechExpo Technical Bookfair is now online! From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 31 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!dial From: sc002@dial.oleane.com (COGET Stephane) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Thalassemia problem Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:32:24 GMT Organization: Oleane - PIPEX Internatinal Lines: 52 Message-ID: <4jn8fm$oh8@Helene.OLEANE.NET> Reply-To: sc002@dial.oleane.com (COGET Stephane) NNTP-Posting-Host: dyn-20.vin.oleane.com Young man of 30, who have never had before any sign, began to have, after a kind of infuenza, some sort of very light swimmings of the head (without any loss of stability). After several tests (scanner ..) which were negative and a test for blood pathology, he came out he had a minor Thalassemia. Questions : - How comes he had never had before any trouble due to Thalassemia until the age of 29. - Do you think swimmings of the head are because of Thalassemia ? - The only medecine given to him is 'magnesium' and 'acid folique'. The result is not very positive because he goes on having these light swimmings of the head, which is very embarrassing. - What is the medecine or treatment indicated for that kind of disease ? - Do you know any center or hospital specialized on that disease. Here after, a part of the blood pathology tests. COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT WBC 8.4 RBC 6.08 HGB 11.09 HCT 37.3 MCV 61.0 MCH 19.6 MCHC 32 RDW 15.1 MPV 9 Platelet count 321 HGB Electrophoresis Possible increase in Hemoglobin A2. HGB A2 quantification by column chromatography is suggested. HGB A 95.4 HGB A2 4.60 HB A2 by column 4.60 HB F by column 0.80 DIFFERENTIAL Poly, Lymph, Mono, Eos, Baso, Ani socytosis, Hypochromia, Microcytosis, Leukocyte morphology appears normal. IRON test in profile A appears at 82 ug/dL Haptoglobine results at 0.38 g/l We apologize for our english which is probably not very correct and thanks in advance for your help. Mail address :sc002@dial.oleane.com From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 31 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!rob.inetdirect.net!p5-term2.inetdirect.net!user From: brent@inetdirect.net (Brent) Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: mega diagnostic equipment Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 23:20:03 -0600 Organization: AXIS 3 Lines: 3 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: p5-term2.inetdirect.net http://www.camdon.com/medical/ From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Mar 31 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!aol.com!MHughes77 From: MHughes77@aol.com Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Hepatitis C tests Date: 1 Apr 1996 09:38:33 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <960401123516_459742875@emout10.mail.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Bionet Diagnostics newsgroup members: I would like to locate a manufacturer of rapid diagnostic test kits for Hepatitis C. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mark Hughes MHughes77@aol.com