From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Tue Apr 01 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: carlg Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: sweat for testing drugs of abuse Date: 2 Apr 1997 01:09:17 -0800 Organization: Avitar Technologies Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5ht7nt$nmd@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi, I am interested in sweat for testing drugs of abuse. Do any companies offer such tests? Who is active in the field? Thanks -- Dr. Carl M. Good III, Ph.D. Vice President Research and Development Avitar Inc. 65 Dan Road Canton, MA 02021, USA Phone (617) 821-2440, FAX (617) 821-4458 Email = carlg@ultranet.com Web Page = www.ultranet.com~carlg From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Apr 02 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: carlg Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: peak detection macro for Excel Date: 3 Apr 1997 00:32:08 -0800 Organization: Avitar Technologies Lines: 17 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5hvpu8$a0e@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi, I need a peak detection macro for Excel. It should work on a column of numbers to identify peaks and provide a peak height or area. Does anyone know of one. Thanks for your help -- Dr. Carl M. Good III, Ph.D. Vice President Research and Development Avitar Inc. 65 Dan Road Canton, MA 02021, USA Phone (617) 821-2440, FAX (617) 821-4458 Email = carlg@ultranet.com Web Page = http://www.ultranet.com/~carlg From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Apr 02 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: BIOSCI Administrator Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 3 Apr 1997 02:06:13 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 239 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5hvvel$hbc@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. 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. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Apr 02 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Peter Witzel Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: MPN program Date: 3 Apr 1997 01:59:41 -0800 Organization: commercial link systems Lines: 22 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5huaof$aal@freeside.cls.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi, I developed a program to calculate MPN numbers with your PC. To download the program link to my site at: http://homes.cls.de/users/p/peter/Mpn.html You can read ASCII-text-files, have the program automatically read the extinktion, for up to 12 parallels/dilutions! Get rid of those nasty tables! Check the program out!! Comments to Peter.Witzel@kiel.netsurf.de Dr Kevin O'Donnell Diagnostics and Molecular Biology SASA Edinburgh From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Thu Apr 10 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Brian Scott Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Free molecular visualization workshops for profs Date: 11 Apr 1997 01:48:17 -0700 Organization: University of Massachusetts Lines: 53 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5iktsh$7kn@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Free Workshops on Molecular Visualization for Undergraduate Bioscience Teaching Amherst MA -- Summer, 1997-8 Understanding the three-dimensional structures of proteins, DNA, RNA, and their interactions is difficult from flat pictures, yet grasping structure is important to understanding function. Free software is now available which displays attention-grabbing 3D animated images of biological molecules in depth-cued spacefilling color. RasMol (http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol), which works on Windows or Macs, encourages self-directed exploration. Chime (http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime) allows annotated preset views of molecules to be delivered as web tutorials. Free, hands-on workshops will be held this summer at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst to prepare college faculty with no prior experience to use molecular visualization in their classes. Participants will travel to the Amherst campus on three separate days (two this summer, one the following summer), and are responsible for their own travel expenses (and therefore are expected primarily from the Northeastern USA). Overnight accomodations will be provided free to those needing them (based on distance traveled). Participants will be expected to incorporate molecular visualization into their teaching, and to mentor two faculty colleagues at their home institution. The workshops will be led by Eric Martz, a Professor in the Department of Microbiology. Martz has innovated molecular structure tutorials which are in use throughout the USA and in dozens of other countries. The web site he created (see above) was visited by 40,000 people in 1996. 1997 dates are June 17 and 30 (workshop A), or June 19 and July 2 (workshop B). Workshops A and B also meet for one day in late June 1998. To obtain more detailed information and a REGISTRATION FORM, visit http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/workshop.htm or FAX a request to 413-545-1578, or email a request to emartz@microbio.umass.edu. Supported by the National Science Foundation (Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement, Division of Undergraduate Education) and the University of Massachusetts. /* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eric Martz, Professor (Immunology), Dept Microbiology, Univ Massachusetts, Amherst MA US 01003-5720 413-545-2325 FAX:545-1578. RasMol Home Page, http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol Other web projects listed at http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/em-web.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -*/ From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Mon Apr 14 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Ugo Lucii Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Prenatal diagnosis - Isolating fetal cells from maternal blood Date: 15 Apr 1997 04:11:33 -0700 Organization: Licenza Personale Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5ivnp5$78c@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ISTITUTO FIORENTINO ANALISI is a private Genetics & Molecular Biology laboratory based in Florence - Italy. We would like to establish contact with Prenatal Diagnosis Centers using methods for isolation and enrichment of fetal cells from maternal blood. Please contact us by Phone 39 55 244813 - Fax 39 55 244814 or sending E-mail to ugolucii@mbox.vol.it From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Mon Apr 14 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Dr. David M. Sander" Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: All the Virology on the WWW Update! Date: 15 Apr 1997 04:25:13 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 205 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5ivoip$9qp@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ALL THE VIROLOGY ON THE WWW UPDATE -------------------------------------------- "All the Virology on the WWW" (http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html) is pleased to announce several updates of interest to our users: - Our new AIDS/HIV links make our collection the most comprehensive available - "The Big Picture Book of Viruses" has new VIRUS PICS from Abadina to Zirqa - Our index of Microbiology and Virology Departments continues to grow.... - New additions to our unique JOBS page have made it a very popular addition - We've added numerous labs to our list of VIROLOGY LABS - Do we have yours? - Even more sites have been added to our WEIRD VIROLOGY section! All the Virology on the WWW has also been adding to its already substantial collection of internet links of use to Virologists, Microbiologists and the general public. If you aren't familiar with the site, or would like to add a URL to my collection, please read "About All the Virology on the WWW" below, and don't miss the TABLE OF CONTENTS. Thanks for your continued support! David P.S. COMING SOON: Emerging Disease Updates and new Gene Therapy Sites ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- About All the Virology on the WWW: ================================== http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html This up to date index site is maintained by David Sander at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, and seeks to link and catalog virology, microbiology and related pages world-wide. Additionally, on-line courses, tutorials, and a catalog of viral images, and a virology bookstore is available. This comprehensive page lists Servers for General Virology, Specific Viruses, Microbiology, AIDS, Emerging Viruses, Electronic Journals, Scientific Societies, Government Sites and much much more. A TABLE OF CONTENTS is included below. Adding your site to All the Virology on the WWW: ================================================ This site is maintained and updated often. Any submissions, additions or corrections that you might have would be very much appreciated, and can be made using the following form: http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavwebadd.html With your assistance, this Web Site will continue to be the best resource of its kind on the Web. For those of you who maintain your own Web Pages, please send me your address if it doesn't already appear on mine, and I will gladly add it to the list. The Big Picture Book of Viruses: ================================ http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/Big_Virology/BVHomePage.html The Big Picture Book of Viruses continues to prosper with many images being added every week. If you have a virus image you would like to share with the public, or a Web site with viral images please contact us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS: Institutional Virology Servers Virology Departments, and Research Institutes Virology Labs within Institutions Anti-Viral Drug Resources Vaccine and Vaccine Development Sites General Virology Resources and Databases Infectious Disease Resources Viral Vectors and Gene Therapy Virological Laboratory Techniques Viral Electron Micrographs & Macromolecular Images Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Viruses Virology and Microbiology Dictionaries Virology and Microbiology in the News Viral Genome Sequence Data Graduate Programs in Virology On-Line Virology Courses and Tutorials Institutional Microbiology Servers Plant Virus Servers and Information Specific Virus Servers and Information Adenoviruses Animal Viruses - Bovine, Equine, etc. Arboviruses - Arthropod-borne Viruses Astroviruses - Gastroenteritis Baculoviridae Bunyaviridae - Hantavirus Caliciviridae Coronaviridae Filoviridae - Ebola Flaviviridae- Hepatitis C Viruses, Dengue, Yellow Fever Hepadnaviridae - Hepatitis B Viruses Herpesviridae - Herpesviruses Alphaherpesvirinae - Herpes simplex-like viruses Betaherpesvirinae - Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Gammaherpesvirinae - Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Myoviridae - Bacteriophages Nodaviridae - Nodaviruses Norwalk Viruses - Gastroenteritis Viruses Astroviridae Caliciviridae Orthomyxoviridae - Influenza Viruses Paramyxoviridae Paramyxoviruses - Para-Influenza Viruses Morbilliviruses - Measles Viruses Papovaviridae - Papillomaviruses Parvoviridae Picornaviridae Aphthoviridae - Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses Cardioviridae Enteroviridae - Polio Viruses Rhinoviridae - Rhinoviruses Poxviridae Retroviridae - Retroviruses A-Type Retroviruses - HIAP (Human Intracisternal Particles) Immunodeficiency Viruses - HIV-1, HIV-2 (See AIDS info also) Leukemia Viruses - FeLV Reoviridae - Reoviruses Rhabdoviruses - Rabies Viruses Togaviridae Rubiviridae - Rubella Viruses Alphaviridae - Alphaviruses More Internet Resources for Virologists: AIDS Information/Research (See HIV info also) General AIDS Information Misc. Special Topic AIDS Servers Clinical AIDS and Patient Care Resources Clinical Trials Information Educational/Sociological AIDS Resources Legal Issues Surrounding AIDS Other Lists of WWW AIDS Sites Alternative Views of AIDS Usenet Newsgroups Related to AIDS Emerging Viruses Information/Research Other Health Organizations Disease Servers (Viral?) Epidemiology and Public Health Sites Scientific Companies Scientific Societies of Interest to Virologists Online Access to Journals of Interest to Virologists Government Agencies of Interest to Virologists Patents & Legal Resources Technology Transfer Post-Doctoral and Other Science Jobs Microbiology and Virology Meetings Other Lists of WWW Links for Virologists Usenet Newsgroups for Virologists Our NEW Table for bionet newsgroup access! WWW Searching Options ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Please note that netiquette forbids us from sending out information releases to those individuals who do not wish to receive them. Our distribution list is small and hand selected. All recipients of our releases were gleaned after a visit to your Internet site or from a request to be included. On rare occasions we make a mistake and inadvertently send out material which you may not wish to receive. Please send us a nice note and we will remove you from our list immediately). _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ David M. Sander, Ph.D E-Mail: dmsander@popd.ix.netcom.com ASM Congressional Science Fellow dmsander@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Congressman John E. Porter) dsander@hr.house.gov 8762 Old Colony Way, Apt. 2D Phone: (202) 225-4835 (work) Alexandria, VA 22309 (703) 360-5542 (home) All the Virology: http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html Personal WWW Homepage: http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/DMS/DMSHomePage.html _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Tue Apr 15 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Kevin O'Donnell Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Science Guide Date: 16 Apr 1997 07:02:58 -0700 Organization: Scottish Agricultural Science Agency Lines: 68 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5j2m6i$dkm@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:24:09 +0000 From: "Robert W. Georgantas III" Subject: Science Guide WWW Site http://www.scienceguide.com A New Internet Directory and Information Service run by Scientists and Physicians for Scientists and Physicians. After visiting the Guide, If you have any suggestion for making the Guide better please let us know. (webmaster@scienceguide.com) The Science Guide consists of a number of different sections designed to help the scientist and physician find information on the internet and to sponsor communication between those interested in science: NEWS SECTION Every day the Science Guide compiles medical and research news from national news sources around the net. Most of the news articles are concerned with medicine, bioscience, and physics, but all other sciences from agriculture to zoology are commonly included. News sources currently listed include: CNN, EurekAlert, HMS Beagle, MSNBC Sci-Tech, Science Magazine's ScienceNow, CBS Space News, USA Today, The Albuquerque Journal, Scientific American Web Weekly, The Why Files, Discover Magazine, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, and the Technology Review. The news pages also list links to news sources not compiled within the News site. We are currently working on adding a number of other sources to the site to make it even more useful. To make getting science news even easier, we send out a DAILY NEWS EMAILER listing the articles which have been compiled on our site. Anyone can subscribe to the Emailer by sending an email to news@scienceguide.com with the message "Subscribe" DIRECTORY OF USENET NEWS GROUPS and DISCUSSION LISTS The Directory of Usenet and Discussion Groups is compiled quarterly from different sources around the net to provide the scientist and those interested in science easy access to these invaluable sources of discourse and information. We are currently working on finding the proper subscription method for each of the discussion lists. This is taking a bit longer that we thought so please pardon our dust. The Usenet portions of this section are complete. ON-LINE JOURNAL HYPERLINK SECTION The Journals Section contains links to peer reviewed scientific journals on the Internet. Each listing clearly indicates whether the journal provides only the table of contents, TOC with abstracts, or the full text of the journal EMPLOYMENT SECTION The Jobs and Positions Section contains hyperlinks to the best Scientific Employment Databases and Classifieds on the net. GRANTS and FUNDING SECTION The funding section contains links to the best funding and grant databases on the Internet, making it very easy for scientists to quickly find funding opportunities. The featured site of the section is "The Community of Science," a Johns Hopkins service designed to help scientists find and continue funding. From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Apr 20 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Rolf Kocherhans Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Free practical programs for molecular biologists !!! Date: 21 Apr 1997 01:15:13 -0700 Organization: University of Zurich Lines: 49 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5jf7mh$7d6@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I wrote a few practical and simple to use programs which facilitate your daily work in the lab such as predicting the size of DNA fragments after digestion (graphical) with restriction enzymes. I would like to make these programs accessible to a broad user group by the Internet. All programs have been tested on MacOS and Windows95. My programs are accessible over the WWW and made functional using Netscape 2.x or Internet Explorer 2.x or higher in association with a free plugin which you have to download and install first. This is what you do: - Download the Roadster plugin http://www.unizh.ch/vetvir/plugin.html) install it on your computer. - Then connect to: http://www.unizh.ch/vetvir/programs.html That's it !! These are my programs which make your live as a molecular biologist easier ! Find here a few more examples or my programs: a. Digest Preview: Enter the size(s) of your DNA fragment(s) and see their migration pattern in a virtual gel in comparison to a 1 kb ladder. b. Adapter Design: Helps to create in frame adapters in order to link incompatible DNA ends together. c. Dilution Calculator: Does all the calculations when you have to make up solutions There are many other programs such as Oligo Tm, Compatible ends etc. Please have a look, comments are welcome! Have fun Rolf Kocherhans mailto:rolfk@vetvir.unizh.ch From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Apr 23 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Stuart Harbron Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Collaboration for gene probe assay development Date: 24 Apr 1997 01:29:52 -0700 Organization: Experts in Enzymes Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5jn5m0$95o@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net We are developing a new format for hybridisation assays which offers significant advantages over Digene's Hybrid Capture Assay and Sorin's Gen-Eti-K. We have files a patent and are beginning the development stage. We are looking for colaborators having gene probes for specific disease states and access to clinical samples who would like to participate in this exciting technology. Dr Stuart Harbron The Enzyme Technology Consultancy Experts in Enzymes http://www.experts.co.uk From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Apr 23 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Brian Hett Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: DISTRIBUTORS WANTED Date: 24 Apr 1997 05:29:00 -0700 Organization: Indigo Navigator User Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5jnjmc$445@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net DISTRIBUTORS WANTED A young dynamic company requires distributors in several European countries for a unique range of veterinary diagnostic products. Please send an E-mail with details of your company and we will send you product information in return. From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Sun Apr 27 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Leigh Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Latex in Diagnostics Course Date: 28 Apr 1997 09:48:12 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 36 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5k2kcc$7vh@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Latex in Diagnostics Course Announcing the 9th and 10th offerings of the popular Latex Short Course: Medical Diagnostic Applications of Latex Technology Content: Theory and practical details of coating and using microspheres (or latex particles) in diagnostic tests and assays and other biomedical applications. 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If you have any interest, please ask for "Latex Course brochure" and give postal address where we can send it. Complete details and registration forms will also be available by June at our web site: www.bangslabs.com oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Leigh Bangs, aka "The Particle Doctor(TM)"; leigh@bangslabs.com Bangs Laboratories, Inc., 9025 Technology Drive, Fishers, IN 46038-2886 USA Tel: 317-570-7020 Fax: 317-570-7034 "The Microsphere Zone" [Web Site: http://www.bangslabs.com] oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Tue Apr 29 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "D.A.C. Jones" Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Shelf life of ELISA reagents Date: 30 Apr 1997 04:06:22 -0700 Organization: Scottish Crop Research institute Lines: 12 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5k793e$6d8@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Does any body have any thoughts on the useful shelf life of ELISA reagents. I've recently been doing a series of experiments comparing the sensitivity of various ELISA protocols. One thing I have noticed, which is slightly annoying, is that on opening a new tin of skimmed milk (Marvel) and a new bottle of tween-20 (BDH) there are big reductions in the background. OK, so this may have been expected, but not to the extent that I have noticed. Both of the 'old' reagents had probably been opened less than 6 months ago. Any tips on storage etc? Regards Dave From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Apr 30 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Bryan Kiehl Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Re: Shelf life of ELISA reagents Date: 1 May 1997 01:23:04 -0700 Organization: GenBio Lines: 23 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <5k9jt8$22u@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I think you may want to consider more than stability. Contamination, usually microbial type, of materials can participate in "background". If not taken into account, you may also consider plastic changes, assuming ELISA mean microtiter plates. On 30 Apr 1997 04:06:22 -0700, "D.A.C. Jones" wrote: >Does any body have any thoughts on the useful shelf life of ELISA >reagents. I've recently been doing a series of experiments comparing the >sensitivity of various ELISA protocols. One thing I have noticed, which >is slightly annoying, is that on opening a new tin of skimmed milk >(Marvel) and a new bottle of tween-20 (BDH) there are big reductions in >the background. OK, so this may have been expected, but not to the extent >that I have noticed. Both of the 'old' reagents had probably been opened >less than 6 months ago. Any tips on storage etc? > > >Regards >Dave Bryan Kiehl GenBio, San Diego BKiehl@GenBio.com