From owner-gdb@net.bio.net Thu Dec 01 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!HEMEROTECA.ICFES.GOV.CO!internet From: internet@HEMEROTECA.ICFES.GOV.CO (Usuarios de Internet) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gdb Subject: Offering a new Institute of Eco-Genetics inAmazonian Biodiversity Date: 1 Dec 1994 09:05:23 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 80 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: Dear Sir or Lady: This is a NEWS-Letter to inform you of the existance of a brand new INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL-GENETICS TO STUDY THE AMAZONIAN=20 BIODIVERSITY . For further information write=20 to: Dr. Hugo Hoenigsberg =09 Instituto de Genetica-Ecologica y Biodiversidad Amazonica Cra.4 No.71-69 Bogota D.C.COLOMBIA. FAX: 612 7369 You can sent your C.V.to our personal address above. We are considering=20 applications to fill posts as research scientific staff members.=20 Evolutionary-Biologists, geneticists,ecologists, systematist,=20 botanists,zoologists, mathematicians and other Ph.D. individuals=20 interested in neo-tropical biological research with at least 10 years of=20 research experience preferably, but not exclusively, in the trop=A1cs, and= =20 about 10 published scientific papers will be considered. This new=20 Institute will study Amazonian biodiversity. Although its main purpose is= =20 research it will by inclination help, not only to preserve the Amazonian=20 biodiversity , but also to diseminate the gospel of international=20 management of the most wonderful world natural reserve for which it is=20 worth to dedicate ones life. There will also be graduate degrees to be=20 dealt with. For academic life within the Institute, please contact=20 the Rector of the Amazonian University as follows: =20 Dr. Ernesto Fajardo Universidad de la Amazonia Florencia, Caqueta Colombia. FAX: (988 35) 8231 Florencia is the capital of the State of Caqueta, and Caqueta is one of=20 the three Amazonian States of Colombia. We will be working closely with=20 Peruvian and Brazilian scientist interested in Amazonian biodiversity.=20 Our Central offices and research labs will be in Florencia's souroundings. = =20 Hoping to see you soon=20 Yours truly, =20 =20 Dear Sir or Lady: This is a NEWS-Letter to inform you of the existance of a brand new INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL-GENETICS TO STUDY THE AMAZONIAN=20 BIODIVERSITY . For further information write=20 to: Dr. Hugo Hoenigsberg =09 Instituto de Genetica-Ecologica y Biodiversidad Amazonica Cra.4 No.71-69 Bogota D.C.COLOMBIA. FAX: 612 7369 You can sent your C.V.to our personal address above. We are considering=20 applications to fill posts as research scientific staff members.=20 Evolutionary-Biologists, geneticists,ecologists, systematist,=20 botanists,zoologists, mathematicians and other Ph.D. individuals=20 interested in neo-tropical biological research with at least 10 years of=20 research experience preferably, but not exclusively, in the trop=A1cs, and= =20 about 10 published scientific papers will be considered. This new=20 Institute will study Amazonian biodiversity. Although its main purpose is= =20 research it will by inclination help, not only to preserve the Amazonian=20 biodiversity , but also to diseminate the gospel of international=20 management of the most wonderful world natural reserve for which it is=20 worth to dedicate ones life. There will also be graduate degrees to be=20 dealt with. For academic life within the Institute, please contact=20 the Rector of the Amazonian University as follows: =20 Dr. Ernesto Fajardo Universidad de la Amazonia Florencia, Caqueta Colombia. FAX: (988 35) 8231 Florencia is the capital of the State of Caqueta, and Caqueta is one of=20 the three Amazonian States of Colombia. We will be working closely with=20 Peruvian and Brazilian scientist interested in Amazonian biodiversity.=20 Our Central offices and research labs will be in Florencia's souroundings. = =20 Hoping to see you soon=20 Yours truly, =20 =20 Hugo Hoenigsberg Hugo Hoenigsberg From owner-gdb@net.bio.net Sun Dec 04 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gdb Path: biosci!ns1.faseb.org!darwin.sura.net!news.gdb.org!news From: help@gdb.org (GDB User Support) Subject: GDB 5.5 installed Dec 5 at Johns Hopkins University Message-ID: <1994Dec5.221854.8157@news.gdb.org> Sender: news@news.gdb.org Nntp-Posting-Host: sif.gdb.org Reply-To: bionet.molbio.gdb Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - Genome Data Base (GDB) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 22:18:54 GMT Lines: 84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GDB Release 5.5 Installed December 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The new GDB release installed on the computer at JHU in Baltimore December 5 includes the enhancements summarized in the Release Notes below. People with GDB/Accessor-5.2 on their Macs should be able to continue using Accessor-5.2 with the new GDB 5.5. For information about accessing GDB, please contact: GDB User Support help@gdb.org ***** GDB Version 5.5 December 5, 1994 ***** ENHANCEMENTS for ALL USERS Probe * Probe-probe and probe-library information displayed Manager As previously, selecting View->Links from the Probe Manager screen displays a list of objects linked to the selected probe. Now, to see additional information associated with a specific link, select View->Linked Information. For probe-probe links, the type of interaction is described. For probe-library links, the library location is shown and includes Plate, Row, and Column. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Library * Library-probe information displayed Manager As previously, selecting View->Links from the Library Manager screen displays a list of objects linked to the selected library. Now, to see additional information associated with a specific linked probe, select View->Linked Information. The library location is shown and includes Plate, Row, and Column. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Output * Submission output includes Maps, Mutations, PCR Conditions Manager Maps, mutations, and PCR conditions can be included in the output reports from a GDB Submission. * Probe output orders PCR probe primers alphabetically PCR primers included in PCR probe output reports are listed in alphabetical order. ===================================================================== ENHANCEMENTS for GDB EDITORS Citation * Published status can be "Submitted" Manager On the Add/Modify Citation screen, the Published field now includes the options: In Press Published Submitted This field previously had the options Yes and In Press. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Probe * Default setting for STS field is "Yes" Manager On the Add/Modify Probe screen, the default setting for the STS field is [Yes]. The default value previously was [No]. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Polymorphism * Allele Set approved without defined alleles Manager An Allele Set can be fully approved even if it has no defined alleles. ===================================================================== PROBLEMS FIXED All Users: * In the Output Manager, detail view of a submission includes the complete GDB Id number. ===================================================================== PROBLEMS FIXED Editors: * In the Locus Manager, you now cannot modify existing genes using a symbol from a restorable dead locus or restore dead loci using an active symbol from an existing locus. * In Locus Manager, detail view of deleted loci is available. - END - From owner-gdb@net.bio.net Sun Dec 11 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gdb Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news.cs.utah.edu!emba-news.uvm.edu!brianf From: brianf@med.uvm.edu (Brian Foley) Subject: PIR on-line address? Message-ID: <1994Dec12.155039.7809@emba.uvm.edu> Sender: news@emba.uvm.edu Organization: EMBA Computer Facility, University of Vermont X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 15:50:39 GMT Lines: 32 I have been accessing the PIR database using the URL: http://www.gdb.org/Dan/proteins/pir.html This works fine, but it looks like it might be a mirror of the PIR database, located on the Johns Hopkins University server, rather than the actual PIR server. If I was to create a new WWW link to the PIR database, or to publish a paper referencing the PIR database, it would seem best to identify the primary data source, rather than a mirror site. Because this site is in Dan Jacobsen's own subdirectory, I wonder if it is a temporary mirror, which might be discontinued whenever Dan runs out of disk space or decides that too many users are beating on his machine for PIR data. The WWW is great, but I see it as a volatile place right now. People are making links to links to links, and it is sometimes difficult to find the source of the data. Although I doubt that Dan Jacobsen would close up his shop without notice, similar situations exist at many sites and it is not uncommon for network services to disapear, possibly leaving a trail of "vapor-links" all over the web... One possible solution is to have mirror sites clearly document the original data source, and people who create links to other sites should get permission from the site before creating the link. Perhaps this is all spelled out in the HTML guidelines? -- ******************************************************************** * Brian Foley * If we knew what we were doing * * Molecular Genetics Dept. * it wouldn't be called research * * University of Vermont * * ******************************************************************** From owner-gdb@net.bio.net Sun Dec 11 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gdb Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!udel!darwin.sura.net!news.gdb.org!news From: help@gdb.org (GDB User Support) Subject: Some GDB services down December 13 for few hours Message-ID: <1994Dec12.222319.3109@news.gdb.org> Sender: news@news.gdb.org Nntp-Posting-Host: sif.gdb.org Reply-To: bionet.molbio.gdb Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - Genome Data Base (GDB) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 22:23:19 GMT Lines: 19 Due to computer repairs, the following GDB services at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will be unavailable on Tuesday December 13 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time: . GDB/Accessor . Anonymous FTP (ftp.gdb.org) . Public 5.5 SQL server We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. GDB User Support Genome Data Base Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine help@gdb.org From owner-gdb@net.bio.net Sun Dec 11 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gdb Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!udel!darwin.sura.net!news.gdb.org!news From: help@gdb.org (GDB User Support) Subject: Some GDB services down Dec 13 for few hours Message-ID: <1994Dec12.222718.3273@news.gdb.org> Sender: news@news.gdb.org Nntp-Posting-Host: sif.gdb.org Reply-To: help@gdb.org Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - Genome Data Base (GDB) References: <1994Dec12.155039.7809@emba.uvm.edu> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 22:27:18 GMT Lines: 17 Due to computer repairs, the following GDB services at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will be unavailable on Tuesday December 13 from 3:00 - 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time: . GDB/Accessor . Anonymous FTP (ftp.gdb.org) . Public 5.5 SQL server We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. GDB User Support Genome Data Base Johns Hopkins University help@gdb.org From owner-gdb@net.bio.net Tue Dec 13 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gdb Subject: UNSUBSCRIBING, BIOSCI ARCHIVES, ADDRESS DATABASE & BIOSCI FAQ Date: 14 Dec 1994 02:00:20 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 337 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199412141000.CAA04720@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Four important items follow: How to cancel e-mail subscriptions to BIOSCI newsgroups, BIOSCI archive searching, the BIOSCI FAQ, and the BIOSCI User Address Directory form. If you have not yet listed yourself in our BIOSCI user directory, please take a few minutes to complete and return the form below. If your personal information has changed since you listed yourself, please send us a complete new updated form. We can not make manual revisions to existing entries. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net **** How to cancel a BIOSCI e-mail subscription **** If you want to cancel your e-mail subscription to this group, PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR UNSUBSCRIBE REQUEST TO THE NEWSGROUP ADDRESS (NOR REPLY TO A MESSAGE POSTED TO THE NEWSGROUP)!!! This would send your request to all of the readers of the newsgroup, but it might still not be seen by the BIOSCI staff - thus you would annoy many people and possibly not accomplish your goal anyway. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE AMERICAS OR PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES, please send a message to biosci@net.bio.net Instructions on how to subscribe/unsubscribe will be returned automatically, so the contents of your message do not matter. 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The FAQ is also posted on the first of each month to the newsgroup BIONEWS/bionet.announce immediately following the posting of the BIOSCI information sheet. **** BIOSCI USER ADDRESS DIRECTORY **** Please take this opportunity to add your name and address information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. Below is the address form that we would like each reader of the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups to complete and return if you would like to be listed in our database. The database serves as a directory that enables biologists, who are currently using (or even just reading) the BIOSCI newsgroups, to look up e-mail addresses and other information about our users. The address database is reindexed nightly for WAIS, waismail, and gopher access. If you have access to gopher, connect to net.bio.net to search the database. If you have access to WAIS, please use our WAIS source biologists-addresses.src. If you are not on the Internet, please use our waismail server (send the word "help" to waismail@net.bio.net to get instructions; any text on the Subject: line of your message will be ignored, so put the help command in the body of the mail message.). Please carefully follow the instructions for completing the form below and return it to either of the following two addresses (whichever is more convenient for you). Thanks in advance for taking the time to complete and return the form. Addresses for returning forms Location Network ----------------------------- -------- ------- biovote@net.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET biovote@daresbury.ac.uk U.K. JANET MAKING SURE THAT YOUR INFORMATION IS CURRENT This notice will be mailed bimonthly to each newsgroup. You should check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Using Gopher to complete the form --------------------------------- If you don't want to use a text editor, you can also use Dan Jacobson's gopher site to fill out the address database form as follows. Otherwise skip this section on gopher and proceed to the instructions for filling out the form below. > To add yourself to the database just point your > gopher client at merlot.gdb.org and select the following: > > --> 15. Searching For Biologists/ > > --> 9. E-mail Addresses of Biosci-Bionet Users/ > > --> 1. Add (or Correct) Your Address to the BIOSCI User Address > Data.. > > > And fill out the form. or Rob Harper's gopher site in Europe as follows: > Europeans can point their gopher client at gopher.csc.fi and add their > information to the database. All entries will be mailed directly to > Dave for incorporation in a wais source. > > The path to the questionare is as follows. > > ---> 10. Finnish EMBnet BioBox/ > > ---> 8. FAQ Files/ > > FAQ Files > > 1. EMBnet: Information. > 2. EMBnet: Internet resources guide. > 3. A Biologist's Guide to Internet Resources/ > 4. All FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) Searches and Archives/ > --->5. Bionauts Address Database (questionaire) IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Please enter all responses after the : on each line, leaving one (1) blank space after the : (i.e., before the start of your text). Please do NOT extend your responses past the end of each line (80 characters). PLEASE DO NOT alter any of the field identifiers such as "first name: ". If you have nothing to enter after a field identifier, PLEASE LEAVE IT - do not delete it even if there is no data on the line in question. Several lines are provided at the end of the form for comments, but, please adhere to the line length restriction. On the date: line, please enter the date in the DD-MM-YY format, e.g., 15-05-93 for 15 May 1993. This line will tell others when the information was last updated. Please be sure to include the 0's for single digit days or months, e.g., 15-05-93, not 15-5-93. Note that the "e-mail network: " line below is for specifying, e.g., "Internet," "BITNET," "EARN," "JANET," or whatever other network that your computer may be on. If you are uncertain about any field, please feel free to leave it blank, but please DO NOT DELETE the field identifier from the form! In the first field below, "New information or Update ...", please enter "N" if this is the first time that you have registered in the directory or "U" if you are correcting a listing that you sent to us previously. The comment: lines may be used for anything that you like but PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THEM FROM THE FORM OR ALTER THEM. One suggested use is to list the names of the newsgroups in which you participate. Please use the MAILING LIST name (see below - the latest version of the list can be requested from biosci@net.bio.net) instead of the USENET name even if you don't participate by e-mail. WAIS might get confused by the periods in the USENET names. This allows one to retrieve via WAIS or waismail the list of participants in a particular group. For example: comment: ARABIDOPSIS PLANT-BIOLOGY BIONEWS On the comment: lines use these names below ---- NOT the USENET names below MAILING LIST NAME USENET Newsgroup Name ----------------- --------------------- ACEDB-SOFT bionet.software.acedb AGEING bionet.molbio.ageing AGROFORESTRY bionet.agroforestry ARABIDOPSIS bionet.genome.arabidopsis ASCB bionet.prof-society.ascb BIOCAN bionet.prof-society.cfbs BIOFORUM bionet.general BIO-INFORMATION-THEORY bionet.info-theory BIONAUTS bionet.users.addresses BIONEWS bionet.announce BIO-JOURNALS bionet.journals.contents BIO-MATRIX bionet.molbio.bio-matrix BIOPHYSICAL-SOCIETY bionet.prof-society.biophysics BIOPHYSICS bionet.biophysics BIO-SOFTWARE bionet.software BIOTHERMOKINETICS bionet.metabolic-reg BIO-WWW bionet.software.www CARDIOVASCULAR-RESEARCH bionet.biology.cardiovascular CELEGANS bionet.celegans CELL-BIOLOGY bionet.cellbiol CHLAMYDOMONAS bionet.chlamydomonas CHROMOSOMES bionet.genome.chromosomes COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY bionet.biology.computational CSM bionet.prof-society.csm CYTONET bionet.cellbiol.cytonet DROSOPHILA bionet.drosophila EMBL-DATABANK bionet.molbio.embldatabank EMF-BIO bionet.emf-bio EMPLOYMENT bionet.jobs EMPLOYMENT-WANTED bionet.jobs.wanted FASEB bionet.prof-society.faseb GDB bionet.molbio.gdb GENBANK-BB bionet.molbio.genbank GENETIC-LINKAGE bionet.molbio.gene-linkage GRASSES-SCIENCE bionet.biology.grasses HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY bionet.molbio.hiv HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM bionet.molbio.genome-program IMMUNOLOGY bionet.immunology INFO-GCG bionet.software.gcg JOURNAL-NOTES bionet.journals.note METHODS-AND-REAGENTS bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts MICROBIOLOGY bionet.microbiology MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION bionet.molbio.evolution MOLECULAR-MODELLING bionet.molec-model MOLLUSC-MOLECULAR-NEWS bionet.molbio.molluscs MYCOLOGY bionet.mycology NEUROSCIENCE bionet.neuroscience N2-FIXATION bionet.biology.n2-fixation PARASITOLOGY bionet.parasitology PHOTOSYNTHESIS bionet.photosynthesis PLANT-BIOLOGY bionet.plants POPULATION-BIOLOGY bionet.population-bio PROTEIN-ANALYSIS bionet.molbio.proteins PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY bionet.xtallography PROTISTA bionet.protista RAPD bionet.molbio.rapd SCIENCE-RESOURCES bionet.sci-resources STADEN bionet.software.staden STRUCTURAL-NMR bionet.structural-nmr TROPICAL-BIOLOGY bionet.biology.tropical URODELES bionet.organisms.urodeles VIROLOGY bionet.virology WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY bionet.women-in-bio YEAST bionet.molbio.yeast ZBRAFISH bionet.organisms.zebrafish Listing newsgroups on the comment: line is optional, of course. Thanks again for your cooperation! --------------- please cut here and return portion below --------------- New information or Update to old record (enter N or U): date (DD-MM-YY): first name: middle initial: family name: job title: e-mail address: e-mail network: phone number: FAX number: institution: address1: address2: address3: city: state/province: country: postal code: research interest: research interest: comment: comment: comment: comment: comment: From owner-gdb@net.bio.net Tue Dec 20 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.gdb Path: biosci!ns1.faseb.org!darwin.sura.net!news.gdb.org!news From: help@gdb.org (GDB User Support) Subject: New GDB WWW Queries for GDB Id, Submissions, SQL Access Message-ID: <1994Dec21.183410.2651@news.gdb.org> Sender: news@news.gdb.org Nntp-Posting-Host: sif.gdb.org Reply-To: bionet.molbio.gdb Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - Genome Data Base (GDB) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 18:34:10 GMT Lines: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New GDB WWW Queries for GDB Id, Submissions, and SQL Access --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Four new applications are now available from the WWW GDB Browser through the URL of the GDB Home Page (http://gdbwww.gdb.org/). The following two new GDB query forms, located near the top of the GDB Browser page, are for retrieving entries by their unique GDB Id number. GDB Id Query ------------ GDB Id Query lets you search for a single number, list of numbers, or range of numbers. You can also search for entries by GDB data type. The retrieved GDB Id numbers are linked to the detailed data for the objects. Submission Id Query ------------------- Submission Id Query lets you search directly for a GDB Submission Id, as given in a publication or as seen linked to a GDB contact. The retrieved data includes information about the submission itself and the GDB Id numbers for all the objects which are part of the submission set. The following two new GDB applications now provide support for direct SQL access to GDB. Ad Hoc SQL Query ---------------- Ad Hoc SQL Query, located near the top of the GDB Browser page, provides ad hoc SQL access to publicly-available GDB databases. GDB Schema Browser ------------------ GDB Schema Browser provides help in constructing SQL queries. Located near the bottom of the GDB Browser page, it is a tool for looking at descriptions and definitions of objects in the databases associated with the Genome Data Base. It also includes a link to the GDB Schema Diagrams. For more information, contact: GDB User Support Genome Data Base Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2024 E. Monument St. Baltimore, MD 21205 USA help@gdb.org