From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Wed Sep 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: kristoff@net.bio.net (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: test of bionet.molbio.molluscs Date: 7 Sep 1994 17:13:57 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Biology Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <34ll05$8ih@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Test of bionet.molbio.molluscs. This group and mailing list are not ready for use. Please await the opening announcement before attemtping to post. Thanks. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Wed Sep 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp@net.bio.net (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: MOLLUSC-MOLECULAR-NEWS/bionet.molbio.molluscs is ready! Date: 7 Sep 1994 22:33:21 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Biology Lines: 201 Distribution: world Message-ID: <34m7n1$ps5@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The MOLLUSC-MOLECULAR-NEWS/bionet.molbio.molluscs newsgroup is ready for operation. PLEASE NOTE that many USENET sites do not allow automatic creation of new USENET groups!!! If you do not see bionet.molbio.molluscs in your newsreader within another day or two, ask your news system administrator to act on our "newgroup" message to enable the group at your site. We have already done several tests and are certain that the group is currently propagating around the network. If he/she can not find the newsgroup message, have them retrieve the bionet checkgroups message from the anonymous FTP area on net.bio.net in pub/BIOSCI/doc/bionet-checkgroups-msg. This file contains the latest list of bionet USENET newsgroups and can be used to update your bionet distribution. If the newgroup did not arrive at your site, it may also be necessary for your news administrator to contact the upstream computer site providing you with your newsfeed and determine if they acted on the newgroup message. NOTE to readers of the older Mollusc Molecular News electronic mailing list: The address list has been supplied to BIOSCI by Dr. Boulding. All former subscribers have been added to the list at net.bio.net in the U.S. ***regardless of your geographical location.*** If you have access to USENET news and do not want to participate by e-mail, please unsubscribe yourself from the list as explained below for users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries even though you may be located elsewhere. In a few weeks, the mailing list at net.bio.net will be split and e-mail subscribers from Europe, Africa, and Central Asia will be transfered from here and signed up at our U.K. distribution site (details about these two sites provided below). 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In gopher the option at net.bio.net is "Search Bionet USENET Articles" and in WAIS one should use the WAIS source biosci.src. This is a WAIS index of all BIOSCI/bionet messages including this newsgroup. Please see the BIOSCI FAQ for details. The FAQ can be requested from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Finally, you can also access the archives via WWW/Mosaic. The URL is gopher://net.bio.net/. Once again, if you have any administrative questions that require personal assistance, please address them to biosci-help@net.bio.net in the U.S. or biosci@daresbury.ac.uk in the UK. Best wishes for a successful newsgroup! Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Wed Sep 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: BIOSCI Administrator Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: test of molluscs@daresbury.ac.uk Date: 8 Sep 1994 01:17:28 +0100 Lines: 2 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <34ll6o$lfo@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Reply-To: biosci-help@net.bio.net Original-To: molluscs@dl.ac.uk test of molluscs@daresbury.ac.uk; please ignore. From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Wed Sep 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp@net.bio.net (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: BIOSCI Information Sheet Date: 7 Sep 1994 22:34:31 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Biology Lines: 765 Distribution: world Message-ID: <34m7p7$pt3@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Our instruction sheet follows. If you can not use news software and therefore need to subscribe by e-mail, please follow the instructions below for using the e-mail server at biosci-server@net.bio.net. If you have problems using the server, personal help can be reached at biosci-help@net.bio.net. Thank you for your interest in the BIOSCI newsgroups. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BIOSCI ELECTRONIC NEWSGROUP NETWORK INFORMATION SHEET (last revised 07-SEP-94) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the BIOSCI information sheet for the Americas and Pacific Rim countries. If you are located in Europe, Africa, or Central Asia, please retrieve that version of the information sheet by sending the command info ukinfo in the body of an e-mail message addressed to the Internet address biosci-server@net.bio.net Any text placed on the Subject: line of your message is ignored, so please be sure to put the "info ukinfo" command in the main body of your e-mail message. New users of BIOSCI/bionet may want to read the "Frequently Asked Questions" or "FAQ" sheet for BIOSCI. The FAQ provides details on how to participate in these forums and is available by gopher to net.bio.net or anonymous FTP to net.bio.net [134.172.2.69] in pub/BIOSCI/doc/biosci.FAQ. It may also be requested by sending e-mail to biosci-server@net.bio.net as described above except that the command info faq should be used in the body of the mail message. The FAQ is also posted on the first of each month to the newsgroup BIONEWS/bionet.announce immediately following the posting of both versions of the BIOSCI information sheet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents of this Document ------------------------- Introduction List of BIOSCI Mailing Lists and Newsgroups List of BIOSCI Newsgroup Topics BIOSCI Newsgroup Discussion Leaders Participating in BIOSCI Using USENET News Software Participating in BIOSCI by E-mail E-mail Subscription Requests and other Information E-mail Address Changes Interruption of E-mail Service Posting Messages to Newsgroups by E-mail Retrieval of old postings from the BIOSCI archives BIOSCI "prototype" newsgroups Retrieving Other BIOSCI Documentation Introduction ------------ The BIOSCI newsgroup network was developed to allow easy worldwide communications between biological scientists who work on a variety of computer networks. BIOSCI is supported by the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and National Institutes of Health in the U.S.A. and by the Science and Engineering Research Council Daresbury Laboratory in the United Kingdom. BIOSCI services are available to users free of charge. BIOSCI messages are distributed by two means: USENET news software and electronic mail. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL INTERESTED USERS TO EXPLORE GETTING "USENET NEWS" SOFTWARE AT YOUR SITE. The software is in the public domain, and you will find it much more convenient than subscribing to newsgroups by e-mail. Please consult your systems manager (the software may already be available on a machine at your institution) or contact biosci-help@net.bio.net for a list of software available free of charge on the Internet. NOTE, however, that the installation and maintenance of news software requires the assistance of a trained systems operator in most cases and is not a task to be undertaken by a computer novice. Why is news software preferable to e-mail? News software recovers messages automatically after network interruptions, whereas your e-mail address may have to be removed from the subscription list at times if your computer/network malfunctions and undelivered mail starts bouncing back to the BIOSCI administrative sites. You will have to manually retrieve lost messages from the archives if your e-mail subscription is suspended. News software organizes messages by topic and subtopic for easy browsing. In contrast if you subscribe by e-mail to more than one discussion list, messages from multiple lists arrive into your personal mail file in chronological order of posting only and are mixed in with your personal messages. You have to connect the discussion threads yourself if you use e-mail. In summary, e-mail participation should be seen as a LAST RESORT to be used only if news software can not be installed locally. Fortunately, BIOSCI offers advantages for e-mail users too. By having distribution sites or "nodes" on each major network, BIOSCI allows its e-mail users to contact people around the world without having to learn a variety of computer addressing tricks. Any user can simply post a message to his/her regional BIOSCI node and copies of that message will be distributed automatically to all other subscribers on all of the participating networks, including the Internet, USENET, BITNET, EARN, NETNORTH, HEANET, and JANET. List of BIOSCI Mailing Lists and Newsgroups ------------------------------------------- BIOSCI messages are distributed on the newsgroups in the "bionet" hierarchy of USENET and on the corresponding mailing lists indicated below. Contents of the USENET newsgroups and the e-mail distributions are *identical*, i.e., messages sent in by e-mail are also forwarded to USENET and messages posted to USENET newsgroups are also distributed to e-mail subscribers. An expanded description of the purpose of each newsgroup follows this list. 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 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 CELEGANS bionet.celegans CELL-BIOLOGY bionet.cellbiol CHLAMYDOMONAS bionet.chlamydomonas CHROMOSOMES bionet.genome.chromosomes COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** bionet.biology.computational 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 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 + full name is BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION-THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY ** Note that newsgroups flagged with ** are moderated, i.e., postings are directed to a moderator (editor) who later forwards messages (possibly edited or condensed) to the newsgroup. List of BIOSCI Newsgroup Topics ------------------------------- MAILING LIST NAME TOPIC ----------------- ----- ACEDB-SOFT Discussions by users and developers of genome databases using the ACEDB software. AGEING Discussions about ageing research AGROFORESTRY Discussions about agroforestry research ARABIDOPSIS Newsgroup for the Arabidopsis Genome Project ASCB ** Announcements from The American Society for Cell Biology BIOFORUM Discussions about biological topics for which there is not yet a dedicated newsgroup BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION- THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY Applications of information theory to biology; this group is not for general information or for discussion of theories in general. BIONAUTS Question/answer forum for help using electronic networks, locating e-mail addresses, etc. BIONEWS ** General announcements of widespread interest to biologists BIO-JOURNALS ** Tables of Contents of biological journals BIO-MATRIX Applications of computers to biological databases BIOPHYSICAL-SOCIETY ** Official announcements/information from the Biophysical Society. BIOPHYSICS Discussion of issues related to the science and profession of biophysics BIO-SOFTWARE Information on software for the biological sciences BIOTHERMOKINETICS Discussions about the kinetics, thermodynamics and control of biological processes at the cellular level BIO-WWW ** Announcements about new information resources in biology which can be accessed via electronic networked information retrieval software CELEGANS Research discussions on the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and related nematodes CELL-BIOLOGY Discussions about cell biology including cancer research at the cellular level CHLAMYDOMONAS Discussions about the biology of the green alga Chlamydomonas and related genera CHROMOSOMES Discussions about mapping and sequencing of eucaryote chromosomes COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** Mathematical and computer applications in biology CYTONET Discussions about research on the cytoskeleton, plasma membrane, and cell wall DROSOPHILA Discussions about biological research on Drosophila EMBL-DATABANK Messages to and from the EMBL database staff EMF-BIO Discussions about research on electromagnetic field interactions with biological systems EMPLOYMENT Job opportunities in biology (see BIOSCI FAQ *before* posting commercial job openings) EMPLOYMENT-WANTED Forum for posting resumes/CVs by individuals seeking employment in the biological sciences or in support of the biological sciences FASEB ** Announcements from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology GDB Messages to and from the Genome Data Bank staff GENBANK-BB Messages to and from the GenBank database staff GENETIC-LINKAGE Newsgroup for genetic linkage analysis GRASSES-SCIENCE Discussions regarding grasses, especially cereal, forage, and turf species HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM NIH-sponsored newsgroup on human genome issues IMMUNOLOGY Discussions about research in immunology INFO-GCG Discussions about the GCG sequence analysis software JOURNAL-NOTES Practical advice on dealing with professional journals METHODS-AND-REAGENTS Requests for information and lab reagents MICROBIOLOGY Discussions about research in microbiology MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION Discussions about research in molecular evolution MOLECULAR-MODELLING Discussions about molecular modelling MOLLUSC-MOLECULAR-NEWS Discussions about research on mollusc DNA MYCOLOGY Discussions about research on filamentous fungi NEUROSCIENCE Discussions about research in the neurosciences N2-FIXATION Discussion about biological nitrogen fixation PARASITOLOGY Discussions about research in parasitology PHOTOSYNTHESIS Discussions about photosynthesis research PLANT-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in plant biology POPULATION-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in population biology PROTEIN-ANALYSIS Discussions about research on proteins and messages for the PIR and SWISS-PROT databank staffs PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Discussion about crystallography of macromolecules and messages for the PDB staff PROTISTA Discussions about research on ciliates and other protists RAPD Discussions about Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA SCIENCE-RESOURCES ** Information from/about scientific funding agencies STRUCTURAL-NMR Discussions about the use of NMR for macromolecular structure determination TROPICAL-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in tropical biology URODELES Discussions about research in urodele amphibian biology VIROLOGY Discussions about research in virology WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY Discussions about issues concerning women biologists YEAST Discussions about the molecular biology and genetics of yeast ZBRAFISH Discussions about research using the model organism Zebrafish (Danio rerio) ** Note that newsgroups flagged with ** are moderated, i.e., postings are directed to a moderator (editor) who later forwards messages (possibly edited or condensed) to the newsgroup. BIOSCI Newsgroup Discussion Leaders ----------------------------------- Most scientific specialty newsgroups (except for a few created several years ago) have individuals who are responsible for stimulating discussion on the newsgroup. General purpose forums such as METHODS-AND-REAGENTS do not have discussion leaders. If a group that you are interested in does not seem to have much activity recently, please contact the discussion leader and ask why. NEWSGROUP NAME Discussion Leader and their e-mail address -------------- ------------------------------------------ ACEDB-SOFT Mike Cherry (cherry@genome.stanford.edu) AGEING Sydney Shall (bafa1@central.sussex.ac.uk) AGROFORESTRY Gerry Lawson (F_GJL@vaxa.nerc-bush.ac.uk) ARABIDOPSIS Chris Somerville (21847CRS@msu.edu) ASCB ** Vincent Shan (moderator@faseb.org) BIOFORUM None BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION- THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY Tom Schneider (toms@ncifcrf.gov) BIONAUTS Rob Harper (harper@convex.csc.fi) BIONEWS ** David Kristofferson (kristoff@net.bio.net) BIO-JOURNALS ** David Kristofferson (kristoff@net.bio.net) BIO-MATRIX Dan Davison (davison@uh.edu) BIOPHYSICAL-SOCIETY ** David Kristofferson (kristoff@net.bio.net) BIOPHYSICS Carol Gross (cgross@molbio.cbs.umn.edu) BIO-SOFTWARE None BIOTHERMOKINETICS John Woods (eanv20@castle.edinburgh.ac.uk) BIO-WWW ** Reinhard Doelz (bio-www@comp.bioz.unibas.ch) CELEGANS William Morgan (wmorgan@acs.wooster.edu) CELL-BIOLOGY Ola Myklebost (ola.myklebost@dnr.uio.no) CHLAMYDOMONAS Elizabeth H. Harris (chlamy@acpub.duke.edu) and Antonio R. Franco (bf1rodri@cc.uco.es) CHROMOSOMES Bruce Roe (broe@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu) and Greg Lennon (greg@mendel.llnl.gov) COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** Phil J. Curtiss (curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu) CYTONET Nicholas C. Carpita (carpita@btny.purdue.edu) DROSOPHILA Michael Ashburner (m.ashburner@gen.cam.ac.uk) EMBL-DATABANK None (datalib@embl-heidelberg.de) EMF-BIO Allan H. Frey (afrey@uunet.uu.net) EMPLOYMENT None EMPLOYMENT-WANTED None FASEB ** Vincent Shan (moderator@faseb.org) GDB Kerryn Brandt (kab@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu) GENBANK-BB Dennis Benson (benson@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) GENETIC-LINKAGE Steve Bryant (s_bryant@icrf.ac.uk) GRASSES-SCIENCE Allen Wright (adwright@iastate.edu) HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY Mika Salminen (msalminen@nphi.fi) HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM Jane Peterson (jp2@cu.nih.gov) IMMUNOLOGY Donald Forsdyke (forsdyke@qucdn.queensu.ca) INFO-GCG John Cargill (ontogen@nic.cerf.net) JOURNAL-NOTES Donald Forsdyke (forsdyke@qucdn.queensu.ca) METHODS-AND-REAGENTS None MICROBIOLOGY Martin Latterich (mdhouse@mendel.berkeley.edu) MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION Dan Davison (davison@uh.edu) MOLECULAR-MODELLING Philippe Stas (philstas@vub.ac.be) MOLLUSC-MOLECULAR-NEWS Elizabeth Grace Boulding (boulding@uoguelph.ca) MYCOLOGY Tom Adams (tom@bio.tamu.edu) Leland Ellis (leland@straylight.tamu.edu) Greg May (gsmay@bcm.tmc.edu) NEUROSCIENCE Vincent A Mazzarella (vamg6792@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) James L. Olds (olds@bernard.ninds.nih.gov) N2-FIXATION Eng-Leong Foo (eng-leong_foo_mircen-ki%micforum@mica.mic.ki.se) PARASITOLOGY Daniel R. Brooks, Sherwin S. Desser and Henry Hong (parasite@zoo.toronto.edu) PHOTOSYNTHESIS Johnathan Marder (marder@agri.huji.ac.il) PLANT-BIOLOGY Tony Travis (ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk) POPULATION-BIOLOGY None PROTEIN-ANALYSIS Amos Bairoch (bairoch@cmu.unige.ch) and John Garavelli (garavelli@nbrf.georgetown.edu) PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Morten Kjeldgaard (morten@oase.kemi.aau.dk) PROTISTA Marsha Altschule (marsha.i.altschuler@williams.edu) and Mark Farmer (farmer@emlab.zoo.uga.edu) RAPD James Farmer (farmerj@yvax.byu.edu) SCIENCE-RESOURCES ** David Kristofferson (kristoff@net.bio.net) STRUCTURAL-NMR C. S. Raman (raman@bioc01.uthscsa.edu) TROPICAL-BIOLOGY Matti Nummelin (saarikko@cc.helsinki.fi) URODELES Susan Duhon (duhon@ucs.indiana.edu) and Anthony Mescher (mescher@ucs.indiana.edu) VIROLOGY Robert Coelen (robert@arbo.microbiol.uwa.oz.au) WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY Cassandra Smith (cls@buenga.bu.edu) YEAST Francis Ouellette (francis@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) ZBRAFISH Richard Vogt (vogt@biol.scarolina.edu) and Una Smith (smith-una@yale.edu) ** Note that newsgroups flagged with ** are moderated. Participating in BIOSCI Using USENET News Software -------------------------------------------------- Users who have access to USENET news software and the bionet USENET groups can participate immediately, i.e., they do not need to "subscribe" to anything. They can read and reply to messages using their local news software (e.g., "nn" or "rn") and post new messages of their own. Users will have to consult their local systems managers for help in using news software. There are many different programs available and the BIOSCI staff can not provide training in news software use. Fortunately, most news software is fairly simple to use and can be learned quickly. When posting new messages, USENET users should be sure to set the message "distribution" to "world" or "bionet" or else your message may not be distributed beyond your local computer. In most cases, messages are posted directly to the newsgroups without editorial intervention. Some groups (indicated in the lists above) are "moderated," however. This means that postings to these newsgroups will be sent to the newsgroup moderator who will decide whether or not the message is suitable for posting to the newsgroup in question. Participating in BIOSCI by E-mail --------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO USENET NEWS YOU DO NOT NEED AN E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION!! Simply read and post to the newsgroups in the "bionet" newsgroup hierarchy using your USENET news software. 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From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Wed Sep 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!NET.BIO.NET!biosci-help From: biosci-help@NET.BIO.NET (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: test of molluscs@net.bio.net Date: 7 Sep 1994 17:14:34 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 2 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: Reply-To: biosci-help@net.bio.net NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net test of molluscs@net.bio.net; please ignore. From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: tillier@cimrs1.mnhn.fr (Simon Tillier) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: new book and meeting Date: 8 Sep 1994 17:02:01 +0100 Lines: 82 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <34nchp$jfr@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Sender: tillier@cimrs1.mnhn.fr Original-To: molluscs@dl.ac.uk MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES AND MOLLUSCAN PHYLOGENY NEWLY RELEASED VOLUME AND CALL FOR PAPERS The papers given at the symposium "Molecular Techniques and Molluscan=20 Phylogeny" held in Siena at the Unitas meeting in 1992 has been published on= =20 11th august 1994 as the Supplement 2 of THE NAUTILUS, issued with volume 108= =20 of the latter. It is available as a separate volume from THE NAUTILUS, P.O.= =20 Box 7279, Silver Spring, MD 20907, U.S.A. at the price of US $ 40, postpaid.= =20 The 174 pp. volume includes: - Molecular Genetics and Taxonomic Discrimination, by G.M. Davis - The Evolutionary Consequences of Restrictions on Gene Flow: Examples from= =20 Hydrobiid Snails, by D.J. Colgan & W.F. Ponder - Allozyme Cladistics in Malacology: Why and How? by K. C. Emberton - Use of RAPD Markers to Assess Relationships among Beach Clams of the Genus= =20 Donax, by S.L. Adamkewicz & M. G. Harasewych - Mitochondrial Genes and the Phylogeny of Mollusca, by J.L. Boore & W.M.= Brown - The Mitochondrial Genome of Cepaea nemoralis, by J. Terrett, S. Miles &=20 R.H. Thomas - The Highly variable and Highly Mutable Mitochondrial DNA Molecule of the= =20 Deep Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus, by D.J. Cook & E. Zouros - Reconstruction of Phylogeny of 11 species of Littorina using Mitochondrial= =20 DNA Sequence Data, by E. Rumbak, D.J. Reid & R.H. Thomas - Preliminary Ribosomal RNA Phylogeny of Gastropod and Unionoidean Bivalve= =20 Mollusks, by G. Rosenberg, G.M. Davis, G.S. Kuncio and M.G. Harasewych - Monophyly of Major Gastropod Taxa from Partial 28S rRNA Sequences, with=20 Emphasis on Euthyneura and Hot-Vent Limpets Peltospiroidea, by S. Tillier,= =20 M. Masselot, J. Guerdoux & A. Tillier - Site-Directed Mutagenesis with the PCR for Identification of Sibling=20 Species of Mytilus, by J. B. Geller & D. A. Powers - Morphological and Genetic Variation in Greek Populations of the Edible=20 Snail Helix aspersa Muller, 1774, by M. Lazaridou-Dimitriadou, Y. Karakousis= =20 & A. Staikou - Application of Isoelectric Focusing in Molluscan Systematics, by T.=20 Backeljau, K. Breugelmans et al.=20 The editors, M.G. Harasewych from the USNM and S. Tillier from the MNHN,= =20 will coordinate the free lecture session on Molluscan Phylogeny planned at= =20 the next Unitas meeting in Vigo, Spain (3d-8th september 1995), in=20 association with T. Backeljau from the IRSNB. Papers, and particularly those= =20 based on molecular data or associating molecular and morphological data,=20 will be published in a second volume similar to the one just issued. Those= =20 who wish to present a paper at this session, please contact one of the=20 coordinators: S. Tillier: email TILLIER@MNHN.FR Mus=E9um national d'Histoire naturelle Laboratoire de Malacologie,=20 55, rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris Fax (33.1) 40 79 38 44=20 =20 M.G.Harasewych: email MNHIV006@SIVM.SI.EDU Division of Mollusks National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A. Fax (1) 202 357 23 43 T. Backeljau: email THIBACK@RUCA.UA.AC.BE Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles Rue Vautier 20, B-1040 Bruxelles Fax (32.2) 646 44 33 From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: tillier@cimrs1.mnhn.fr (Simon Tillier) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: new book and meeting Date: 8 Sep 1994 16:37:55 +0100 Lines: 89 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <34nb4j$hju@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Sender: tillier@cimrs1.mnhn.fr Original-To: molluscs@dl.ac.uk >To: Mollusca >From: tillier@mnhn.fr (Simon Tillier) >Subject: new book and meeting >Cc: Backeljau, Backeljau >Bcc:=20 >X-Attachments:=20 > > MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES AND MOLLUSCAN PHYLOGENY > > NEWLY RELEASED VOLUME AND CALL FOR PAPERS > > > The papers given at the symposium "Molecular Techniques and Molluscan=20 Phylogeny" held in Siena at the Unitas meeting in 1992 has been published on= =20 11th august 1994 as the Supplement 2 of THE NAUTILUS, issued with volume 108= =20 of the latter. It is available as a separate volume from THE NAUTILUS, P.O.= =20 Box 7279, Silver Spring, MD 20907, U.S.A. at the price of US $ 40, postpaid.= =20 The 174 pp. volume includes: >- Molecular Genetics and Taxonomic Discrimination, by G.M. Davis >- The Evolutionary Consequences of Restrictions on Gene Flow: Examples from= =20 Hydrobiid Snails, by D.J. Colgan & W.F. Ponder >- Allozyme Cladistics in Malacology: Why and How? by K. C. Emberton >- Use of RAPD Markers to Assess Relationships among Beach Clams of the=20 Genus Donax, by S.L. Adamkewicz & M. G. Harasewych >- Mitochondrial Genes and the Phylogeny of Mollusca, by J.L. Boore & W.M.= Brown >- The Mitochondrial Genome of Cepaea nemoralis, by J. Terrett, S. Miles &= =20 R.H. Thomas >- The Highly variable and Highly Mutable Mitochondrial DNA Molecule of the= =20 Deep Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus, by D.J. Cook & E. Zouros >- Reconstruction of Phylogeny of 11 species of Littorina using=20 Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data, by E. Rumbak, D.J. Reid & R.H. Thomas >- Preliminary Ribosomal RNA Phylogeny of Gastropod and Unionoidean Bivalve= =20 Mollusks, by G. Rosenberg, G.M. Davis, G.S. Kuncio and M.G. Harasewych >- Monophyly of Major Gastropod Taxa from Partial 28S rRNA Sequences, with= =20 Emphasis on Euthyneura and Hot-Vent Limpets Peltospiroidea, by S. Tillier,= =20 M. Masselot, J. Guerdoux & A. Tillier >- Site-Directed Mutagenesis with the PCR for Identification of Sibling=20 Species of Mytilus, by J. B. Geller & D. A. Powers >- Morphological and Genetic Variation in Greek Populations of the Edible=20 Snail Helix aspersa Muller, 1774, by M. Lazaridou-Dimitriadou, Y. Karakousis= =20 & A. Staikou >- Application of Isoelectric Focusing in Molluscan Systematics, by T.=20 Backeljau, K. Breugelmans et al.=20 > > > The editors, M.G. Harasewych from the USNM and S. Tillier from the MNHN,= =20 will coordinate the free lecture session on Molluscan Phylogeny planned at= =20 the next Unitas meeting in Vigo, Spain (3d-8th september 1995), in=20 association with T. Backeljau from the IRSNB. Papers, and particularly those= =20 based on molecular data or associating molecular and morphological data,=20 will be published in a second volume similar to the one just issued. Those= =20 who wish to present a paper at this session, please contact one of the=20 coordinators: > >S. Tillier: email TILLIER@MNHN.FR >Mus=E9um national d'Histoire naturelle >Laboratoire de Malacologie,=20 >55, rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris >Fax (33.1) 40 79 38 44=20 >=20 >M.G.Harasewych: email MNHIV006@SIVM.SI.EDU >Division of Mollusks >National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution >Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A. >Fax (1) 202 357 23 43 > >T. Backeljau: email THIBACK@RUCA.UA.AC.BE >Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles >Rue Vautier 20, B-1040 Bruxelles >Fax (32.2) 646 44 33 > Simon Tillier From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Path: biosci!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!silvermr From: silvermr@netcom.com (Richard Silverman) Subject: scientific expedition opportunity Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 17:04:30 GMT Lines: 114 From silvermr@netcom.com Fri Sep 9 09:49:20 1994 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:21:52 -0700 From: Richard Silverman To: silvermr@netcom.com Newsgroups: bionet.general Subject: (fwd) expedition Xref: netcom.com bionet.general:10385 Newsgroups: bionet.general Path: netcom.com!silvermr From: silvermr@netcom.com (Richard Silverman) Subject: expedition Message-ID: Summary: scientific expedition Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 17:22:21 GMT Lines: 92 Dear friends and colleagues: The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences would like to share the following information. The UAS is currently organizing an International Biological Expedition to the regions of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The goals of the expedition are very diverse since it is being put together by such scientific institutions of the UAS as the Institutes of Botanics, Zoology, Biology of Southern Seas, Hydrobyology, Physiology of Plants, Genetics, Cultivation of Flora, and several others. One of the common goals of all the prospective members is to collect samples of the flora and fauna in order to expand the existing gene pool of the flora and fauna of other regions of the world, and to compose new collections for the museums of botanics, zoology, marine life, etc. Besides, each participating scientist will pursue his specific interest. The expedition is planning to leave Sevastopol (Russia) in December 1994 and sail along the following route: Sevastopol-Stambul-Alexandria-Lisbon- -Boston-Caracas-Belem-Manaus-Belem-Rio de Janeiro-Capetown-Madagascar-Lome- -Las Palmas-Haifa-Sevastopol with a lot of stops at various smaller sites in between. The expedition should take around 4 months. Right now the Organizing Committee is working on the possibility of also visiting Australia and some Pacific islands, but the final decision depends on the availability of funds. Financial side of the planning is currently the hardest. Having lost most of the governmental funding previously available before the crisis in the USSR, the UAS is looking for sponsors. So far they were able to find several sponsors in Western Europe and the USA, but it still has not solved the problem. That is why the Organizing Committee of the expedition decided to offer a unique opportunity. They are willing to take with them anybody who has interest in the expedition and can pay the required fee. The expedition is guaranteed to be absolutely fascinating. This is not the first expedition of that kind organized by the UAS. A similar one was undertaken in 1991 and was internationally recognized as a big success. The scientific crew will consist of 50 specialists, half of whom are from Ukraine and Russia, and half - from Western Europe. Also, there will be approximately seventy sailors on board. The boat itself is a very comfortable large vessel, fully equipped for scientific purposes. Every passenger will occupy a separate cabin originally built for 2 people. The boat has a big canteen, buffet-bar, bakery, library, videosalon, gym, pool room, volleyball grounds, ping-pong room, and a sauna with a swimming pool. The service of a physician and the necessary medical supplies will be available. The above mentioned route reflects only the major stops of the expedition. In reality, there will be many more. A lot of smaller sites are not specified yet simply because the exact route is still being drafted. All the passengers on board will have entrance visas to all the countries the expedition might visit. In cities and towns everybody will have enough time to do sightseeing. As for the scientific part of the expedition, all the passengers are invited to join the specialists. The scientists will spend most of the time in the jungle, mountains, under water exploration. The non-scientists are invited to participate in absolutely every aspect of the expedition. The crew will also enjoy exotic fishing experiences, rafting, horse back riding, under-water film sessions, and so on. the scientists offer their help in composing private collections of unique minerals, plants, fish, as well as in the legalization of the collections with the customs officials. Besides simply participating, everybody is welcome to contribute ideas to the general plan. The route can be slightly changed, and any suggestions regarding the sites of the scientific interest will be appreciated. The organizers of the expedition believe the experience will be particularly interesting for biologists, oceanologists, writers, journalists, film producers, as well as for anybody interested in nature, anthropology, and travel in general. The fee for the participants who are not the members of the scientific crew if $ 16 000 per person. (Groups starting from 2 people get discounts). Part of this sum will be used towards covering some of the cost of one soviet scientist on board. The fee of & 16 000 includes room and board during the 4 months trip, medical assistance, and participance in the scientific research. The air-fare to and from Sevastopol is the responsibility of the passenger, but is inexpensive and in December costs between $ 400 and $ 600 for a round trip from New York. The expedition can accept not more than 25 additional passengers. The organizers of the expedition hope to attract American scientific institutions and organizations to support this undertaking. If any of you, friends and colleagues, have any ideas as for the way to sponsor the expedition, we will really appreciate your help. Please, address all your suggestions, comments, and requests for further information to Tanya Puchkova, tel. (517) 275 5121, ext. 392, fax. (517) 275 8745, or e-mail: pouchkot@mlc.lib.mi.us Sincerely, Tanya Puchkova -- silvermr@netcom.com From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Sat Sep 17 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!uoguelph.ca!boulding From: boulding@uoguelph.ca (Elizabeth Boulding) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: hard copy newletter Mollusc Molecular News Date: 18 Sep 1994 16:44:12 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 29 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi everybody, Its time for me to start compiling information for the 1994 issue of the hard copy newsletter of the Mollusc-Molecular-News which will be sent to every laboratory for which I have an address via Canada post. Remember that the newsletter has four important sections: 1) a list of PCR primers that have been used with molluscs 2) paragraphs describing ongoing work in your laboratories 3) a list of all new publications on molluscs that involve work with DNA or RNA. 4) a list of the addresses, FAX numbers, and email addresses of laboratories that are working with mollusc DNA or RNA Please send the above information to me at my personal email address: boulding@uoguelph.ca The format for these sections is the same as for the 1993 issue of Mollusc Molecular News. I will post the format in a few days for people who haven't had a chance to see the 1993 newsletter. I will post the first three parts of the newsletter on the archive for this newsgroup but I think it unwise to post our addresses and phone numbers. best wishes, Elizabeth Boulding. discussion leader molluscs@net.bio.net From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Tue Sep 20 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!psinntp!cd!NewsWatcher!user From: crow@cd.columbus.oh.us (Jim Crowley) Subject: Re: hard copy newletter Mollusc Molecular News Message-ID: Sender: cdusenet@cd.columbus.oh.us Organization: The Columbus Dispatch References: Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 15:14:57 GMT Lines: 40 Hello, Ms. Boulding. My son is interested in zebra mussels, and has much material about them, as well as the work at Stone Labs, at Ohio State. Is there any information about a newer kind of mussel which is invading America's fresh waters? In article , boulding@uoguelph.ca (Elizabeth Boulding) wrote: > Hi everybody, > Its time for me to start compiling information for the > 1994 issue of the hard copy newsletter of the > Mollusc-Molecular-News > which will be sent to every laboratory for which I > have an address via Canada post. Remember that the > newsletter has four important sections: > 1) a list of PCR primers that have been used with molluscs > 2) paragraphs describing ongoing work in your laboratories > 3) a list of all new publications on molluscs that involve > work with DNA or RNA. > 4) a list of the addresses, FAX numbers, and email addresses of > laboratories that are working with mollusc DNA or RNA > Please send the above information to me at my personal email > address: > boulding@uoguelph.ca > The format for these sections is the same as for the 1993 > issue of Mollusc Molecular News. I will post the format in > a few days for people who haven't had a chance to see the > 1993 newsletter. > I will post the first three parts of the newsletter on the > archive for this newsgroup but I think it unwise to post our > addresses and phone numbers. > best wishes, > Elizabeth Boulding. > discussion leader > molluscs@net.bio.net -- crow@cd.columbus.oh.us == Jim Crowley From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Thu Sep 22 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!UVVM.UVIC.CA!AMCARTHU From: AMCARTHU@UVVM.UVIC.CA (Andrew McArthur) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: AMU Meeting 1997: Deep-Sea Molluscs Session Date: 23 Sep 1994 08:42:25 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 12 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <940923.084137.PDT.AMCARTHU@UVVM.UVic.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The American Malacological Union will be having its 1997 meeting in Santa Barabara, California, U.S.A. They are very interested in having a session dedicated to deep-sea mollusc research. At this point in time, they require an indication of how many would be interested in attending. If you are interested, please send me email to that regard. Thank you. Andrew McArthur DEEPSEA Operator / AMU Member AMCARTHU@UVVM.UVIC.CA P.S. THIS MESSAGE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN POSTED TO THE DEEPSEA LIST. 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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-molluscs@net.bio.net Sun Sep 25 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!tudelft.nl!galaxy.ph.tn.tudelft.nl!aadjan From: aadjan@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Aadjan van der Helm) Subject: REQ: Expert on physical properties of sea-shells Message-ID: Keywords: Computer Graphics, Shells, Molluscs Lines: 32 Sender: news@news.tudelft.nl (UseNet News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: ph.tn.tudelft.nl Organization: Delft University of Technology Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 15:05:06 GMT Hello I am working at the Computer Graphics Group at the Delft University of Technology. Which is currently involved in a project on modelling of seashells (or molluscs). We try to make images that look very similar to the real thing. In order to make realistic looking images we have to have some knowlegde about the physical properties of shells (surface material, thickness, colouring material, ...). By means of this post I hope to get in touch with people who do. If you know about the physical properties of shells or know anyone who does please contact me. (If you want to respond please E-Mail me directly, not via this newsgroup) Thanks for reading this --Aadjan Aadjan van der Helm Computer Graphics Systems Programmer Computer Graphics Group Delft University of Technology E-Mail: A.vanderHelm@twi.tudelft.nl S-Mail: PO Box 356 2600AJ Delft The Netherlands Fax : (31) 15 787141 Phone : (31) 15 781437 From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Thu Sep 29 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!UVVM.UVIC.CA!AMCARTHU From: AMCARTHU@UVVM.UVIC.CA (Andrew McArthur) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: Cepaea mtDNA genome sequence Date: 30 Sep 1994 14:41:11 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 4 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <940930.144027.PDT.AMCARTHU@UVVM.UVic.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Does anyone know when the entire Cepaea mtDNA sequence will be submitted to GenBank? Andrew From owner-molluscs@net.bio.net Fri Sep 30 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!UVVM.UVIC.CA!AMCARTHU From: AMCARTHU@UVVM.UVIC.CA (Andrew McArthur) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.molluscs Subject: Seeking specimens... Date: 30 Sep 1994 18:08:08 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 25 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <940930.175844.PDT.AMCARTHU@UVVM.UVic.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I am seeking the following for my work on gastropod molecular systematics. Frozen, preserved, or DNA only contributions would all be very welcome and would be acknowledged appropriately. Thanks. 1. Monoplacophora (in my dreams) 2. Cocculinoidea 3. Lepetelloidea 4. Neritimorpha other than Neritidae and Phenacolepadidae 5. Cyclophoroidea 6. Seguenzioidea 7. Aplysia 8. Difficult to find or rare Mesogastropods, Neogastropods, Opisthobranchs, Pulmonates, and Allogastropods (Omalogyridae, Rissoellidae, Glacidorbidae) I am also seeking a British Columbian (Canada) who could help me find and identify local pulmonates (I'm a pulmonate novice). Andrew McArthur Department of Biology University of Victoria P.O. Box 1700 Victoria, British Columbia Canada, V8W 2Y2 AMCARTHU@UVVM.UVIC.CA