From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Sep 01 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!canadianclub.ucdavis.edu!user From: tdlong@ucdavis.edu (Tony Long) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Simple question? Date: 2 Sep 1996 18:54:05 GMT Organization: U. C. Davis Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <3222CAE7.7E7A@scripps.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: canadianclub.ucdavis.edu Thomas: See Crow and Kimura 1970 pg 193 (Alpha Editions a Division of Burgess), your library should have it. I am not quite sure from your notation what situation you are considering, it looks like dominat allele favoured with selection coefficient s -- but I would think you are more likely to really want to know about a recessive allele. C+K give equations for t as a function of inital and final allele frequencies for a number of cases. These are approximations but should work O.K. If you detail your situation, I can sent the equation, but it may be worthwhile to look at the derivation. Tony In article , "Thomas N. Dentel" wrote: > On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, George Plopper wrote: > > > I am currently trying to understand the models that describe change in > > gene frequencies that occur over time as a result of natural selection. > > One of these (see below) describes the change in frequency of an allele > > in one generation in terms of the selection coefficient s. This makes > > sense to me, but I don't understand how this equation is applied > > recursively to derive s when the data are collected over a time span > > longer than a single generation. For example, if the lifespan of an > > organism is one month and generations are non-overlapping, gene > > frequency data collected six months apart represents 6 generations, so > > that this equation must somehow be applied six times to arrive at s. My > > mathematics background is not strong enough to understand how this is > > accomplished: is the entire right side of the equation raised to the > > power n where n=number of generations?. Any help in solving this problem > > would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > > > The equation I am describing is: > > > > delta-p=(sp[q-squared])/(1-s[q-squared]) > > > I am no mathematician but I have taken a few theoretical > mathematics coutses where we worked with sequences like that. I > played around with your equation and I could not find any way to get > a reasonable closed form expression for s. It gets real messy > real quick. Even making approximations like q-fourth=0 does not seem > to help much. raising the right hand side to the power n means that > p(k) goes to p(0) as k goes to infinity, where k is the index for the > generations. However, using the original equation I found that > the equilibrium solutions are p=1 and p=0. > This does not answer your question but maybe it helps to > know that other people can not figure it out either. > > > T.N. Dentel > tndent@planetx.bloomu.edu > Biology Dept. > Bloomsburg University > **************************************************************** > I believe I've found the missing link between > animal and civilized man. It is us. > Konrad Lorenz > **************************************************************** From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Sep 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!overload.lbl.gov!bks From: bks@s27w007.pswfs.gov (Bradley K. Sherman) Newsgroups: bionet.plants,bionet.agroforestry,bionet.population-bio Subject: North American Forest Genetic Resources Date: 3 Sep 1996 18:37:10 GMT Organization: Dendrome, A Genome Database for Forest Trees Lines: 47 Distribution: world Message-ID: <50htsm$s8p@overload.lbl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: s27w007.pswfs.gov Xref: biosci bionet.plants:12416 bionet.agroforestry:3714 bionet.population-bio:2020 [Please note contact information at bottom of this message.] A report on the "Status of Temperate North American Forest Genetic Resources" has just been published by the University of California's Genetic Resources Conservation Program. It is an attractive, redable, and useful book for forest geneticists and all those interested in genetic resources. It is 85 pages in length and was written, in part, and edited by Deborah L. Rogers and F. Thomas Ledig. The report describes the status of temperate North American forest genetic resources in situ and in plantations throughout the world where they are grown as exotics, and presents the recommendations developed at a Workshop on North American Temperate Forest Genetic Resources, held June 12-14, 1995 in Berkeley, California. The information in the report was developed from workshop discussions, responses to questionnaires, and case studies. Among other interesting information is the extent to which North American species are grown on other continents: for example, although Monterey pine had a native range of only about 6,000 ha in California, it is now planted on 4,000,000 ha around the world. The original objective in convening the workshop was to develop recommendations to feed into FAO's Fourth Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources, which was held in Leipzig in June 1996. The Leipzig conference was to formulate a Global Plan of Action for all plant genetic resources. However, in April 1996, the Second Extraordinary Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture decided to forego the discussion of forest genetic resources until after the Leipzig meeting. This was a political decision made in order to facilitate progress on the Global Plan of Action for agricultural plant resources. When a conference is called to consider forest genetic resources, this report will provide background for the discussion. In the meantime, it will provide information of value to conservationists. Copies of the report are available for $12 from: Genetic Resources Conservation Program University of California Davis, California 95616 Phone: (916) 754-8501 Fax: (916) 754-8505 email: grcp@ucdavis.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 03 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!POSTBOX.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU!yonli001 From: yonli001@POSTBOX.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Yongzhong Li) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: LOOKING FOR PH D ASSISTANTSHIP IN PLANT GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Date: 4 Sep 1996 10:34:01 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 207 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609041725.NAA05276@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Sir: I am very interested in plant genetics and molecular biology and want to look for assistantship to pursuit my Ph D degree. I am specially interested in plant transformation, tissure culture, gene cloning and gene molecular marker, but not limit of those, everything related to plant genetics and molecular biolargy is OK for me, in anywhere and any country. The following is my CV and academic transcripts Name: Yongzhong Li Company: Maize Research Institute, Jilin Academy of agricultural Sciences Address: No. 6, Xixinghua Street, Gongzhuling, Jilin Province, 136100 P. R. China Phone: (434)621-1123 Fax: (434)621-4884 Present Position: Visiting Scholar Company: Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University Address: 202 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA E-mail: yonli001@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu Phone: (614)292-9172 Fax: (614)292-7162 EDUCATION: 1982 -- 1985. MS in Agronomy. Department of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University. Changchun, Jilin province, China. Majored in crop breeding and genetics. Thesis title: Cluster Analysis on Some Of Maine Soybean Parents Sowing In Northeast Of China 1978 -- 1982 BS in Agronomy. Department of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University. Changchun, Jilin province, China PROFESSIONAL EXPERIECE: 1995.4 -- present, Visiting scholar, Department Of Horticulture And Crop Science, The Ohio State University I have worked on soybean quantitative genetics. I used JMML program to analyze american soybean genetic improvement in the past thirty years among the data of Uniform Test. I am currently working a). In Situ PCR, To determine the chromosome locations of corn 17S rRNA gene and Pox gene as well as some of SSR genes; b). Root morphological differences between the soybean varieties with good flooding resistance and those with bad flooding resistance after different flooding treats 1994.6 -- 1995.4, Visiting scholar, Department Of Agronomy, Kansas State University Studied tissure culture and plant transformation and worked on sorhgum cytogentics for chromosome aberration after different treatments of different herbcides. 1992 -- 1994.6, Associate professor, Maize Research Institute, Jilin Academy Of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS). Jilin province, China. 1987 -- 1991, Assistant professor, Maize Research Institute, JAAS. Jilin province, China. 1985 -- 1986, Research assistant, Soybean Research Institute, JAAS, Jilin province, China. a). 1990 -- 1994, Charged of " Development Of The New Corn Hybrids With High Yield, Resistance To High Population Density And Diseases Sowing In Jilin Province". b), 1994, Charged Of " Development Of New Corn Hybrids Yielding Over 750 kg/mu" . c), 1990 -- 1994, Took part in " Development Of New Corn Hybrids With High Yield, Resistance To Diseases And Good Quality ". ---- National Project. d), 1987 -- 1990, Successfully completed " Development Of Silage Maize Hybrids ". " Jiqing 7 " and " Jiqing 6 " had been released by the National Silage Variety Release Committee and Are being planted by farmers. e). 1985 -- 1987, Took part in " Research On Soybean Male Sterile With Nuclear-cytoplasmic Reaction ". The first invention award was got from the result in Jilin province. The research result have reached advanced level in the world at present. f). 1991, Studied on corn breeding and production in Germany for three months ( from July to October ). PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP China Societyu of Crop Science China Seed Association TECHNICAL SKILLS In Situ PCR, PCR, RAPD, experiences on plant cytogenetics and some on gene cloning and tissure culture , good experiences in plant breeding and genetics, familar with some of other methods on melecular biology as well as different data and word processing software. PUBLICATIONS: 1. Yongzhong Li, 1986, A theoretical research on cluster analysis and its application in plant breeding. Jilin Agricultural Science, No. 2 . 2. Yongzhong Li, 1987, Correlation and path-coefficient analysis of oil and its components in soybean. Soybean Science, No. 3 . 3. Yongzhong Li, 1987, A cluster analysis on some of main soybean parents sowing in northeast of China. Hereditas, No. 3 . 4. Yongzhong Li, 1988, A correlation, stepwise regression and path-coefficient analysis on some of main soybean varieties sowing in northeast of China. Soybean Science, No. 1 . 5. Yongzhong Li, Huazhang Zhang, et. al. , 1990, An analysis of combining ability and genetics potentiality on fine maize inbred lines in northeast of China. Jilin Agricultural Sciences, No. 1 . 6. Yongzhong Li, Weidong Li, et. al. , 1990, A summary of researches on maize root and stalk. Agronomy Abroad, No. 1 . 7. Xinger Liu, Yongzhong Li, et. al. , 1990, An analysis of combining ability on main quantitative characteristics of ten corn inbred lines. Jilin Agricultural Sciences, No. 2 . 8. Yongzhong Li, 1991, A correlation, stepwise regression and path-coefficient analysis on grain yield and its components in maize hybrids. Jilin Agricultural Sciences, No. 1 . TRANSCRIPTS: 1). BS degree courses ( ( course ( exam grade ) ): Advanced Mathematics ( 5 ) Botany ( 5 ) Philosophy ( 5 ) English ( 5) Physics ( 5 ) Mineral Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry ( 5 ) Organic Chemistry ( 5 ) Agro-meteorology ( 5 ) Microbiology ( 5 ) Economics ( 5 ) Biochemistry and Physiology ( 5 ) Soil Science ( 5 ) Agro-entimology ( 4 ) CPC History ( 5 ) Agro-pathology ( 5 ) Genetics ( 4 ) Agricultural Machinary ( 5 ) Biostatistics and Field Experiment ( 4 ) Farming Science ( 5 ) Fertilizer Science ( 5 ) Crop Breeding Science ( 5 ) Crop Cultivation Science ( 5 ) Agro-economics ( 5 ) Graduation Thesis ( 5 ) Graduation Practice ( 5 ) Quantitative Genetics ( 5 ) Seed Science ( 5 ) Application of Modern Physics in Agriculture ( 5 ) Additional Genetics ( 5 ) Additional Farming Science ( 5 ) ** 5 -- excellant; 4 -- good; 3 -- fair; 2 -- fail 2). MS courses ( ( course ( exam grade ) ) Plant Biochemistry ( 92 ) Molecular Genetics ( 95 ) Cytogenetics ( 91 ) Biological Microtechnique ( 98 ) Advanced Breeding Science ( 90 ) Special Subject on Crop Genetic Breeding ( 80 ) Quantitative Genetics ( 99 ) English ( 92 ) Probability and Mathematic Statistics ( 98 ) Linear Algebra ( 95 ) Instrument Analysis ( 92 ) Natural Dialectics ( 85 ) Graduate Seminar ( 90 ) ** Highest mark is 100. The mark less than 60 means failing Thank you very much for your attention, Yongzhong Li From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 03 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!online.no!Norway.EU.net!mcsun!EU.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!malgudi.oar.net!triglav.iwaynet.net!port048 From: physiology@colinst.com (PG) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: RAT CAPNOMETRY DURING NMR Date: Wed, 04 Sep 96 19:56:10 GMT Organization: Lines: 12 Distribution: world Message-ID: <50kpn6$9h8@triglav.iwaynet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: port048.iwaynet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2 I have a solution how to measure rat end-tidal CO2 during NMR. Major problem is the elimination of influence of strong magnetic field on the measuring equipment and vice-versa. In my capnometry setup, air sampling probe is 2 meter long and it can measure % of end tidal CO2 with frequency upto 180 breath/min. If animal's respiration frequency is lower, then the length of sampling probe can be extended more than 2 meter (6 feet). If you are interested to receive more information, please provide me your street address. GHOSH From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!COGS.SUSX.AC.UK!inmanh From: inmanh@COGS.SUSX.AC.UK (Inman Harvey) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: ECAL97 CFP Date: 5 Sep 1996 08:47:28 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 83 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS 4th. EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL LIFE ECAL97 Brighton, UK, July 28-31 1997 This interdisciplinary conference aims to provoke new understandings of the relationships between the natural and the artificial. Artificial Life is often described as the endeavour to synthesize life-like phenomena in artificial media in an attempt to establish a formal and general understanding of life. In practice it is something much broader. At its core are exchanges of ideas and blurring of boundaries between disciplines traditionally constrained to just the natural or just the artificial. ECAL97 will foster further cross-fertilisation and hopes to extend the Artificial Life community by encouraging contributions from people involved in the Arts and Humanities. The conference will involve oral presentations, both invited and contributed, poster sessions, debates, exhibitions, demonstrations, installations and related activities. Scientific topics to be covered will include, but not be limited to, the list below. Contributions from biologists are particularly welcome. Self-organisation. Origins of Life. Prebiotic evolution. RNA Systems. Fitness Landscapes. Natural Selection. Sexual Selection. Ecosystem evolution. Evolutionary Optimisation. Evolutionary Computation. Immune Networks. Neural Networks. Multicellular Development. Natural and Artificial Morphogenesis. Learning and Development. Communication. Artificial Worlds. Simulations of Ecological and Evolving Systems. Mobile Agents. Autonomous Robots. Evolutionary Robotics. Software Agents. Collective Behaviour. Swarm Intelligence. Cooperation. Evolution of Social Behaviour. Philosophical Issues in Alife. Ethical problems. Papers should not be longer than 12 pages (including figures) in the Springer-Verlag llncs style (http://www.springer.de/tex/help-tex.html) with an abstract of 70-150 words. We encourage paper submissions via the Internet, though traditional paper is also acceptable (4 hard-copies). Demonstrations, Videos, and proposals for associated workshops are also welcomed. Official Language: English Publisher: Springer-Verlag IMPORTANT DATES Feb 28, 1997 -- Submission deadline Apr 28 -- Notification of acceptance May 16 -- Camera-ready due May 31 -- Early registration deadline July 28-31, 1997 -- Conference dates ECAL97 will be held in Brighton on the South Coast of England, just one hour by train from London and conveniently close to London Gatwick airport. Please PRE-REGISTER your interest by filling out a form via our WWW site. All new announcements will be emailed to those who have pre-registered, and will also be available on this site: http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ecal97/ EMAIL: ecal97@cogs.susx.ac.uk Conference organizers: Phil Husbands and Inman Harvey Local organization: Medeni Fordham and Joseph Faith Conference Secretariat: Medeni Fordham
ECAL97 COGS, University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9QH, UK PROGRAM COMMITTEE (provisional, some names yet to be confirmed) Riccardo Antonini (I) Randall D. Beer (US) Wolfgang Banzhaf (D) George Bekey (US) Hugues Bersini (B) Maggie Boden (UK) Paul Bourgine (F) Rodney Brooks (US) Scott Camazine (D) Peter Cariani (US) Pablo Chacon (E) Andy Clark (UK) Dave Cliff (UK) Michael Conrad (US) Holk Cruse (D) Jaques Demongeot (F) Jean-L. Deneubourg (B) Michael Dyer (US) Claus Emmeche (DK) Dario Floreano (CH) Terry Fogarty (UK) Walter Fontana (A) Brian C. Goodwin (UK) Howard Gutowitz (US) Pauline Hogeweg (NL) George Kampis (H) Kunihiko Kaneko (JP) Hiroaki Kitano (JP) John Koza (US) Chris Langton (US) Antonio Lazcano (MX) Pier L. Luisi (CH) David McFarland (UK) Pattie Maes (US) Maja J. Mataric (US) Barry McMullin (IE) Juan J. Merelo (E) Jean-Arcady Meyer (F) Eric Minch (US) Melanie Mitchell (US) Federico Moran (E) Alvaro Moreno (E) Jim D. Murray (US) Stefano Nolfi (I) Daniel Osorio (UK) Domenico Parisi (I) Howard Pattee (USA) Rolf Pfeiffer (CH) Steen Rasmussen (US) Tom Ray (JP) Robert Rosen (CA) Chris Sander (D) Peter Schuster (D) Moshe Sipper (CH) Tim Smithers (E) M.V. Srinivasan (AU) Luc Steels (B) John Stewart (F) Peter Todd (D) Jon Umerez (US) Francisco Varela (F) Gunter Wagner (US) Barbara Webb (UK) Hans V. Westerhoff (NL) Michael Wheeler (UK) William C. Wimsatt (US) Rene Zapata (F) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!mcsun!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!nntp.uib.no!nntp-bergen.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!daresbury!imbb1.imbb.forth.gr!nefeli.imbb.forth.gr!SAAVEDRA From: saavedra@nefeli.imbb.forth.gr Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: log-linear analysis software Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 00:23:48 GMT Organization: Imbb-forth,CREtE, creece Lines: 12 Message-ID: <009A7EDF.D8136E84@nefeli.imbb.forth.gr> Reply-To: saavedra@nefeli.imbb.forth.gr NNTP-Posting-Host: nefeli.imbb.forth.gr I am carrying out analyses of three-way contingency tables by log-linear models with SYSTAT. However, this program seems not to be very flexible in special situations, like when one has empty cells (a priori zeros) or low expected values. For example, you can not ask the program to consider some cells as a priori zeros and, at the same time, apply a correction for low values in the other cells. Does anybody know other software that allows this kind of mixed options? Help will be much appreciated. CArlos Saavedra Dept. of Biology University of Crete Iraklio, Crete, Greece From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CCR.DSI.UANL.MX!pearl From: pearl@CCR.DSI.UANL.MX ("Dr. Paul R.Earl") Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: biomx, electronic journal Date: 5 Sep 1996 15:35:59 -0700 Organization: UANL Lines: 18 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <322F72B7.106C@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Please see http://www.uanl.mx/biomx or enter Biomx in Yahoo search to get the HomePage. It is crucially important that you understand Article # 1. For example, now we have The Popular Revolutionary Army, partly because native producers cannot get a price against US grain coming in. In Mexico, oh well. . . Even though Art. # 1 is on land abuse, the real problem of Mexican Pacific States and all Central America is the baby boom (as you know). It is not so much trying sustainable agriculture as stopping civil strife that is surely oncoming with "enough" time. Census problems and many other related ones are real problems that DESERVE very careful attention NOW. Soon it will be too late. Thank you for your kind attention. Best Wishes, Dr Paul R Earl From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!hkusuc.hku.hk!hkursc.hku.hk!xxia From: xxia@hkursc.hku.hk (Xia Xuhua) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: log-linear analysis software Date: 6 Sep 1996 00:27:21 GMT Organization: University of Hong Kong Lines: 17 Message-ID: <50nr59$aag@hkusuc.hku.hk> References: <009A7EDF.D8136E84@nefeli.imbb.forth.gr> NNTP-Posting-Host: hkursc.hku.hk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] You can use the program called BMDP, which used to be available in every major university. You can specify structural zeros. I suspect that all major statistical software such as SAS and SPSS should have implemented the log-linear model with structural zeros. Xuhua -- ========================================================================= Xuhua Xia | Assistant Prefessor | Tel: (852) 2975 5629 Department of Ecology & Biodiversity | Fax: (852) 2517 6082 The University of Hong Kong | Email: xxia@hkusua.hku.hk Pukfulam Road | Hong Kong | ========================================================================= From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sgi.com!esiee.fr!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news From: Robert Jung Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: search for population counts data Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 16:49:23 GMT Organization: InterNetNews at News.BelWue.DE (Stuttgart, Germany) Lines: 33 Message-ID: <50pko5$6uh@news.BelWue.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: st4.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hello. I am a statistician and I am working on time series models for counts. I have a time series model that can handle stock type data (eg the number of people in a waiting room) for very small numbers. Example: 4 2 1 3 5 2 0 2 1 3 ... I thought it would be nice to apply the model to species population data. What I am looking for now are time series of population counts (minimum length 25) where the number of animals is relatively low (numbers above 50 are beyond the scope of my model). The advantage of the model is that it allows for interaction of two series (eg predator - prey), where the number of the xxx-animals is somehow related to the number of the yyy-animal and vice versa. Any help on this subject is greatly appreciated. Please respond via email directly to robert.jung@uni-tuebingen.de if possible. I apologize to those newsgroups to which this post does not directly apply. If there is a group which would be more appropriate, please let me know. Robert Jung University of Tuebingen GERMANY From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Sep 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UNH.EDU!nemeb.96 From: nemeb.96@UNH.EDU (NEMEB 96) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Meeting announcement Date: 9 Sep 1996 08:15:36 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 72 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net NEMEB - 96 A regional meeting of New England Molecular Evolutionary Biologists October 19, 1996 University of New Hampshire Durham, NH This is the first and hopefully only general mailing for this meeting. There will be no paper mailings! Information about the meeting, including scheduling of talks, housing options, and poster abstracts will be provided via a WWW server (http://tilapia.unh.edu). Registration, submission of titles and abstracts, and correspondence should be sent electronically by October 1 to: nemeb.96@unh.edu ____________________ Proposed schedule: 8:30 - 9:00 Coffee and bagels, mount posters 9:00 - 10:30 Invited talks 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 12:00 Contributed talks 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 Contributed talks 2:00 - 3:30 Poster session and refreshments 3:30 - 5:00 Invited talks ___________________ Registration, and Submission of Abstracts: No formal registration is required. We do, however, need a head count to order refreshments. It would be helpful if one person (lab heads?) sent us a count of those planning to attend from their labs. Contributed papers can be presented orally or by poster. In either case, please send us a title and abstract, using the format below, by electronic mail. We will post all abstracts, and compile a schedule of talks, on our WWW pages (http://tilapia.unh.edu). Check the server to find out when your talk is scheduled. Sample Abstract: Postdoc, M.A., M.S. Student and O.L.D. Professor. Department of Esoteric Biology, University of the Imagination, Oberon, Outer Planets, 99999-9999. ON THE NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT. The number of publications required to land an academic job is a topic of great interest and importance to evolutionary biologists. Anecdotal evidence suggests that it is possible to obtain employment with only a few (high-profile) publications in lesser journals (e.g. Science, Nature). Examples are also known in which individuals with dozens of publications have been unable to find gainful employment. We randomly sampled 20 (all we could find) recently hired extraterrestrials and found 1) the minimum number of publications was six; 2) the minimum number of first author publications was one; 3) the average number of publications in refereed journals was 10. We found no correlation of the number of publications and the average starting salary, but the power of the test was low. Our results argue for the strategy of publishing early and often in an academic career. Sincerely, Thomas D. Kocher Department of Zoology University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 11 Sep 1996 02:00:43 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 239 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609110900.CAA25313@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/. 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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-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!macg417f.bio.purdue.edu!user From: cmossman@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu (Cathy Mossman) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Pop. genetics programs for microsatellites? Followup-To: bionet.population-bio Date: 11 Sep 1996 19:08:57 GMT Organization: Purdue University Lines: 11 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: macg417f.bio.purdue.edu Hello, I'm searching for a population genetics program that can calculate allelic frequencies, Fst's (or Slatkin's Rst's) and other general pop. genetics calculations for microsatellite DNA. I'm aware that many people are still using Biosys-1 (Swofford and Selander, 1981), but this earlier version has some limitations when used for microsatellites. Also, it doesn't have a calculation for the corrected Fst (e.g. Slatkin's Rst) that takes into account assumptions critical to microsatellite DNA. If there is an updated Biosys version or other programs that anyone has used for microsatellite data, I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance! Cathy Mossman From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!usenet From: Jane Sampson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: FREQPARS Date: 13 Sep 1996 07:59:40 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia Lines: 4 Message-ID: <51b49c$5ra@enyo.uwa.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: mac55.botany.uwa.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12(Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:bionet.population-bio Does anyone have a copy of Swofford and Berlocher's (1987) FREQPARS compiled for more than 10 alleles? Thanks. Jane From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!malgudi.oar.net!triglav.iwaynet.net!port015 From: physiology@colinst.com (PG) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: COMPUTERIZED LAB-ANIMAL VENTILATOR Date: Fri, 13 Sep 96 15:49:34 GMT Organization: Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: <51c2mq$cfc@triglav.iwaynet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: port015.iwaynet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2 New Lab-animal ventilator, controlled by microprocessor, delivers adjustable tidal volume from 0.05 ml to 50 ml per stroke. Electronically controlled stepping motor with attached lubricant free air cylinder allows continuously adjustable phase ratio, tidal volume, and stroke frequency (5-200 strokes/min). It is suitable for a wide range of animals that is from mice to dogs. SPECIFICATIONS: 1. Programmable and adjustable tidal volume from 0.05 - 50.0 ml. 2. Programmable and adjustable rate (from 5-200/min) is continuously variable. 3. Programmable and continuously adjustable inspiratory/expiratory ratio (1:4 to 4:1). 4. High accuracy in volume and rate with no dead space in electronic valves. 5. Lubricant-free glass cylinder with graphite piston and exceptionally air tight with absolutely minimum friction. 6. Easy to operate. 7. Push button operation with digital display of ventilation parameters. 8. Controlled by microprocessor and powered by micro-stepping motor. 9. Interchangeable cylinders (0.8 ml, 6.0 ml, 27 ml, and 51 ml). 10. Electronic valves with absolutely no dead space. 11. Portable (dimentions: 13 inch: 7 inch: 7 inch) 12. Operates in either 110v or 220 v and 60 Hz. If you are interested, please e-mail me your street address. I will send you all information. GHOSH Internet: 75144.2413@compuserve.com From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!malgudi.oar.net!triglav.iwaynet.net!port017 From: physiology@colinst.com (PG) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: COMPUTERIZED LAB ANIMAL VENTILATOR Date: Fri, 13 Sep 96 16:35:41 GMT Organization: Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: <51c5di$dcp@triglav.iwaynet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: port017.iwaynet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2 New Lab-animal ventilator, controlled by microprocessor, delivers adjustable tidal volume from 0.05 ml to 50 ml per stroke. Electronically controlled stepping motor with attached lubricant free air cylinder allows continuously adjustable phase ratio, tidal volume, and stroke frequency (5-200 strokes/min). It is suitable for a wide range of animals that is from mice to dogs. SPECIFICATIONS: 1. Programmable and adjustable tidal volume from 0.05 - 50.0 ml. 2. Programmable and adjustable rate (from 5-200/min) is continuously variable. 3. Programmable and continuously adjustable inspiratory/expiratory ratio (1:4 to 4:1). 4. High accuracy in volume and rate with no dead space in electronic valves. 5. Lubricant-free glass cylinder with graphite piston and exceptionally air tight with absolutely minimum friction. 6. Easy to operate. 7. Push button operation with digital display of ventilation parameters. 8. Controlled by microprocessor and powered by micro-stepping motor. 9. Interchangeable cylinders (0.8 ml, 6.0 ml, 27 ml, and 51 ml). 10. Electronic valves with absolutely no dead space. 11. Portable (dimentions: 13 inch: 7 inch: 7 inch) 12. Operates in either 110v or 220 v and 60 Hz. If you are interested, please e-mail me your street address. I will send you all information. GHOSH Internet: 75144.2413@compuserve.com From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Sep 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU!gmay From: gmay@MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU ("Georgiana May") Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: No Subject Date: 15 Sep 1996 18:02:26 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 41 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <323c5e64194d002@mhub2.tc.umn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net GRADUATE OPPORTUNITY Potential graduate student interested in understanding in molecular evolution of fungal/plant interactions and in the evolution of mating type loci will be eligible for the doctoral fellowship listed below. UMN funds are also available. The project is to understand the evolutionary forces acting to maintain extreme variation at the b mating type locus ofUstilago maydis (a fungal pathogen of Zea mays). A second project is to investigate the genetic and evolutionary interactions of maize and the fungus. Grad students will have access to strong, integrated programs in evolution, plant pathology and plant biology at UMN. If interested contact: Georgiana May Department of Plant Biology UMN St. Paul, MN (612) 625-1998 gmay@maroon.tc.umn.edu DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY The Plant Biological Sciences graduate program at the University of Minnesota will award USDA National Needs Fellowships for doctoral students interested in Plant Biotechnology. The Fellowship awards provide an annual stipend of $17,000 for 3 years plus tuition waiver. An additional 2 years of support will be available from the graduate program. Applicants must be US citizens or US nationals and have an interest in training and a career in some aspect of plant biotechnology. Completed applications must be received by October 31, 1996. To obtain application forms and additional information please contact: Plant Biological Sciences Program Secretary, University of Minnesota, Department of Plant Biology, 220 Bioscience Center, 1445 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108-1095 612-625-4222/ Email: krogh001@maroon.tc.umn.edu Georgiana May Department of Plant Biology University of Minnesota St. Paul, MN 55108 gmay@maroon.tc.umn.edu (612) 625-1998 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Sep 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cas-cns From: cas-cns@CNS.BU.EDU (CAS/CNS) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Grad Training - BU Cognitive & Neural Systems Date: 16 Sep 1996 06:06:00 -0700 Organization: Boston University - Dept. of Cognitive & Neural Systems Lines: 323 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609161304.JAA09941@cns.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ************************************************************************* GRADUATE TRAINING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS (CNS) AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY ************************************************************************* The Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems offers comprehensive graduate training in the neural and computational principles, mechanisms, and architectures that underlie human and animal behavior, and the application of neural network architectures to the solution of technological problems. Applications for Fall, 1997, admission and financial aid are now being accepted for both the MA and PhD degree programs. To obtain a brochure describing the CNS Program and a set of application materials, write, telephone, or fax: DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS Boston University 677 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02215 617/353-9481 (phone) 617/353-7755 (fax) or send via email your full name and mailing address to: rll@cns.bu.edu (Ms. Robin L. Locke) Applications for admission and financial aid should be received by the Graduate School Admissions Office no later than January 15. Late applications will be considered until May 1; after that date applications will be considered only as special cases. Applicants are required to submit undergraduate (and, if applicable, graduate) transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. The Advanced Test should be in the candidate's area of departmental specialization. GRE scores may be waived for MA candidates and, in exceptional cases, for PhD candidates, but absence of these scores may decrease an applicant's chances for admission and financial aid. Non-degree students may also enroll in CNS courses on a part-time basis. Stephen Grossberg, Chairman Gail A. Carpenter, Director of Graduate Studies Description of the CNS Department: The Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) provides advanced training and research experience for graduate students interested in the neural and computational principles, mechanisms, and architectures that underlie human and animal behavior, and the application of neural network architectures to the solution of outstanding technological problems. Students are trained in a broad range of areas concerning cognitive and neural systems, including vision and image processing; speech and language understanding; adaptive pattern recognition; cognitive information processing; self-organization; associative learning and long-term memory; cooperative and competitive network dynamics and short-term memory; reinforcement, motivation, and attention; adaptive sensory-motor control and robotics; and biological rhythms; as well as the mathematical and computational methods needed to support advanced modeling research and applications. The CNS Department awards MA, PhD, and BA/MA degrees. The CNS Department embodies a number of unique features. It has developed a curriculum that consists of interdisciplinary graduate courses, each of which integrates the psychological, neurobiological, mathematical, and computational information needed to theoretically investigate fundamental issues concerning mind and brain processes and the applications of neural networks to technology. Additional advanced courses, including research seminars, are also offered. Each course is typically taught once a week in the afternoon or evening to make the program available to qualified students, including working professionals, throughout the Boston area. Students develop a coherent area of expertise by designing a program that includes courses in areas such as biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and psychology, in addition to courses in the CNS curriculum. The CNS Department prepares students for thesis research with scientists in one of several Boston University research centers or groups, and with Boston-area scientists collaborating with these centers. The unit most closely linked to the department is the Center for Adaptive Systems. Students interested in neural network hardware work with researchers in CNS, at the College of Engineering, and at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Other research resources include distinguished research groups in neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and neuropharmacology at the Medical School and the Charles River Campus; in sensory robotics, biomedical engineering, computer and systems engineering, and neuromuscular research within the Engineering School; in dynamical systems within the Mathematics Department; in theoretical computer science within the Computer Science Department; and in biophysics and computational physics within the Physics Department. In addition to its basic research and training program, the department conducts a seminar series, as well as conferences and symposia, which bring together distinguished scientists from both experimental and theoretical disciplines. The department is housed in its own new four story building which includes ample space for faculty and student offices and laboratories, as well as an auditorium, classroom and seminar rooms, library, and faculty-student lounge. 1996-97 CAS MEMBERS and CNS FACULTY: Jelle Atema Professor of Biology Director, Boston University Marine Program (BUMP) PhD, University of Michigan Sensory physiology and behavior Aijaz Baloch Research Associate of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Electrical Engineering, Boston University Neural modeling of role of visual attention of recognition, learning and motor control, computational vision, adaptive control systems, reinforcement learning Helen Barbas Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences PhD, Physiology/Neurophysiology, McGill University Organization of the prefrontal cortex, evolution of the neocortex Jacob Beck Research Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Psychology, Cornell University Visual perception, psychophysics, computational models Daniel H. Bullock Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Psychology PhD, Psychology, Stanford University Real-time neural systems, sensory-motor learning and control, evolution of intelligence, cognitive development Gail A. Carpenter Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Mathematics Director of Graduate Studies Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison Pattern recognition, categorization, machine learning, differential equations Laird Cermak Professor of Neuropsychology, School of Medicine Professor of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College Director, Memory Disorders Research Center Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center PhD, Ohio State University Memory disorders Michael A. Cohen Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Computer Science Director, CAS/CNS Computation Labs PhD, Psychology, Harvard University Speech and language processing, measurement theory, neural modeling, dynamical systems H. Steven Colburn Professor of Biomedical Engineering PhD, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Audition, binaural interaction, signal processing models of hearing William D. Eldred III Associate Professor of Biology PhD, University of Colorado, Health Science Center Visual neural biology Paolo Gaudiano Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Computational and neural models of robotics, vision, adaptive sensory-motor control, and behavioral neurobiology Jean Berko Gleason Professor of Psychology PhD, Harvard University Psycholinguistics Douglas Greve Research Associate of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Active vision Stephen Grossberg Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Professor of Mathematics, Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering Director, Center for Adaptive Systems Chairman, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Mathematics, Rockefeller University Theoretical biology, theoretical psychology, dynamical systems, applied mathematics Frank Guenther Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Biological sensory-motor control, spatial representation, speech production Thomas G. Kincaid Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering PhD, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Signal and image processing, neural networks, non-destructive testing Nancy Kopell Professor of Mathematics PhD, Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley Dynamical systems, mathematical physiology, pattern formation in biological/physical systems Ennio Mingolla Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Psychology PhD, Psychology, University of Connecticut Visual perception, mathematical modeling of visual processes Alan Peters Chairman and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine PhD, Zoology, Bristol University, United Kingdom Organization of neurons in the cerebral cortex, effects of aging on the primate brain, fine structure of the nervous system Andrzej Przybyszewski Senior Research Associate of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Warsaw Medical Academy Retinal physiology, mathematical and computer modeling of dynamical properties of neurons in the visual system Adam Reeves Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University PhD, Psychology, City University of New York Psychophysics, cognitive psychology, vision Mark Rubin Research Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Research Physicist, Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA (on leave) PhD, Physics, University of Chicago Neural networks for vision, pattern recognition, and motor control Robert Savoy Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Scientist, Rowland Institute for Science PhD, Experimental Psychology, Harvard University Computational neuroscience; visual psychophysics of color, form, and motion perception Eric Schwartz Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems; Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering; and Anatomy and Neurobiology PhD, High Energy Physics, Columbia University Computational neuroscience, machine vision, neuroanatomy, neural modeling Robert Sekuler Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, BioMolecular Engineering Research Center Jesse and Louis Salvage Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University Sc.M., PhD, Brown University Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Psychoacoustics, audition, auditory localization, binaural hearing, sensorimotor adaptation, mathematical models of human performance Takeo Watanabe Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD, Behavioral Sciences, University of Tokyo Perception of objects and motion and effects of attention on perception using psychophysics and brain imaging (f-MRI) Allen Waxman Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Senior Staff Scientist, MIT Lincoln Laboratory PhD, Astrophysics, University of Chicago Visual system modeling, mobile robotic systems, parallel computing, optoelectronic hybrid architectures James Williamson Research Associate of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Image processing and object recognition. Particular interests are: dynamic binding, self-organization, shape representation, and classification Jeremy Wolfe Adjunct Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Psychophysicist, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Surgery Dept. Director of Psychophysical Studies, Center for Clinical Cataract Research PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visual search ************************************************************************* DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS GRADUATE TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT Boston University 677 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02215 Phone: 617/353-9481 Fax: 617/353-7755 Email: rll@cns.bu.edu ************************************************************************* From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Sep 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU!gmay From: gmay@MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU ("Georgiana May") Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES Date: 16 Sep 1996 14:23:07 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 38 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <323dc5343cb0222@mhub0.tc.umn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES Potential graduate student interested in understanding in molecular evolution of fungal/plant interactions and in the evolution of mating type loci will be eligible for the doctoral fellowship listed below. UMN funds are also available. The project is to understand the evolutionary forces acting to maintain extreme variation at the b mating type locus ofUstilago maydis (a fungal pathogen of Zea mays). Faculty and programs on the St. Paul campus of University of Minnesota offer broad opportunities for the study of fungi and fungal/plant interactions. Most recently, the Center for Community Genetics has been established with the purpose of studying plants' evolutionary interactions with other organisms. Faculty and graduate students from two colleges and four departments meet regularly, host speakers and discuss research in lively, open format. If interested contact: Georgiana May Department of Plant Biology UMN (612) 625-1998 gmay@maroon.tc.umn.edu DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY The Plant Biological Sciences graduate program at the University of Minnesota will award USDA National Needs Fellowships for doctoral students interested in Plant Biotechnology. The Fellowship awards provide an annual stipend of $17,000 for 3 years plus tuition waiver. An additional 2 years of support will be available from the graduate program. Applicants must be US citizens or US nationals and have an interest in training and a career in some aspect of plant biotechnology. Completed applications must be received by October 31, 1996. To obtain application forms and additional information please contact: Plant Biological Sciences Program Secretary, University of Minnesota, Department of Plant Biology, 220 Bioscience Center, 1445 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108-1095 612-625-4222/ Email: krogh001@maroon.tc.umn.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!EU.net!main.Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!peu1-78.m.eunet.de!user From: florian@p-net.de (Florian Burckhardt) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: ?: similarity of time series data Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:16:13 +0200 Organization: Customer of EUnet Germany; Info: info@Germany.EU.net Lines: 19 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: peu1-78.m.eunet.de Hello, I am investigating data on the population development of phytoplankton and zooplankton in 10 300 liter microcosms. The phytoplankton group included microalgae, cyanophycea, flagellates, diatoms flagellates of chlorophycea and chlorophycea. The zooplankton consisted of rotifers, phyllopods, nauplia of Copepods and copepods. Samples were taken every second week over a period of 58 weeks. Each "group" was counted and the 1-4 most abundant species in the sample were also recorded. Now, I would like to measure the similarity between the microcosms. I already did a crosscorrelation of the abundancies with SPSS-Trends to detect similarities, but I am looking for a way to compare the species data per week between the different microcosms. Does anyone know a suitable way to measure the similarity between different time series data of biological populations ? Any comments are appreciated, Florian (Florian@p-net.de) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!gondor!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.accessone.com!169-184-55.ipt.aol.com From: FelixFink@aol.com (Felix Finkenstaedt) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: @@@ Need help for School-photo-project @@@ Date: 19 Sep 96 17:02:23 GMT Organization: AccessOne Lines: 34 Message-ID: <09960819154929.OUI37.FelixFink@aol.com> Reply-To: FelixFink@aol.com NNTP-Posting-Host: news.daka.com X-Newsreader: OUI PRO 1.5.0.2 @@@ Need help for School-photo-project @@@ Hi, I need your help in a rather important and interesting school-project. Please don’t flame me for crossposting or off-topic, but I have no particular newsgroup for my problem and in most popular newsgroups I can reach a broad range of people. But here is my project. I want to make a picture documentation about a landscape and how it changes in the coming fall. How the trees change color and everything else that is going to happen till Christmas. Every two to three days I am going to take a picture of the same place at exactly the same time. Now it came to my mind the it would be extraordinary if I can give the same kind of presentation of almost all kinds of countryside, terrain and continents. So I am asking you if anybody is so helpful to support this idea by taking a picture of a suited place. It can be your garden or anything else, as long as it shows a nice change. I certainly pay for all the costs and expenses. To keep those down I suggest using slides. Please contact me with your comments and your thought about this. I would be very glad and thankful if I can get people from every continent. Bye, Felix Finkenstaedt Germany -- Felix Finkenstaedt FelixFink@aol.com 09/19/96 18:59 --------- Using: OUI PRO 1.5.0.2 from http://www.dvorak.com From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!POSTBOX.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU!yonli001 From: yonli001@POSTBOX.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (yongzhong li) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: LOOKING FOR ASSISTANTSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN PLANT GENETICS AND MELECULAR BIOLOGY Date: 19 Sep 1996 14:29:30 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 205 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609192123.RAA08265@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Sir/Madam: I, as a visiting scholar from China, have been working or studying in USA for over two years. Now I am posting this message for application of graduate assistantship in plant genetics and molecular biology. I am perticularly interested in the tissue culture, gene cloning, DNA marker and plant transformation, but not limit of these, every research field related to plant genetics or molecular biology is OK for me. any country is OK for me also. Please look at my CV and academic transcripts in the following. Name: Yongzhong Li ( Male ) Date of birth: March 16, 1959 Company: Maize Research Institute, Jilin Academy of agricultural Sciences Address: No. 6, Xixinghua Street, Gongzhuling, Jilin Province, 136100 P. R. China Phone: (434)621-1123 Fax: (434)621-4884 Present Position: Visiting Scholar Company: Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University Address: 202 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA E-mail: yonli001@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu Phone: (614)292-9172 Fax: (614)292-7162 EDUCATION: 1982 -- 1985. MS in Agronomy. Department of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University. Changchun, Jilin province, China. Majored in crop breeding and genetics. Thesis title: Cluster Analysis on Some Of Maine Soybean Parents Sowing In Northeast Of China 1978 -- 1982 BS in Agronomy. Department of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University. Changchun, Jilin province, China PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: 1994.6 -- present, Visiting scholar, 1). 1995.4 -- present: Department Of Horticulture And Crop Science, The Ohio State University I have worked on soybean quantitative genetics. I used JMML program to analyze american soybean genetic improvement in the past thirty years among the data of Uniform Test. I am currently working a). In Situ PCR, To determine the chromosome locations of corn 17S rRNA gene and Pox gene as well as some of SSR genes; b). Root morphological differences between the soybean varieties with good flooding resistance and those with bad flooding resistance after different flooding treats 2). 1994.6 -- 1995.4, Department Of Agronomy, Kansas State University Studied tissue culture and plant transformation and worked on sorhgum cytogentics for chromosome aberration after different treatments of different herbicides. 1992 -- 1994.6, Associate professor, Maize Research Institute, Jilin Academy Of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS). Jilin province, China. 1987 -- 1991, Assistant professor, Maize Research Institute, JAAS. Jilin province, China. 1985 -- 1986, Research assistant, Soybean Research Institute, JAAS, Jilin province, China. a). 1990 -- 1994, Charged of " Development Of The New Corn Hybrids With High Yield, Resistance To High Population Density And Diseases Sowing In Jilin Province". b), 1994, Charged Of " Development Of New Corn Hybrids Yielding Over 750 kg/mu" . c), 1990 -- 1994, Took part in " Development Of New Corn Hybrids With High Yield, Resistance To Diseases And Good Quality ". - National Project. d), 1987 -- 1990, Successfully completed " Development Of Silage Maize Hybrids ". " Jiqing 7 " and " Jiqing 6 " had been released by the National Silage Variety Release Committee and Are being planted by farmers. e). 1985 -- 1987, Took part in " Research On Soybean Male Sterile With Nuclear-cytoplasmic Reaction ". The first invention award was got from the result in Jilin province. The research result has reached advanced level in the world at present. f). 1991, Studied on corn breeding and production in Germany for three months ( from July to October ). PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP China Societyu of Crop Science China Seed Association TECHNICAL SKILLS In Situ PCR, PCR, RAPD, experiences on plant cytogenetics and some on gene cloning and tissue culture , very good experience in plant breeding and genetics, familiar with some of other methods on melecular biology as well as different data and word processing software. PUBLICATIONS: 1. Yongzhong Li, 1986, A theoretical research on cluster analysis and its application in plant breeding. Jilin Agricultural Science, No. 2 . 2. Yongzhong Li, 1987, Correlation and path-coefficient analysis of oil and its components in soybean. Soybean Science, No. 3 . 3. Yongzhong Li, 1987, A cluster analysis on some of main soybean parents sowing in northeast of China. Hereditas, No. 3 . 4. Yongzhong Li, 1988, A correlation, stepwise regression and path-coefficient analysis on some of main soybean varieties sowing in northeast of China. Soybean Science, No. 1 . 5. Yongzhong Li, Huazhang Zhang, et. al. , 1990, An analysis of combining ability and genetics potentiality on fine maize inbred lines in northeast of China. Jilin Agricultural Sciences, No. 1 . 6. Yongzhong Li, Weidong Li, et. al. , 1990, A summary of researches on maize root and stalk. Agronomy Abroad, No. 1 . 7. Xinger Liu, Yongzhong Li, et. al. , 1990, An analysis of combining ability on main quantitative characteristics of ten corn inbred lines. Jilin Agricultural Sciences, No. 2 . 8. Yongzhong Li, 1991, A correlation, stepwise regression and path-coefficient analysis on grain yield and its components in maize hybrids. Jilin Agricultural Sciences, No. 1 . TRANSCRIPTS: 1). BS degree courses ( ( course ( exam grade ) ): Advanced Mathematics ( 5 ) Botany ( 5 ) Philosophy ( 5 ) English ( 5) Physics ( 5 ) Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry ( 5 ) Organic Chemistry ( 5 ) Agro-meteorology ( 5 ) Microbiology ( 5 ) Economics ( 5 ) Biochemistry and Physiology ( 5 ) Soil Science ( 5 ) Agro-entimology ( 4 ) CPC History ( 5 ) Agro-pathology ( 5 ) Genetics ( 4 ) Agricultural Machinary ( 5 ) Biostatistics and Field Experiment ( 4 ) Farming Science ( 5 ) Fertilizer Science ( 5 ) Crop Breeding Science ( 5 ) Crop Cultivation Science ( 5 ) Agro-economics ( 5 ) Graduation Thesis ( 5 ) Graduation Practice ( 5 ) Quantitative Genetics ( 5 ) Seed Science ( 5 ) Application of Modern Physics in Agriculture ( 5 ) Additional Genetics ( 5 ) Additional Farming Science ( 5 ) ** 5 -- excellant; 4 -- good; 3 -- fair; 2 -- fail 2). MS courses ( ( course ( exam grade ) ) Plant Biochemistry ( 92 ) Molecular Genetics ( 95 ) Cytogenetics ( 91 ) Biological Microtechnique ( 98 ) Advanced Breeding Science ( 90 ) Special Subject on Crop Genetic Breeding ( 80 ) Quantitative Genetics ( 99 ) English ( 92 ) Probability and Mathematic Statistics ( 98 ) Linear Algebra ( 95 ) Instrument Analysis ( 92 ) Natural Dialectics ( 85 ) Graduate Seminar ( 90 ) ** Highest mark is 100. The mark less than 60 means failing Thank you very much for your attention, Yongzhong Li From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 19 23:00:00 1996 Message-ID: <3242188E.4F1279DD@tbrown.lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 16:07:42 +1200 From: Terry Brown X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b7Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.10 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: bionet.jobs.wanted,sci.bio.ecology,sci.research.postdoc,sci.research.careers,can.jobs,bionet.population-bio Subject: Seeking Ecological Modelling postdoc. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 138 NNTP-Posting-Host: hrrslip.hort.cri.nz Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-ext.crl.dec.com!caen!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.starnet.net!waikato!news.massey.ac.nz!news.palm.cri.nz! Xref: biosci bionet.jobs.wanted:8077 sci.bio.ecology:20827 sci.research.postdoc:5140 sci.research.careers:12375 bionet.population-bio:2042 Ecosystem Modelling / Simulation I am seeking a post-doctoral type position in ecosystem modelling. My major academic qualifications are B.Sc.(Hons) in Microbial Ecology and a Ph.D. in Biological Systems Simulation. I have a wide ranging experience of simulating ecosystems, including spatial aspects, as well as an extensive knowledge of computer programming and data manipulation / analysis. I am interested in working in Canada, the US, the UK, or anywhere else in this field, particularly in natural / threatened ecosystems. I have Permanent Residence status in Canada. My CV is below in text form, a postscript version and other information is available via. WWW from http://tbrown.lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz/~tb Pointers to groups working in the above field would also be greatly appreciated. Curriculum vitae Terry Nicholas Brown Lincoln Environmental email: brownt1@lincoln.ac.nz 64 7 838 5901 Work Private Bag 3062 Born: Oct. 31 1969 64 7 855 9001 Home Hamilton Marital status: Single 64 7 838 5372 Fax. NEW ZEALAND ______________________________________________________________________________ General o Ph.D. in Biological Systems Simulation. o B.Sc.(Hons) in Microbiology. o Interests in spatial aspects of ecosystems, and the application of computing and simulation techniques to enhance understanding of ecosystem behaviour and conservation. ______________________________________________________________________________ Academic history 1988 Entrance scholarship (one of 200 awarded nationally) to Canterbury University, New Zealand. Direct entry to Honours programme, undergraduate papers in cell biology, microbiology, genetics, biochemistry, physics, computing. Honours papers in Soil Microbiology (B+), Phycology (A-), Ecology (A-) and Plant Pathology (B). Honours project: "Ecology and taxonomy of the terrestrial algae of Lake Ellesmere" (A-). Gained B.Sc. Hons. (second class division one) in 1990. 1991 Enrolled in a doctoral programme at Lincoln University, New Zealand. Papers in differential equations (biological modelling) (A+), computing for research (simulation) (A+), biometrics (GLM) (A+) and biometrics (multivariate) (A+). Produced a simulation of the microbial ecosystem of Pinus radiata root systems with emphasis on armillaria root rot and a biocontrol agent. Developed a scheme to represent the variable three-dimensional structure of the root system at the individual root level, as a basis for a simulation model of disease spread and microbial interaction. The simulation required sophisticated visualisation procedures and system specific methods of validation. Graduated with a Ph.D. in Biological Systems Simulation in 1995. ______________________________________________________________________________ Experience and Employment 1990 Transect sampling and laboratory culturing of algae. Some SEM and TEM work. 1992-1993 Field work to characterise Pinus radiata root system morphology, including organisation of support staff. Graduate assistant in the Centre for Computing and Biometrics, Lincoln University; laboratory supervision and some lecturing. Wrote a graphical predator-prey simulation as a teaching aid. Wrote software to interpret output from wool fibre measurement and insect tracking hardware. 1994-1995 Research scientist for Lincoln Environmental. Design and implementation of a simulation of the fate of nitrogen in dairy shed effluent applied to pasture. A layered, one-dimensional model of hydrological, chemical and biological processes, including a novel isotope labelling function. The position also involved extensive field scale lysimeter and laboratory work, data-processing and visualisation, and general programming. 1996- Member of the editorial board of Ecological Modelling, an international Elsevier journal. Experienced in computer programming in C++ , C, FORTRAN, BASIC, Pascal, WWW (HTML, CGI), Modula-2 , SIMSCRIPT, SAS, LaTeX, and 680x0 assembler. Also GIS (GRASS, ArcInfo) and broad experience with computer graphic techniques, Unix (incl. Linux) and MSDOS / Windows. Brief introduction to Forth, ACSL, Macintosh OS. ______________________________________________________________________________ Other Interests Tramping, squash, voluntary conservation field work, scuba diving (P.A.D.I. Open Water certification). Member of Forest & Bird, Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Royal Society of New Zealand. ______________________________________________________________________________ Publications Some of these papers are available electronically either via. WWW from http://tbrown.lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz/~tb or via. FTP to tbrown.lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz in /pub/papers. I have three refereed journal papers since 1994, and have produced two conference posters, presented papers to three conferences, and co-authored two internal reports. Barkle, G., Brown, T., and Singleton, P. (1994). Enhancing denitrification in a land based effluent treatment system : Paper no. seag 94/014. In ASAE Conference on Engineering in Agriculture, Lincoln University. Australian Society of Agricultural Engineers. Barkle, G., Brown, T., and Singleton, P. (1995). Lysimeter studies and model development for land based waste treatment. In The international symposium on water quality modeling, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Brown, T. (1992). Flow a program to generate flowcharts in the LaTeX picture environment. Internet distribution. Brown, T. (1993). Programming plants. New Zealand Science Monthly, 4:11. Brown, T. (1994). Mapping and modelling 3-dimensional tree root architecture. In ASAE Conference on Engineering in Agriculture, Lincoln University. ASAE. Paper No. SEAg 94/021. Brown, T. (1995). Simulation of the development of the Root System and associated Microbial Community of Pinus radiata. PhD thesis, Lincoln University, Centre for Computing and Biometrics. Brown, T. and Kulasiri, D. (1992). Simulation of Pinus radiata root-architecture development. In Hall, M. and Trigg, L., editors, New Zealand Computer Science Research Students' Conference, pages 3946, Hamilton, NZ. University of Waikato. Brown, T. and Kulasiri, D. (1994). Simulation of Pinus radiata root system structure for ecosystem management applications. Simulation, 62(5):286294. Brown, T. and Kulasiri, D. (1996). Validating models of complex, stochastic, biological systems. Ecological Modelling, 86:129134. Brown, T., Kulasiri, D., and Gaunt, R. (1996). An objective index for the radial distribution of low order lateral tree roots. 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Kelly) Subject: Re: @@@ Need help for School-photo-project @@@ X-Nntp-Posting-Host: faraday.clas.virginia.edu Message-ID: Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: uva References: <09960819154929.OUI37.FelixFink@aol.com> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 05:13:12 GMT Lines: 43 FelixFink@aol.com writes: > @@@ Need help for School-photo-project @@@ > > Hi, > I need your help in a rather important and interesting school-project. > Please don’t flame me for crossposting or off-topic, but I have no > particular newsgroup for my problem and in most popular newsgroups I can > reach a broad range of people. > > But here is my project. > I want to make a picture documentation about a landscape and how it > changes in the coming fall. How the trees change color and everything > else that is going to happen till Christmas. Every two to three days I > am going to take a picture of the same place at exactly the same time. > Now it came to my mind the it would be extraordinary if I can give the > same kind of presentation of almost all kinds of countryside, terrain > and continents. So I am asking you if anybody is so helpful to support > this idea by taking a picture of a suited place. It can be your garden > or anything else, as long as it shows a nice change. I certainly pay for > all the costs and expenses. To keep those down I suggest using slides. > Please contact me with your comments and your thought about this. I > would be very glad and thankful if I can get people from every > continent. > > Bye, > Felix Finkenstaedt > Germany > > -- > Felix Finkenstaedt FelixFink@aol.com > 09/19/96 18:59 > --------- > Using: OUI PRO 1.5.0.2 from http://www.dvorak.com > > I think that your idea is a great one. I most certainly was not offended by your request. Unfortunately, I haven't the time to do it, but I hope you do get some volunteers. -- Associate Professor (Emeritus) University of Virginia mgk@darwin.clas.virginia.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 25 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cas-cns From: cas-cns@CNS.BU.EDU (CAS/CNS) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Fall 1996 Colloquium Series Date: 26 Sep 1996 08:16:32 -0700 Organization: Boston University - Cognitive and Neural Systems Lines: 54 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609261515.LAA03380@cns.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Fall 1996 Colloquium Series CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS BOSTON UNIVERSITY October 4 REPRESENTATION OF THE ACOUSTIC SPECTRUM IN THE PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX Professor Shihab A. Shamma, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland October 11 DECLARATIVE MEMORY: INSIGHTS FROM COGNITIVE NEUROBIOLOGY Professor Howard Eichenbaum, Department of Psychology, Boston University October 18 RANDOM WALKING DURING QUIET STANDING Professor James J. Collins, Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Neuromuscular Research Center, Boston University November 1 BIDIRECTIONAL SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY AND ITS REGULATION IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX Professor Mark Bear, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University November 8 LEARNING MULTIDIMENSIONAL MAPS USING DENSITY ESTIMATION Dr. James R. Williamson, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University November 15 HUMANOID ROBOTS Professor Rodney A. Brooks, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT November 25 (Monday at 2:00 P.M., Room B02) MECHANISMS INFLUENCING CONTEXT DEPENDENT PROCESSING IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM Professor Adam Sillito, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College, London *********************************************************************** Fall 1996 Colloquium Series CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS BOSTON UNIVERSITY *********************************************************************** All talks (except November 25) on Fridays at 2:00 P.M. in Room B02 Refreshments after the lecture in Room B01 677 Beacon Street, Boston For updated information, talk abstracts, and maps visit our web site at http://cns-web.bu.edu/ or call 353-7857. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 26 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!is.bbsrc.ac.uk!news From: SEMIKHODSKII@BBSRC.AC.UK (Galina Glazko) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: POSITION IN BIOSTATISTICS WANTED Date: 27 Sep 1996 16:51:21 GMT Organization: John Innes Centre Lines: 118 Message-ID: <52h0m9$vnc@is.bbsrc.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc0433.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.1 I am looking for a position of a research assistant or a PhD in biostatistics or mathematical genetics. I am interested in studying mathematical mechanisms of genetical processes, statistical regularities of the appearance of point mutations, as well as distribution and organisation of DNA repeats in plant and animal genomes. Galina Glazko CURRICULUM VITAE Galina Glazko MSc Sadovaja st.17 kv.33, Kiev, 252027, Ukraine E-mail (please indicate RE: for G. Glazko): semikhodskii@bbsrc.ac.uk A highly motivated and qualified specialist in applied and computational mathematics and biological statistics with broad experience in mathematical analysis of genetic processes. Posses good knowledge of mathematics, computing and general genetics. Able to work effectively in a team or unsupervised. CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE: RESEARCH SCIENTIST, 1995 INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS, NOVOSIBIRSK - studied organisation of Alu-repeats in human genome MSc STUDENT, 1993 - 1995 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICS AND MATHEMATICS, NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY - obtained an MSc degree with distinction - wrote an MSc thesis "Statistical analysis of some genetic laws" - subjects studied for the degree: a. Monte-Carlo method b. Turbulence theory c. Bayes theory d. Machinery graphics UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, 1990-1993 DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY - graduated with specialization in computational mathematics and genetics - wrote a BSc thesis "Statistical analysis of mechanisms of point mutation" UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, 1988 - 1990 DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY PERSONAL Date of Birth: 15 February 1971 Sex: female Languages: Russian (native) English (fluent) French (fluent) German (reading comprehension) Interests: Reading, basketball, horse riding MAIN PUBLICATIONS TITLE PUBLISHED IN CO-AUTHORS Subclass approach for Proc.Third Int. Rogozin, I.B. mutational spectrum Conf.on Intelligent Latkin, E,.I. analysis Systems for Molecular Biology, AAAI Press, 1995, Oxford, UK, p.309-313 Genetical mechanisms Conf. Proc.Zootechnia Sozinov, A.A. of inbreeding Potemkin's Lectures Harkov, Ukraine, 1995, 55-56 Correlative interrelations Intern. Conf.Proc. Glazko, V.I., between karyotype instability of "Chernobyl-96", Sozinov, A.A. characters in animals, breeding 1996, Zelenii Mis, in the zone of the Chernobyl Kiev, 494-495 accident Cytogenetic variability Intern.Conf."Molecular Safonova, N.A., of blood cells and quantity -Genetic Markers in Ovsepjan, A.A. of embryos in cow. Animals", Kiev, Ukraine, Dinnik, V.V. 1996, p.81 Heterogeneity of cytogenetic Cytology and Genetics Buntova, E.G. variability in bone marrow 1996, v.30, n.4, p.23-28 Archipov, N.P. cells of laboratory and wild Sozinov, A.A. mice in conditions of Chernobyl zone Relationship between cytogenetic Proc.of XXVth Inern. Safonova, N.A. variability in blood cells of cow Conference of Animal Ovsepjan, A.A. embryo donors and embryo quantity Genetics, Tours-France, Dinnik, V.V. 1996, p.162,N E007 Differences on genetic poly- Proc.of Ist Int. Symp.on Glazko, V.I. morphism between domestic and Physiology and Ethology Jasynetskaja, N.A. wild mammalian species. of Wild and Zoo Animals, Tarasjuk, S.I.. Berlin,Germany,1996,p.84 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Sep 29 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!U.WASHINGTON.EDU!marks From: marks@U.WASHINGTON.EDU (Robert Marks) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: IEEE TNN CFP: Special Issue on Applications Date: 29 Sep 1996 22:59:22 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 71 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9609300556.AA08109@carson.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks: Every Day Applications of Neural Networks The objective of this special issue is presentation of cases of ongoing or every day use of neural networks in industry, commerce, medicine, engineering, military and other disciplines. Even though artificial neural networks have been around since the 1940's, the last decade has seen a tremendous upsurge in research and development. This activity has been at two levels, (i) advances in neural techniques and network architectures and (ii) exploration of application of this technology in various fields. Neural network technology has reached a degree of maturity as evidenced by an ever increasing number of applications. It is useful, at this stage, to take stock of applications to provide the neural practitioner (i) knowledge of fields wherein neural technology has had an impact, and (ii) guidance concerning fruitful areas of research and development in neurotechnology that have a significant impact. This special issue of the TNN calls for submission of papers concerning neural technology adopted for ongoing or everyday use. Hybrid neural technology, such as neuro-fuzzy systems, are also appropriate. Submissions are to specifically address the infusion and adaptation of neural technology in various areas. Exploratory applications papers, normally welcome for submission to the TNN, are specifically discouraged for this special issue. Adopted and established applications papers, rather, are appropriate. Submissions to the special issue will be judged based on the veracity of everyday use, comparitive performance over previously used techniques and lessons learned from the development and applications Descriptions of remaining open problems or desired, though unachieved performance attainment, are encouraged. Six copies of the manuscript should be mailed to one of the special issue editors by November 15, 1996. The special issue is tentatively scheduled for publication in July 1997.Submissions could either be brief papers or regular papers. Please refer to instructions to authors for TNN. Tharam Dillon Professor of Computer Science Head, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering La Trobe University Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria 3083 Australia Tel: +61 3 479 2598 Fax: +61 3 479 3060 tharam@latcs1.cs.latrobe.edu.ua Payman Arabshahi University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Benton Way at Stevens Way Box 352500 Seattle, WA 98195 United States of America payman@ee.washington.edu 206 236 2694 FAX: 206 543 3842 Robert J. Marks II University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering c/o 1131 199th Street SW Lynnwood, WA 98036-7138 United States of America r.marks@ieee.org 206 543 6990 FAX: 206 776 9297 --- From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Sep 30 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!nntp.zit.th-darmstadt.de!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!news From: Helge Borgarts Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Parrots field study Date: 1 Oct 1996 20:16:37 GMT Organization: Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <52ru75$asm@h20-hrze.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip19.uni-duisburg.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) We are planning a field study on parrots especially in Bangladesh. Therefore we are searching for information about the following species: Loriculus vernalis Psittacula eupatria nipalensis Psittacula cyanocephala Psittacula roseata roseata Psittacula alexandri fasciata Every clue could help us to verify existing data with literature. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Helge Borgarts sz008bo@unidui.uni-duisburg.de :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Sep 30 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!faseb.org!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!nntp.zit.th-darmstadt.de!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!news From: Helge Borgarts Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: (no subject) Date: 1 Oct 1996 20:15:25 GMT Organization: Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <52ru4t$asm@h20-hrze.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip19.uni-duisburg.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) We are planning a field study on parrots especially in Bangladesh. Therefore we are searching for information about the following species: Loriculus vernalis Psittacula eupatria nipalensis Psittacula cyanocephala Psittacula roseata roseata Psittacula alexandri fasciata Every clue could help us to verify existing data with literature. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Helge Borgarts sz008bo@unidui.uni-duisburg.de ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::