From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Dec 01 22:00:00 1996
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From: Allan <bod@netcom.ca>
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Help needed for biology project!!
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 19:37:52 -0500
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Hello! Would anyone who has a career in biology be interested
in letting me do an e-mail interview with them for my OAC (if you don't
live in Ontario Canada you will know OAC as grade 13) biology project.
If anyone is interested PLEASE e-mail me. My name is Allan Graham, and
my e-mail address is bod@netcom.ca .

From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Dec 01 22:00:00 1996
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From: jessie@iastate.edu
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Lnadscape modeling postdoc opportunity
Date: 1 Dec 1996 18:58:25 GMT
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Postdoctoral Position to create Spatially-Explicit Population Models
of Terrestrial Vertebrates In Agricultural Landscapes

*****

I am looking to fill a postdoctoral position with someone who will
assist in creating spatial simulation models of terrestrial vertebrate
populations (especially small mammals) in Iowa watersheds.  This work
is part of a larger collaborative project with researchers at Oregon
State University and the University of Minnesota.  The project is
funded by a joint program between the National Science Foundation and
the Environmental Protection Agency - Partners for Environmental
Research Program.

Previous studies have resulted in high resolution spatial data of
landscapes in six watersheds in Iowa.  These landscapes will be used
to develop a base model for terrestrial vertebrate populations. 
Meanwhile, collaborating PI's will develop several potential
alternative futures for these watersheds based on trends in
agricultural regulatory policies, market-driven farming practices,
sustainable agricultural technology, etc.  The simulation model will
then be used to predict potential outcomes for a variety of wildlife
species under each of these hypothetical alternative scenarios.

This position is for one year with the possibility of renewal for two
additional years if suitable progress is being made.  The position is
available beginning 1 January 1997, however, a deferred start date is
negotiable.

Qualifications:  Requirements for this position include a PhD in
population ecology or a related field, significant experience in
constructing simulation-based population models, familiarity with
Arc/Info's GIS, and a willingness to contribute to the intellectual
atmosphere of a diverse group of faculty and graduate students.

Salary: Salary:  Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application:  Send a letter explaining your qualifications, 
experience, and research interests; a CV; relevant
publications/manuscripts; and the names, addresses, phone numbers, and
email addresses of at least three references to my address listed
below.

Application deadline: 31 December 1996, or until position is filled

If you have any other questions about this position, please contact me
via email or phone.  The pertinent information for reaching me is
listed below.

___________
Brent Danielson
124 Science II
Dept. Animal Ecology
Iowa St. Univ.
Ames, IA 50011-3221

email: Brent@iastate.edu
phone: 515.294.5248
webpage http://www.public.iastate.edu/~codi/
___________
Truth is the intersection of independent lies
   -  R. Levins 1966


From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Dec 05 22:00:00 1996
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                        ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

                        Computational Biology Session:
                         "Computing in the Genome Era"
                            March 31 - April 1, 1997

         Eleventh International Conference on Mathematical and Computer
                       Modelling and Scientific Computing

                            March 31 - April 3, 1997
                    Georgetown University Conference Center
                              Washington, DC, USA 


	The Eleventh International Conference on Mathematical and Computer
Modelling and Scientific Computing is scheduled to take place March 31 -
April 3, 1997 at the Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington,
DC, U.S.A. The objective of the Computational Biology Session "Computing
in the Genome Era" (March 31 - April 1, 1997) is to discuss the current
state of computational biology, its approaches, methods, general problems,
achievements, and future developments with emphasis on sequence research
and analysis for the Genome Projects. 

SPEAKERS of the session include: 

        S. Altschul     (Natl Center for Biotechnology Iinformation, Bethesda),
        A. Bairoch      (Geneva University, Switzerland),
        T. Clark        (Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge), 
        W. Gish         (Washington University, St. Louis), 
        T. Gojobori     (Natl Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan),
        P. Green        (University of Washington, Seattle), 
        S. Henikoff     (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle), 
        L. Hood         (University of Washington, Seattle), 
        A. Kerlavage    (Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville),
        E. Koonin       (Natl Center for Biotechnology Iinformation, Bethesda),
        O. Ritter       (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany),
        D. Searls       (SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia), 
        E. Shpaer       (Perkin-Elmer Applied Biosystems, Foster City),
        E. Trifonov     (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel).

STEERING COMMITTEE:

S. Altschul, A. Bairoch, W. Gish, P. Green, S. Henikoff, E. Koonin, E. Trifonov
 
        Papers (Abstracts) are invited on all relevant aspects of
computational biology for presentation at the session (a new deadline is
DECEMBER 23, 1996), to be selected on competitive basis by the steering
committee (notification of acceptance is JANUARY 4, 1997). One-page
abstracts should clearly describe the work and its conclusions. Full
length manuscripts (limited to six pages) of papers presented at the
conference will be published in the Conference Proceedings, in a special
issue of the journal MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING, Vol. 
8, 1997 (ISSN 1067-0688). The manuscripts for the special issue are due
JUNE 15, 1997. The special issue of the journal will be published by
SEPTEMBER 1997. ALL participants shall pay the registration fee. 

        Abstracts (ONE PAGE, about 200 words, PLAIN JUSTIFIED TEXT) may be
submitted in hard copy or via fax or by e-mail (PREFERRED) under subject
"Abstract". The abstracts must be formatted to fit on 8-1/2 x 11 inch
(approximately 21.5 cm x 28 cm or European Standard A-4 size) paper, typed
in single space. The title must be capitalized and centered followed by
the author's name(s), institution, and full address, including fax and
e-mail.  Send two copies (ONE copy if sent by fax or e-mail) of the
abstract to the session organizer before DECEMBER 23, 1996: 

Eugene Kolker                                         
Dept of Molecular Biotechnology and Genome Center     
Box 357730, University of Washington                  
Seattle, WA 98195-7730, USA           

Fax: +1-206-685-7301
E-mail: egn@u.washington.edu


The Computational Biology Session is proudly sponsored by
        SMITHKLINE BEECHAM and MILLENIUM.


You can find additional info on our Web site:
http://www.genome.washington.edu/~eugene/meeting.html







From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Dec 08 22:00:00 1996
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From: "Need Help" <aqdang@ucdavis.edu>
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Help on Electronegativity
Date: 9 Dec 1996 19:56:15 GMT
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In which ways is electronegativity connected and important to life?  For
instance electronegative is need for plasma membrane.  Is there any other
examples of how electronegative is useful?  


From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Dec 08 22:00:00 1996
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From: aulatesi <aulatesi@stat.unibo.it>
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Someone knows a newsgroup name about demographic and urbanization ?
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 16:24:57 -0800
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Someone knows a newsgroup name about demographic and urbanization ?

If you know, please answer-me at 
    paco@freenet.hut.fi

Thanks a lot. paco.

From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Dec 10 22:00:00 1996
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From: jtorres@RRPAC.UPR.CLU.EDU (Juan A Torres)
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Re: Help on Electronegativity
Date: 11 Dec 1996 04:45:17 -0800
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I think your response is incorrect. Electronegativity is the tendency of 
an atom to attract electrons to itself (in covalent bonds-responsable for 
polarity of some neutral melecules like water).  You are talking about 
oxi-redux reactions were you have a tranfer of electrons from one atom to 
another. You are dealing with the concept of potential of oxidantion. 
This is different from electronegativity.  

On 11 Dec 1996 mthogerson@aol.com wrote:

> In article <01bbe60b$05cbed60$80fb7880@ucdavis.edu>, "Need Help"
> <aqdang@ucdavis.edu> writes:
> 
> >In which ways is electronegativity connected and important to life?  For
> >instance electronegative is need for plasma membrane.  Is there any other
> >examples of how electronegative is useful?  
> >
> 
> Electronegativity is what drives the electron transport systems of
> photosynthesis and aerobic respiration.  It is also what allows
> chemosynthetic bacteria go extract energy from chemical compounds.  I'd
> say it's pretty basic to life in general.
> 
> 
> Mark Thogerson
> Biology Department
> Grand Valley State University
> Allendale, MI 49418
> mthogerson@aol.com or thogersm@gvsu.edu
> CV home page: http://members.aol.com/mthogerson
> 
> "Man occasionally stumbles over the truth, but he usually picks himself up
> and carries on." -- Winston Churchill
> 
> 

From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Dec 10 22:00:00 1996
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From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator)
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser
Date: 11 Dec 1996 02:00:43 -0800
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(LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95)

This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up
the *most frequently*.  The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL
http://www.bio.net/.

If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other
documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail
queries sent to

		       biosci-help@net.bio.net

We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and
mailing lists.  We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet
information searches or answer scientific questions.  Please post
those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups.


	Contents:
	--------
	0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!!

	1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups.

	2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc.

	3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists.

	4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory.


0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!!
------------------------------
BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now
operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our
Web site at http://www.bio.net/.  We need just a few minutes of your
time to help us serve you.

You can do two important things which will take very little time for
you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you.

First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the
archives.  You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as
described in item #1 below.  Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you
contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for
supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if
they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term.

Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides
products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass
this message on to your marketing or marketing communications
department or other appropriate group.  Please ask them to help
support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and
benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are
interested, they can then contact us for further information at our
tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net.


1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups.
--------------------------------------------------------
As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are
accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net.
One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings
and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured
properly to send e-mail.  Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS
index.  The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS
Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address
database described in another item further below.


2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc.
-------------------------------------------------------
BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups),
mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/.
The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small
number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net).  Unfortunately it
is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out
to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of
newsgroups and mailing lists.  These attempts to grab free advertising
are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net
terminology.  USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many
spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the
mailing lists.  However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses
and hit these too, so neither medium is immune.

What should you do personally if you get junk mail?
---------------------------------------------------
Just delete it and move on without reading it further.  Filing a
protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often
disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from.  Unless you
really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by
sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the
address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing.

What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups?
----------------------------------------------------
The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup.
If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape.
Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the
spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists
completely.  Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the
time to review each message before it goes out.  We have set up
software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an
address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed.
This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass
it on, say about 1 min. per message.

Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible
for their newsgroup.  The discussions leaders and their e-mail
addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is
available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/.  If a newsgroup is being
hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader
for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group.
Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the
newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your
complaint.  With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has
to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems
directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net.

We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells
us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator
is willing to do the work.  For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this
entails only a few minutes of work each day.

Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings
on the USENET distribution.  Unfortunately there are easy ways for
determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET,
but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if
the newsgroup is moderated.  You can also access our newsgroups over
the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net.  While this Web interface will not
stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you
yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of
your personal mail files.  For those of you with local USENET news
systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new
newsgroups and recent postings.


3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists.
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------

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
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   end

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   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
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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 Tue Dec 10 22:00:00 1996
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From: mthogerson@aol.com
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Re: Help on Electronegativity
Date: 11 Dec 1996 04:16:18 GMT
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In article <01bbe60b$05cbed60$80fb7880@ucdavis.edu>, "Need Help"
<aqdang@ucdavis.edu> writes:

>In which ways is electronegativity connected and important to life?  For
>instance electronegative is need for plasma membrane.  Is there any other
>examples of how electronegative is useful?  
>

Electronegativity is what drives the electron transport systems of
photosynthesis and aerobic respiration.  It is also what allows
chemosynthetic bacteria go extract energy from chemical compounds.  I'd
say it's pretty basic to life in general.


Mark Thogerson
Biology Department
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49418
mthogerson@aol.com or thogersm@gvsu.edu
CV home page: http://members.aol.com/mthogerson

"Man occasionally stumbles over the truth, but he usually picks himself up
and carries on." -- Winston Churchill

From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Dec 11 22:00:00 1996
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sdfg


From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Dec 11 22:00:00 1996
Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cas-cns
From: cas-cns@CNS.BU.EDU (CAS/CNS)
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Vision, Recognition, Action
Date: 12 Dec 1996 08:18:24 -0800
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***** CALL FOR PAPERS *****

International Conference on
VISION, RECOGNITION, ACTION: NEURAL MODELS OF MIND AND MACHINE 
May 28--31, 1997
Sponsored by the Center for Adaptive Systems 
and 
the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems 
Boston University
with financial support from DARPA and ONR

This conference will include a day of tutorials (May 28) 
followed by 3 days of 21 invited lectures and contributed 
lectures and posters by experts on the biology and technology 
of how the brain and other intelligent systems see, understand, 
and act upon a changing world. The meeting program and updates 
can be found at http://cns-web.bu.edu/cns-meeting/. Hotel and 
restaurant information can be found there.


WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1997: TUTORIALS 

Stephen Grossberg, "Vision, Brain, and Technology"
(3 hours in two 1-1/2 hour lectures).

Gail Carpenter, "Self-Organizing Neural Networks for Learning, 
Recognition, and Prediction: ART Architectures and Applications"
(2 hours). 

Eric Schwartz, "Algorithms and Hardware for the Application of 
Space-Variant Active Vision to High Performance Machine Vision" 
(2 hours). 


THURSDAY, MAY 29---SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1997: 
CONFIRMED INVITED LECTURERS 

Andreas Andreou, Stuart Anstis, Terrance Boult, Rodney Brooks, 
Gail Carpenter, Patrick Cavanagh, Robert Desimone, Patricia 
Goldman-Rakic, Stephen Grossberg, Michael Jordan, John Kalaska, 
Takeo Kanade, Ennio Mingolla, Lance Optican, Alex Pentland, 
Tomaso Poggio, Eric Schwartz, Robert Shapley, George Sperling, 
Larry Squire, and Allen Waxman.


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 
Contributed abstracts for talks or posters must be received, 
in English, by January 31, 1997. Notification of acceptance 
will be given by February 28, 1997. A meeting registration 
fee must accompany each Abstract. See Registration Information 
below for details. The fee will be returned if the Abstract is 
not accepted for presentation and publication in the meeting 
proceedings. Each Abstract should fit on one 8" x 11" white page 
with 1" margins on all sides, single-column format, single-spaced, 
Times Roman or similar font of 10 points or larger, printed on one 
side of the page only. Fax submissions will not be accepted. Abstract 
title, author name(s), affiliation(s), mailing, and email address(es) 
should begin each Abstract. An accompanying cover letter should include: 
Full title of Abstract, corresponding author and presenting author name, 
address, telephone, fax, and email address. Preference for oral or poster
presentation should be noted. Abstracts which do not meet these requirements
or which are submitted with insufficient funds will be returned. The
original and 3 copies of each Abstract should be sent to: CNS Meeting,
c/o Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, Department of Cognitive and
Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: 
To register, please fill out the enclosed registration form. Student 
registrations must be accompanied by a letter of verification from a 
department chairperson or faculty/research advisor. If accompanied by 
an Abstract or if paying by check, mail to the CNS Meeting address. If 
paying by credit card, mail to the CNS Meeting address, or fax to 
(617) 353-7755.

STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: 
Some fellowships for PhD students and postdocs are available to defray 
travel and living costs. The deadline for applying for fellowship support 
is January 31, 1997. Applicants will be notified by February 28, 1997. 
Each application should include the applicant's CV, including name; mailing 
address; email address; current student status; faculty or PhD research 
advisor's name, address, and email address; relevant courses and other 
educational data; and a list of research articles. A letter from the listed
faculty or PhD advisor on official institutional stationery should
accompany the application and summarize how the candidate may benefit
from the meeting. Students who also submit an Abstract need to include
the registration fee with their Abstract.

********************

REGISTRATION FORM
(Please Type or Print)

Vision, Recognition, Action: Neural Models of Mind and Machine
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Tutorials: May 28, 1997
Meeting: May 29--31, 1997

Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof:

Name:

Affiliation:

Address:

City, State, Postal Code:

Phone and Fax:

Email: 


The conference registration fee includes the meeting program,
reception, six coffee breaks, and the meeting proceedings. Two 
coffee breaks and a book of tutorial viewgraph copies will be 
covered by the tutorial registration fee.

CHECK ONE:

[   ]  $55 Conference plus Tutorial (Regular) 

[   ]  $40 Conference plus Tutorial (Student) 

[   ]  $35 Conference Only (Regular) 

[   ]  $25 Conference Only (Student) 

[   ]  $30 Tutorial Only (Regular)  

[   ]  $25 Tutorial Only (Student) 


METHOD OF PAYMENT:

[   ] Enclosed is a check made payable to "Boston University". 
      Checks must be made payable in US dollars and issued by 
      a US correspondent bank. Each registrant is responsible 
      for any and all bank charges.

[   ] I wish to pay my fees by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, 
      or Discover Card only).

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From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Dec 11 22:00:00 1996
Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail
From: "Peter J. Bryant" <pjbryant@uci.edu>
Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,bionet.women-in-bio
Subject: Lecturer - Global Sustainability
Date: 11 Dec 1996 21:50:25 -0800
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Global Sustainability.  The Student Recommended Faculty Program of the
University of California, Irvine, seeks a lecturer for a one-year
appointment for the 1997-98 academic year.  The lecturer will teach
undergraduate courses on the topic of Global Sustainability.  The
lecturer is housed in the department of Environmental Analysis and
Design in the School of Social Ecology, but may teach in other schools
as the topic is interdisciplinary.  The goal for the year is to expose
students to a range of general topics from environmental resource
management and alternative environmental futures to more specialized
issues such as the challenges of shared international resources and
frameworks for international environmental cooperation.  Demonstrated
excellence in teaching, research, and/or professional experience
required.  Send curriculum vitae, teaching evaluations, course syllabi,
and names of three references to Priya Gopinath, (PGOPINAT@uci.edu), 
ASUCI-SRFP, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92687. UCI is
an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through diversity.
Application deadline, January 3, 1997.


From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Dec 12 22:00:00 1996
Path: biosci!NSF.GOV!cokelly
From: cokelly@NSF.GOV ("Charles J. O'Kelly")
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Announcement:  Second NSF PEET Special Competition
Date: 13 Dec 1996 14:21:44 -0800
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Apologies for crosspostings.

The Systematic Biology program of the National Science Foundation
announces a second Special Competition, Partnerships for Enhancing
Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET), to support competitively reviewed
research projects that target groups of poorly known organisms.
Projects must encourage the training of new generations of taxonomists
and translate current expertise into electronic databases and other
formats with broad accessibility to the scientific community.

The relevant brochure is NSF97-21, available online at
ftp://stis.nsf.gov/nsf9721.txt (ASCII format) and
http://www.nsf.gov/nsf/nsfpubs/nsf9721/nsf9721.pdf (PDF format).

Print copies may be obtained by contacting:

     Division of Environmental Biology (PEET)
     National Science Foundation, room 635
     4201 Wilson Boulevard
     Arlington, VA 22230
     703-306-1481; fax: 703-306-0367
     e-mail: sysrev@nsf.gov

A one-page synopsis of the PEET competition is being circulated to
interested societies for posting on Web pages, electronic newsletters,
and the like.  A copy may be viewed now at
 http://megasun.BCH.UMontreal.CA/isep/peet1p.html

Further information on the PEET program, including information on
the activities of current awardees, may be obtained at:
http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~peet (this site is subject to frequent updates,
and may possibly change its address on the Kansas computer).

The deadline for postmarking submissions to this competition is
1 March 1997.

best wishes for the holiday season, charley

==============

Charles J. O'Kelly
Program Director, Systematic Biology
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, rm. 635
Arlington, VA  22230
   tel: 703 306 1481 x 6417
   fax: 703 306 0367
   email: cokelly@nsf.gov
   WWW: http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/protists/cjocv.html

"I have added their names to the Long List.  Ents will remember it."
 		- Tolkien



From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Dec 12 22:00:00 1996
Path: biosci!USL.EDU!pll6743
From: pll6743@USL.EDU
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Faculty position -Fish Biology
Date: 13 Dec 1996 10:41:21 -0800
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BIOLOGY FACULTY

The Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana invites
applications for a tenure-track position in FISH BIOLOGY in support of the
doctoral program in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology. This position is
for a research faculty member with postdoctoral experience, and offers a
competitive salary.  Faculty members are expected to develop active research
programs, seek extramural funding and participate in undergraduate and
graduate education.  The Department of Biology consists of 30 professorial
faculty, with research interests ranging from molecular to ecosystem
studies, and more than 65 graduate students.  USL has an exceptionally
well-equipped Microscopy Center and Center for Advanced Computer Studies.
Other resources include the Primate Research Center, Laboratory for
Crustacean Research, Center for Molecular Evolution, Louisiana Universities
Marine Consortium (LUMCON) Marine Laboratory and research vessels, the
National Wetlands Research Center (USGS) and the National Marine Fisheries
Service's Estuarine Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Research Center.

Applicants should submit curriculum vitae, selected reprints, a concise
statement of research goals, and names, addresses and telephone numbers of
three referees. Review of applications will begin 15 January 1997 and
continue until the position is filled. Direct application to: Faculty
Development Search Coordinator, Department of Biology, University of
Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette LA 70504-2451. AA/EOE.

For more information on the department and university check out
"http://www.usl.edu/~khh6430/ "


"Laissez les bons temps rouler!"
Paul Leberg
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
pll6743@ucs.usl.edu
318-482-6637
318-482-5660 (Fax)


From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Dec 16 22:00:00 1996
Path: biosci!COGS.SUSX.AC.UK!inmanh
From: inmanh@COGS.SUSX.AC.UK (Inman Harvey)
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: ECAL97 Final CFP
Date: 17 Dec 1996 10:11:11 -0800
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Full details on our website http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ecal97

                  FINAL 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.

NEW --- Publisher will now be: MIT Press/Bradford Books. Papers should not be
longer than 10 pages (including figures) in MIT Press format. Format
instructions and LaTeX template are available on our web-page. We encourage
paper submissions via the Internet (see web-page) though traditional paper is
also acceptable (4 hard-copies). Demonstrations, Videos, and proposals for
associated workshops are also welcomed.

IMPORTANT DATES
Feb 28, 1997     -- Submission deadline
Apr 12           -- Notification of acceptance
May 1            -- 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. There are good
travel connections; it is just one hour by train from London and conveniently
close to London Gatwick airport. The conference will be inside the Metropole
Hotel on Brighton seafront. Special accomodation rates will be available for
those staying at the hotel, with other cheaper accommodation available
elsewhere.

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/

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

EMAIL: ecal97@cogs.susx.ac.uk

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Riccardo Antonini (I) Randall D. Beer (US) Wolfgang Banzhaf (D) George Bekey
(US) Hugues Bersini (B) Maggie Boden (UK) Peter de Bourcier (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) Horst Hendriks-Jansen (UK) Paulien Hogeweg (NL)
George Kampis (H) Kunihiko Kaneko (JP) Hiroaki Kitano (JP) Chris Langton (US)
Antonio Lazcano (MX) Pier L. Luisi (CH) David McFarland (UK) Pattie Maes (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 Pfeifer (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) Chris Winter (UK) Rene
Zapata (F)
====================================================================

NEW -- European Workshop on Learning Robots

EWLR-6, the 1997 European Workshop on Learning Robots, will be held in
association with ECAL97 on the day after, Friday August 1st 1997, in the same
location, the Metropole Hotel Brighton. The Call For Papers for EWLR-6 will be
issued some time in January 1997; for further information contact Andreas Birk
cyrano@arti14.vub.ac.be.
====================================================================

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From: Jeffrey Sonnentag <sonnjef@sc.llu.edu>
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Iguana Symposium
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 09:27:46 -0800
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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

                       IGUANA SYMPOSIUM

To be held at the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 26 June - 2 July 1997, at the
University of Washington, Seattle, WA.  The Herpetologists League (HL),
the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR), the Early
Life History (ELH) Section of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), the
American Elasmobranch Society (AES), and the Gilbert Ichthyological
Society (GIS) will all meet jointly with ASIH (See
http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/asih/asih97.html).


                       Symposium Title

      EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF IGUANAS


Ronald L. Carter and William K. Hayes, Co-organizers

======================================================================

Interest in the biology of iguanas has greatly increased in the last few
years. A list of current iguana researchers is in excess of sixty
individuals.  Many iguana specialists have expressed the desire to
dialogue with the full community of investigators who are working with
iguanas in various disciplines such as systematics, evolution, behavior,
physiology and ecology.  It has been 14 years since publication of the
important book "Iguanas of the World", edited by Gordon M. Burghardt and
A. Stanley Rand.  Once again it appears timely to amass a new corpus of
data for publication.  New data on the biology of iguanas are being
collected and much of these data are yet unpublished.  The purpose of
this symposium is to facilitate communication of ideas, the networking
of iguana researchers and ultimately a better understanding of iguana
biology and the conservation of these marvelous organisms.

For additional information contact Ronald L. Carter or William K. Hayes,
Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
92350 USA; telephone (909) 824-4530; or send E-mail to
rcarter@ccmail.llu.edu or whayes@ccmail.llu.edu

======================================================================

If you are interested in presenting a paper, you may wish to inform us
soon of your desire and provide a tentative title or topic.  We would
like to create a list of tentative speakers and add it to the ASIH
meeting announcement on the internet, as other symposia organizers have
already done.

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From: BRowley@alumni.ubc.ca (Brian C. Rowley)
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Subject: new longevity group
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Organization: Longevity-Digest
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From: "Brian C. Rowley" <browley@alumni.ubc.ca>
Subject: New Longevity List 

LONGEVITY-DIGEST
	I would like to announce the creation of Longevity-Digest, an E-mail
group devoted to the science of aging. I am Brian Rowley (BS, MS),
owner and moderator.

SUBSCRIBING AND UNSUBSCRIBING
        To subscribe, send E-mail to LISTSERV@VM.EGE.EDU.TR that
reads:
subscribe longevity-digest firstname lastname

        Write your full name where it says "firstname lastname". To
unsubscribe, send E-mail to LISTSERV@VM.EGE.EDU.TR that reads:
signoff longevity-digest

        If subscription with LISTSERV is unsuccessful, write to me at
browley@alumni.ubc.ca, giving your full name or an alias.

MISSION
        Longevity-Digest is designed to bring together scientists and
laypersons interested in diverse aspects of longevity science. Some
will be molecular biologists, some endocrinologists, some life
extensionists, some pharmacologists, some demographers...

        The subject matter of this list is of great importance. Aging
is the most important risk factor for almost all causes of death.
Right now, medical science is trying to prolong healthy life chiefly
by attacking disease directly. But at some point in life this approach
serves only to prolong morbidity. We are unlikely to get beyond a life
expectancy of 85 or so unless we treat the aging process itself
(Olshansky, Carnes & Cassel 1990). Furthermore, even without any life
expectation gain, the benefits of preserving a youthful physiology are
incalculable.

	There is some reason for hope that effective treatments for aging will
be found in our lifetime. For example, there are studies of
shorter-lived species that document successful interventions in the
aging process: (1) caloric restriction with ample micronutrients
prolongs the life span of long-lived rodents (those already resistant
to the diseases of aging) and a phylogenetically diverse array of
other species (e.g., rotifers, daphnia, spiders, fish....), by up to
50% (Weindruch & Walford 1988). (2) the clonal life span of paramecia
can be increased 33% by consecutive treatments of damaging (nucleotide
fusing) UV and undamaging (nucleotide splitting) UV. Damaging and
undamaging the DNA is hypothesized to trick cells into mobilizing a
reserve DNA repair capacity that can reverse age-accumulated damage
(Smith-Sonneborn 1979). Such a reserve is probably enormous--how else
to explain the complete reversal of senescence routinely seen in
paramecia after fission and reconjugation; the same rejuvenation
occurs each time a sperm combines with an egg, otherwise each new
generation would be "older" than the last. (3) Liu & Walford (1975)
have found that lowering the body temperature of C. bellottii fish
from 20 to 15 degrees Celsius adds over 80% to the life span. Complex
metabolic changes, not simply a “lowered metabolism”, seem implicated.
(4) Odens (1973) has found that weekly injections of RNA and DNA,
starting at 750 days of life in rats that live 800-900 days, more than
doubles survival to about 1800 days. (5) Combinations of daf-2 and
daf-12 mutant alleles nearly quadruple the adult life span of C.
elegans nematodes (Larsen, Albert & Riddle 1995). As a result of these
successes, it would be premature to conclude that nothing will ever be
done about aging, and it is certainly true that underlying mechanisms
of aging can be studied in a laboratory setting.

	Less mainstream researchers (e.g., life extensionists and cryonicists)
are welcome along with more traditional scientists--in my view, good
research is defined not only by tidy puzzle-solving and the amount of
accumulated evidence, but also by potential application and importance
to people's lives. As a result, scientists from both traditional and
non-traditional areas are welcome.

POSTING
        To post a message to Longevity-Digest, send E-mail to
Longevity-Digest@vm.ege.edu.tr. It is recommended that you subscribe
first.

ACTIVITIES
        Each week, Longevity-Digest invites one or more "guest
speakers" from various fields related to longevity to post a few
paragraphs describing their work, or giving information, opinions or
ideas. In fact, anyone can be a "guest speaker" simply by sending a
post and initiating a thread. Replies to "guest speaker" posts, if
numerous, are collected and amalgamated into an E-mail digest (all
authorships acknowledged), which is then distributed to subscribers
via E-mail. The "guest speaker" is given a copy of the digest, and can
reply to the replies.

        Exchanges on Longevity-Digest are less rapid-fire than on
newsgroups, as posting can take from hours to days. However, junk is
eliminated (see rules of moderation). The Longevity-Digest is also
prepared to carry out subscribership polls on certain issues that
wouldn't be possible with any other format, depending on subscriber
interest.

RULES OF MODERATION
        "Spams" (advertisements), "flames" (personal attacks), swear
words, vapid musings, unaddressable complaints, conspiracy theories,
excessive verbiage, redundancies, rants and gibberish will not be
posted. These rules allow much flexibility, while giving posters
freedom from junk mail and abuse.

        I also make 3 posting suggestions:

        (1) Strong claims should come with a description of the
supporting evidence.

        (2) Opinions, speculation and theorizing should be presented
as such; start sentences with "I think..." or "My hypothesis is...".

        (3) Anecdotes can be given, but should not be asserted as
proof.

        Let me extend my warmest greetings to you. I am looking
forward to making your acquaintance on Longevity-Digest, and I
anticipate many exciting discussions :->

                                        -Brian Rowley

REFERENCES
Olshansky, SJ, Carnes, BA and Cassel, C. In search of Methuselah:
estimating the upper limits to human longevity. Science 250:634-640,
1990.

Weindruch, R and Walford, RL. The Retardation of Aging and Disease by
Dietary Restriction. Springfield, Illinois, Charles C. Thomas,
publisher, 1988 pp. 31-72. 

Smith-Sonneborn, J. DNA repair and longevity assurance in Paramecium
tetraurelia. Science 203:1115-1117, 1979.

Liu, RK and Walford, RL. The effect of lowered body temperature on
lifespan and immune and non-immune processes. Gerontologia 18:363-388,
1972.

Odens, Max. Prolongation of the life span in rats. Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society 21(10):450-451, 1973.

Larsen, PL, Albert, PS and Riddle, DL. Genes that regulate both
development and longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics
139(4):1567-1583, 1995.




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