From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 02 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: lefranc@ligm.crbm.cnrs-mop.fr (Marie-Paule Lefranc) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: IMGT NEWS Date: 3 Sep 1997 07:41:41 +0100 Lines: 34 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <5uj0r5$i7u@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Sender: chantal@ligm.crbm.cnrs-mop.fr Original-To: bionews@dl.ac.uk, bio-www@dl.ac.uk, gdb@dl.ac.uk, genbank@dl.ac.uk, immuno@dl.ac.uk, mol-evol@dl.ac.uk, molmodel@dl.ac.uk, molreps@dl.ac.uk, pop-bio@dl.ac.uk, proteins@dl.ac.uk, xtal-log@dl.ac.uk, tibs@dl.ac.uk Dear Colleague, I am pleased to send you the latest IMGT news for information and diffusion. With many thanks. Best regards. Professor Marie-Paule LEFRANC _____________________ IMGT NEWS-August 1997 "Alleles and mutations" IMGT, the international ImMunoGeneTics database, announces a STANDARDIZED description of allele polymorphisms and mutations for all immunoglobulin and T cell receptor V-REGIONs of all species, based on the IMGT unique numbering (IMGT NEWS - March 1997). Allele alignments and tables for the human IGH, IGK and IGL V-REGIONs are freely available at IMGT http://imgt.cnusc.fr:8104 IMGT initiator and coordinator : Prof. Marie-Paule Lefranc Laboratoire d'ImmunoGenetique Moleculaire, LIGM UMR 5535 (CNRS - Universite Montpellier II) 1919 route de Mende 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 - France Tel: +33 (0)4 67 61 36 34 - Fax: +33 (0)4 67 04 02 31 lefranc@ligm.crbm.cnrs-mop.fr IMGT reference : Giudicelli et al., Nucleic Acids Research, 25, 206-211(1997) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 04 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!uninett.no!sn.no!www.nntp.primenet.com!globalcenter1!news.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!paperboy.uconn.edu!usenet From: kent@darwin.eeb.uconn.edu (Kent E. Holsinger) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut Date: 05 Sep 1997 08:59:45 -0700 Organization: Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut Lines: 23 Sender: mks@WALLACE Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: wallace.eeb.uconn.edu X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY The Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut anticipates an opening for an Assistant Professor in evolutionary biology in fall 1998. We invite applications from candidates who have established an innovative research program using empirical approaches for the study of evolutionary processes and will have a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in biological sciences or a related field. Areas of particular interest include genetics of speciation, processes of character evolution, experimental population genetics, genetics of adaptation, and evolution of development. The appointee will be expected to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level and to develop a vigorous, externally funded research program. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, reprints of published papers, and at least three letters of recommendation. They should be sent to: Kent E. Holsinger, Chair, Evolutionary Biology Search Committee, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, U-43, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043. Applications complete by 24 October 1997 will receive full consideration. 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From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 09 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cns-cas From: cns-cas@CNS.BU.EDU (Boston University - Cognitive and Neural Systems) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: CAS/CNS Fall 1997 Colloquium Series Date: 10 Sep 1997 12:37:17 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 48 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970910153157.00720f50@cns.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Fall 1997 Colloquium Series CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS BOSTON UNIVERSITY September 12 AUDITORY CORTICAL CODES FOR SOUND-SOURCE LOCATIONS Professor John Middlebrooks, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan September 26 DOPAMINE REGULATION OF ADAPTIVE RESPONSES IN THE STRIATUM: GENE REGULATION STUDIES Dr. Charles Gerfen, Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience, NIMH October 3 THE VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF OBJECT MOTION Professor Margaret Shiffrar, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University November 7 INTERPRETATIONS OF THINGS PAST Professor Michael Gazzaniga, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College November 14 CEREBRAL LESION-INDUCED ADAPTIVE NEUROPLASTICITY IN YOUNG AND MATURE BRAINS Dr. Bertram Payne, Anatomy and Neurobiology Departments, Boston University Medical School November 21 MODELS OF BINAURAL PERCEPTION Professor Richard Stern, Electrical Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University December 5 BRAIN MECHANISMS OF MOTOR AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS Dr. Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Brain Sciences Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center All talks on Fridays at 2:00 PM in Room B02 Refreshments after the lecture in Room B01 677 Beacon Street, Boston http://cns-web.bu.edu/Colloquia From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 09 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!rutgers!nntp.upenn.edu!news.misty.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!baron.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!server3.netnews.ja.net!is.bbsrc.ac.uk!news From: "Veg Focus" Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Models for Individual Plant Growth within communities Date: 10 Sep 1997 10:54:32 GMT Organization: Authorised Organization Lines: 19 Message-ID: <01bcbdd7$de445610$1ada9b95@computer_6> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc0026.hrik.bbsrc.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 I would be grateful if there is any information on models of individual plant growth with allow for the spatial pattern of plants and individual initial plant weight. Please reply to Laurence.Benjamin@hri.ac.uk Many thanks Laurence Benjamin Horticulture Research International Wellesbourne Warwick UK From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 10 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!inrena.org.pe!postmaster From: postmaster@inrena.org.pe Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: help Date: 10 Sep 1997 17:20:58 -0700 Organization: Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales Lines: 9 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Please, anybody could help me?I m serarching the DISTANCE SOFTWARE(it is a software about the satadistical of ecology, abundance and density of population) .Could anybody give me the adress of page home of it?. thank you Jose Martin Carrasco Montoya Peru From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 10 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 11 Sep 1997 02:00:07 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 233 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199709110900.CAA04836@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. 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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. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Sep 12 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.kornet.nm.kr!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!204.246.1.19!news.tds.net!news From: Gary Wayner Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Scholarly Natural History Books Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 12:04:25 -0500 Organization: Natural History Books Lines: 19 Message-ID: <341AC799.54306D9F@wayner.com> Reply-To: gwayner@peop.tdsnet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: fpal0-a13.peop.tds.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en] (Win95; I) Hi: My latest catalog #80 is available at my webpage for your immediate viewing. There are over 400 titles in all aspects of natural history. Many of the books in catalog #79 are still available. 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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 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, a library, and a faculty-student lounge. LABORATORY AND COMPUTER FACILITIES The department is funded by grants and contracts from federal agencies which support research in life sciences, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and engineering. Facilities include laboratories for experimental research and computational modeling in visual perception, speech and language processing, and sensory-motor control. Data analysis and numerical simulations are carried out on a state-of- the-art computer network comprised of Sun workstations, Silicon Graphics workstations, Macintoshes, and PCs. All students have access to X terminals or UNIX workstation consoles, a selection of color systems and PCs, the Boston University connection machine and network of SGI machines, and standard modeling and mathematical simulation packages such as Mathematica, VisSim, Khoros, and Matlab. The department maintains a core collection of books and journals, and has access both to the Boston University Libraries and to the many other collections of the Boston Library Consortium. In addition, several specialized facilities and software are available for use. These include: Computer Vision/Computational Neuroscience Laboratory The Computer Vision/Computational Neuroscience Lab is comprised of an electronics workshop, including a surface-mount workstation, PCD fabrication tools, and an Alterra EPLD design system; a light machine shop; an active vision lab including actuators and video hardware; and systems for computer aided neuroanatomy and application of computer graphics and image processing to brain sections and MRI images. Neurobotics Laboratory The Neurobotics Lab utilizes wheeled mobile robots to study potential applications of neural networks in several areas, including adaptive dynamics and kinematics, obstacle avoidance, path planning and navigation, visual object recognition, and conditioning and motivation. The lab currently has three Pioneer robots equipped with sonar and visual sensors; one B-14 robot with a moveable camera, sonars, infrared, and bump sensors; and two Khepera miniature robots with infrared proximity detectors. Other platforms may be investigated in the future. Psychoacoustics Laboratory The Psychoacoustics Lab houses a newly installed, 8 ft. x 8 ft. sound-proof booth. The laboratory is extensively equipped to perform both traditional psychoacoustic experiments and experiments using interactive auditory virtual-reality stimuli. The major equipment dedicated to the psychoacoustics laboratory includes two Pentium-based personal computers; two Power-PC-based Macintosh computers; a 50-MHz array processor capable of generating auditory stimuli in real time; programmable attenuators; analog-to-digital converters; digital-to-analog converters; a real-time head tracking system; a special-purpose, signal-processing hardware system capable of generating "spatialized" stereo auditory signals in real time; a two-channel oscilloscope; a two-channel spectrum analyzer; various cables, headphones, and other miscellaneous electronics equipment; and software for signal generation, experimental control, data analysis, and word processing. Sensory-Motor Control Laboratory The Sensory-Motor Control Lab supports experimental studies of motor kinematics. An infrared WatSmart system allows measurement of large-scale movements, and a pressure-sensitive graphics tablet allows studies of handwriting and other fine-scale movements. Part of the equipment associated with the lab is shared with and housed in the Vision Lab. Equipment includes a 40-inch monitor that allows computer display of animations generated by an SGI workstation or a Pentium Pro (Windows NT) workstation. A second major component is a helmet-mounted, video-based, eye-head tracking system (ISCAN Corp, 1997). The latter's camera samples eye position at 240Hz and also allows reconstruction of what subjects are attending to as they freely scan a scene under normal lighting. Thus the system affords a wide range of visuo-motor studies. Speech and Language Laboratory The Speech and Language Lab includes facilities for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog software. The Ariel equipment allows reliable synthesis and playback of speech waveforms. An Entropic signal processing package provides facilities for detailed analysis, filtering, spectral construction, and formant tracking of the speech waveform. Various large databases, such as TIMIT and TIdigits, are available for testing algorithms of speech recognition. For high speed processing, the department provides supercomputer facilities to speed filtering and data analysis. Visual Psychophysics Laboratory The Visual Psychophysics Lab occupies an 800-square-foot suite, including three dedicated rooms for data collection, and houses a variety of computer controlled display platforms, including Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) Onyx RE2, SGI Indigo2 High Impact, SGI Indigo2 Extreme, Power Computing (Macintosh compatible) PowerTower Pro 225, and Macintosh 7100/66 workstations. Ancillary resources for visual psychophysics include a computer-controlled video camera, stereo viewing glasses, prisms, a photometer, and a variety of display-generation, data-collection, and data-analysis software. Affiliated Laboratories Affiliated CAS/CNS faculty have additional laboratories ranging from visual and auditory psychophysics and neurophysiology, anatomy, and neuropsychology to engineering and chip design. These facilities can be used in the context of faculty/student collaborations. 1997-98 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 Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Electrical Engineering, Boston University Neural modeling of role of visual attention in recognition, learning and motor control, computa-tional 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 Director, Memory Disorders Research Center, Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center Professor of Neuropsychology, School of Medicine Professor of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College PhD, Ohio State University Memory disorders. Michael A. Cohen Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Computer Science 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. Howard Eichenbaum Professor of Psychology PhD, Psychology, University of Michigan Neurophysiological studies of how the hippocampal system is involved in reinforcement learning, spatial orientation, and declarative memory. William D. Eldred III Associate Professor of Biology PhD, University of Colorado, Health Science Center Visual neural biology. Bruce Fischl Research Associate of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Anisotropic diffusion and nonlinear image filtering, space-variant vision, computational models of early visual processing, and automated analysis of magnetic resonance images. Paolo Gaudiano Associate 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. Sucharita Gopal Associate Professor of Geography PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara Neural networks, computational modeling of behavior, geographical information systems, fuzzy sets, and spatial cognition. Stephen Grossberg Wang Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems Professor of Mathematics, Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering Chairman, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems Director, Center for Adaptive Systems PhD, Mathematics, Rockefeller University Theoretical biology, theoretical psychology, dynamical systems, and applied mathematics. Frank Guenther Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University Biological sensory-motor control, spatial representation, and speech production. Catherine L. Harris Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD, Cognitive Science and Psychology, University of California at San Diego Visual word recognition, psycholinguistics, cognitive semantics, second language acquisition, computational models. J. Pieter Jacobs Visiting Scholar, Cognitive and Neural Systems MMA, MM, Music, Yale University MMus, Music, University of Pretoria MEng, Electromagnetism, University of Pretoria Aspects of motor control in piano playing; the interface between psychophysical and cognitive phenomena in music perception. Thomas G. Kincaid Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, College of 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. Jacqueline A. Liederman Associate Professor of Psychology PhD, Psychology, University of Rochester Dynamics of interhemispheric cooperation; prenatal correlates of neurodevelopmental disorders. 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 Reinitz Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD, University of Washington Cognitive psychology, attention, explicit and implicit memory, memory-perception interactions. 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. Elliot Saltzman Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Sargent College Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action University of Connecticut, Storrs Research Scientist, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT PhD, Developmental Psychology, University of Minnesota Modeling and experimental studies of human speech production. 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 PhD, Psychology, Brown University Visual motion, visual adaptation, relation of visual perception, memory, and movement. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Biomedical Engineering PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Psychoacoustics, audition, auditory localization, binaural hearing, sensorimotor adaptation, mathematical models of human performance. Louis Tassinary Visiting Scholar, Cognitive and Neural Systems PhD, Psychology, Dartmouth College Dynamics of affective states as they relate to instigated and ongoing cognitive processes. Malvin Teich Professor of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering PhD, Cornell University Quantum optics, photonics, fractal stochastic processes, information transmission in biological sensory systems. 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: 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 Department Director of Psychophysical Studies, Center for Clinical Cataract Research PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visual attention, preattentive and attentive object representation. Curtis Woodcock Associate Professor of Geography; Chairman, Department of Geography Director, Geographic Applications, Center for Remote Sensing PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara Biophysical remote sensing, particularly of forests and natural vegetation, canopy reflectance models and their inversion, spatial modeling, and change detection; biogeography; spatial analysis; geographic information systems; digital image processing. ******************************************************************* 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: inquiries@cns.bu.edu Web: http://cns-web.bu.edu/ ******************************************************************* From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Sep 14 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cns-cas From: cns-cas@CNS.BU.EDU (Boston University - Cognitive and Neural Systems) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline Oct 31, 1997! 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Orange Blossom Trail Orlando Fl. 32837 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 23 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!nas.edu!BWright From: BWright@nas.edu ("Barbara Wright") Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Data Conference Date: 24 Sep 1997 08:52:35 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 543 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <8525651C.0056DF60.00@smtpmta.nas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear colleague: This is a reminder for readers of your Web site about the upcoming Conference on Scientific and Technical Data Exchange and Integration. If you have not yet posted an announcement about it there, please do so at your earliest convenience. You can use the following message: +++++++++++++++++++++++ The Conference on Scientific and Technical Data Exchange and Integration will be held December 15-17, 1997 at the Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD just outside Washington, D.C. The conference is being organized by the National Research Council's U.S. National Committee for CODATA and is being cosponsored by nine federal science agencies and several firms. Information about the program, registration, and local arrangements may be obtained by calling (202) 334-2124, sending an e-mail inquiry to , or by visiting the Web site for the conference at . ++++++++++++++++++++++++ We also are providing below the full text of the revised conference announcement for your information. Please share it with others in your organization who may be interested. Thank you. Paul F. Uhlir Director, U.S. National Committee for CODATA National Research Council Washington, DC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT (Revised September 1997) The Conference on Scientific and Technical Data Exchange and Integration Sponsored by U.S . National Committee for CODATA National Research Council December 15-17, 1997 Natcher Conference Center National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD Purpose of the Conference The exchange of scientific and technical (S&T) data among different computing environments and across diverse scientific and engineering disciplines presents major problems that hinder full exploitation of computer-based modeling, the Internet, modern scientific databases, and new computer technology. The U.S. National Committee for CODATA is sponsoring the first major interdisciplinary conference on this subject on December 15-17, 1997, in Bethesda, MD. The conference has three main objectives: - To identify areas, with special emphasis on interdisciplinary needs, in which data exchange and integration are important; - To highlight major S&T data exchange and integration efforts already underway or in planning; and - To foster serious and significant cooperation in these kinds of activities among scientific and engineering disciplines, and governmental and non-governmental organizations. Conference Sponsors Defense Technical Information Center Department of Energy Environmental Protection Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Institutes of Health National Institute of Standards and Technology National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Science Foundation United States Geological Survey Hughes STX Corporation TRW [Additional government and corporate sponsors welcome] Preliminary Program Monday, December 15, 1997 8:40 a.m. Welcome Goetz Oertel, U.S. National Committee for CODATA 8:45 Conference Introduction William Wulf, National Academy of Engineering Plenary Session 1: The Importance of Scientific Data Sharing 9:00 Sharing Scientific Data--A Key to Progress in Research and Development Rita Colwell, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute 9:30 Getting More from Our Research Investment--Cross-discipline Research and Data Sharing Neal Lane, National Science Foundation 10:00 Data Exchange and Integration--Fundamental Issues John Rumble, National Institute of Standards and Technology 10:30 Coffee 10:50 An Industrial Perspective: Why Industry Shares Scientific and Technical Data, and How Robert Kiggans, PDES, Inc. 11:20 The Need for Data Exchange in Global Change Research Robert Corell, National Science Foundation 11:50 Lunch 1:00 p.m. Contributed Papers, Posters, and Demonstrations (available for viewing until noon on Wednesday) Plenary Session 2: Tearing Down the Walls--The Art and Science of Data Exchange and Integration 3:00 Data Exchange and Integration Approaches Gio Wiederhold, Stanford University 3:30 Information Modeling Yuhwei Yang, Product Data Integration Technology 4:00 Resolving Conceptual Disagreements Frank Olken, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 4:30 The Sociology of Data Exchange--Reaching Consensus on Data Exchange Tools G. Bruce Wiersma, University of Maine at Orono 5:00 Making Data Easy to Share Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland 5:30 Reception 7:30 Adjourn Tuesday, December 16 Plenary Session 3: Challenges to Cooperation--Why Data Exchange Must Succeed 9:00 a.m. Sharing Scientific and Technical Data--Maximizing the Potential of the National Information Infrastructure Senior Administration Official 9:45 Long-term Ecological and Environmental Data--The Challenge of Keeping and Remembering Susan Stafford, Oregon State University 10:10 Space Observation Data: Looking in and Looking out Jim Green, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10:35 Coffee 11:00 Human Health and Global Climate Change Paul Epstein, Harvard University 11:25 Geographic Information: What Everybody Needs, and Why David Mark, University of Buffalo 11:50 Molecular and Cellular Bioinformatics: From Molecules to Biological Functionality David Lipman, National Center for Biotechnology Information 12:15 p.m. Lunch 1:15 Break-Out Discussion Group Sessions (topics to be finalized later) 2:45 Coffee 4:15 Conclusion of Break-Out Sessions Plenary Session 3: Challenges to Cooperation (continued) 4:30 Integrating Social Science and Natural Science Data Roberta Miller, Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network 5:00 Legal Challenges to Data Exchange and Integration Paul Uhlir, National Research Council 5:30 Adjourn Wednesday, December 17 Plenary Session 4: How to Cooperate--Examples of Successful Cross-Discipline Data Exchange and Integration 8:45 a.m. Geographic Information Systems John Moeller, U.S. Geological Survey and Federal Geographic Data Committee 9:05 ISO Standard for the Exchange of Product Data Howard Bloom, National Institute of Standards and Technology 9:25 World Data Centers Ferris Webster, University of Delaware 9:45 The Earth Observing System Gregory Hunolt, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10:05 Coffee Closing Plenary Session 10:30 Ideas from the Break-Out Sessions Julian Humphries, University of Kansas 10:50 Next Steps for Working Scientists Robert Robbins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 11:20 Next Steps for the Federal Research Community Senior Official, Office of Science and Technology Policy 11:45 Final Remarks Goetz Oertel, U.S. National Committee for CODATA Noon Adjourn Contributed Papers and Technical Demonstrations The conference will consist of four types of sessions: plenary invited lectures; contributed papers (which will be presented as posters); technical demonstrations and exhibits; and small break-out discussion groups. Case studies are particularly encouraged. Contributed papers and demonstrations are being provided on the following topics: Discipline-specific data exchange activities and requirements Interdisciplinary data exchange activities and requirements Federally supported data exchange programs Definitions of scientific and technical metadata issues The computer science of data exchange and integration The impact of the Internet and the World Wide Web on S&T data exchange and integration Future needs for data exchange and integration for scientific and technical data The contributed papers and technical demonstrations will play a major role in the conference by identifying existing activities and approaches that will provide direction and insight for further activities. All contributed papers will be considered for publication in the Conference proceedings, which will be published on the Internet soon after the Conference. The abstracts for all accepted contributed papers and technical demonstrations and exhibits will be put on our Web site in October at . For further information about the conference, please contact: Paul F. Uhlir Director, U.S. National Committee for CODATA National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418 (202) 334-2421 (tel.) (202) 334-2422 (fax) codataco@nas.edu For questions about the conference program, please contact: John Rumble Conference Program Chair National Institute of Standards and Technology Building 820, Room 113 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301) 975-2200 (tel.) john.rumble@nist.gov Break-out Discussion Group Sessions The purpose of the small group discussions, which will be held on the afternoon of the second day, is to address focused topics within the broad conference themes. All conference participants are invited to participate in a discussion group of their choice. Each group will have a designated chair and rapporteur, who will lead and record the discussion. The results will be used by the U.S. National Committee for CODATA and the other conference sponsors for planning follow-on activities. The discussion groups are expected to examine data exchange and integration issues in the following discipline and issue areas: - Biodiversity - Biophysics - Bioinformatics - Engineering knowledge systems - Industrial data - Space sciences - Earth observations - Geographic information - Social sciences - Intellectual property rights - International cooperation - Computer science - Long-term archiving Further details about these discussion groups will be made available in October. Additional Background By data exchange is meant several things: the transfer of large amounts of data from one set of software to other software; extracting small amounts of data from one or more data sources for specific use; and the creation of a linked or integrated data system with multiple data sources. Other possibilities exist. Data exchange has two major components: the stream of bits and bytes that actually represent the data items and fields, and the contextual meaning of individual data items and fields. S&T disciplines and applications have begun addressing data exchange issues, but progress has been slow and difficult for a variety of reasons. Scientists are often not accustomed to formal standards. Discipline experts, even though they may be quite knowledgeable in computation and database management, frequently lack expertise in information modeling and exchange standards. Metadata are not well defined, complicating the application of data across diverse scientific areas. As a result, interdisciplinary data exchange has been difficult to promote and rarely implemented. Consider for a moment geographic information. Many applications need such information: to locate physically the sources of samples, to describe the range of a phenomenon, or to specify the location of an event, among others. Today many geographic information systems serve diverse communities of users, and several efforts to develop standards for exchanging data among these systems have been proposed. Yet progress to develop such standards in other areas has been slow. Other types of scientific data, such as biological nomenclature, chemical and engineering material identification and temporal data, suffer the same problem. Many uses for these data exist outside the scientific disciplines that generate them, yet accepted methods for exchanging these data remain elusive. In Finding the Forest in the Trees, The Challenge of Combining Diverse Environmental Data, the U.S. National Committee for CODATA clearly documented case studies in which data interfacing, defined in that report as the coordination, combination or integration of data for the purpose of modeling, correlation, pattern analysis, hypotheses testing, and field investigation at various scales, was necessary to achieve full value of research investment. Data interfacing is founded upon the standards and protocols agreed to by different scientific disciplines to exchange data. Particular emphasis must be put on the role of metadata in this data exchange. About CODATA The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) is an interdisciplinary committee organized under the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). CODATA is concerned with all types of quantitative data resulting from experimental measurements or observations in the physical, biological, geological, and astronomical sciences. Particular emphasis is given to data management problems common to different scientific disciplines and to data used outside the field in which they were generated. The general objectives are the improvement of the quality and accessibility of data, as well as the methods by which data are acquired, managed, and analyzed; the facilitation of international cooperation among those collecting, organizing, and using data; and the promotion of an increased awareness in the scientific and technical community of the importance of these activities. The U.S. National Committee for CODATA is organized by the National Research Council to administer activities within the United States related to CODATA. The Committee is funded by several federal agencies. Over the past decade, the Committee has completed several studies that have identified and analyzed issues related to maximizing the availability and usability of scientific and technical data. This national conference builds upon those studies and is intended to spur further progress and cooperation in data exchange and integration. Local Information Location The conference will be held at the Natcher Conference Center (Building 45) on the NIH Campus, 45 Center Drive (off of Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike), Bethesda, Maryland. 301-496-9966. There is a cafeteria at the Natcher Center which is open for breakfast and lunch. The Natcher Center is accessible for the physically challenged. Hotel Accommodations A block of rooms has been made available for conference attendees at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 1 Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD, at the rates of $110.71 for single occupancy, $135.71 for double occupancy, plus 12% tax. Attendees are responsible for their own expenses while attending the conference and for making their own hotel and other reservations. If you wish to take advantage of the reduced rate at the Hyatt for conference attendees, call the hotel at 301-657-1234 or 800-233-1234 and tell the clerk you are attending the Scientific and Technical Data Exchange and Integration meeting. Hotel reservations must be made before November 13, 1997 in order to assure the special room rate. The Hyatt Regency is located next to the Bethesda Metro (subway) station, which can be used from National Airport and to the Natcher Center (see Metro directions below). The hotel is at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Old Georgetown Road, 2.5 miles inside the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495). Check-in time at the Hyatt is 3:00 pm, and luggage storage is available for guests arriving prior to check in. Check-out time is 12:00 noon. Local Transportation and Parking The Natcher Center and NIH have extremely limited parking, and parking spaces are not guaranteed. It is highly recommended for attendees to use the Metro or car pool. Cars parked in 3-hour spaces in front of the Natcher Center will be ticketed after 3 hours. Handicapped-tagged cars can be accommodated with day of event notice by request directly to the conference center business office. Driving Directions Interstate 495 Westbound: Take exit 33B (south, Connecticut Avenue). At 2nd traffic light, turn right onto Jones Bridge Road and proceed 2 more traffic lights to the intersection of Rockville Pike. Travel through the intersection onto Center Drive, make 3rd left and follow signs to parking lot 41B. Interstate 495 Eastbound: Take exit 34B (south, Bethesda/Wisconsin Avenue). Proceed 2 miles south on Rockville Pike. At 5th traffic light, turn right onto Center Drive, make 3rd left and follow signs to parking lot 41B. Wisconsin Avenue, from the District of Columbia: Proceed north from the District to 9000 Rockville Pike (Wisconsin Avenue). Turn left onto Center Drive (1st traffic light after Ramada Inn). Make 3rd left and follow signs to parking lot 41B. Metro From the Hyatt Regency Hotel or downtown DC, take the Metrorail Red Line (in the direction of Shady Grove) to the Medical Center station, which is located on the NIH campus. The hotel is located only one metro stop from the conference site. Exit the Metro station via the escalator. At the top of the escalator (street level), turn left and follow the path (with signs) to the Natcher Center. You will see the building from the station. The path is ramped to accommodate the physically challenged. Organizing Committee Goetz Oertel (Chair), Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Gerald Barton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Barbara Bauldock, Department of Energy James Beach, National Science Foundation W. Murray Black, George Mason University Rita Colwell, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute Sara Graves, University of Alabama at Huntsville Stephen Koslow, National Institutes of Health Micah Krichevsky, Bionomics International David Lide, Jr., Consultant Kurt Molholm, Defense Technical Information Center Hedy Rossmeissl, United States Geological Survey John Rumble, National Institute of Standards and Technology James Thieman, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Paul Uhlir, Director, U.S. National Committee for CODATA, National Research Council Program Committee John Rumble (Chair), National Institute of Standards and Technology Martin Hardwick, STEP Tools, Inc. Julian Humphries, University of Kansas Paul Kanciruk, Oak Ridge National Laboratory David Mark, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Crystal Newton, Materials Sciences Corporation Robert Robbins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Gio Wiederhold, Stanford University Conference Registration Space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please complete the form (below), detach, and mail, enclosing a non-refundable registration fee. Registration fee: Before November 15, 1997 $150.00 After November 15, 1997 $200.00 Students $ 30.00 Please send only one registration per form. For other participants, reproduce the form prior to completing it. Only checks, money orders, or purchase orders can be accepted. We regret that we cannot take reservations by email and that we cannot accept credit cards. If you have special dietary or physical needs, please notify us in writing when registering. Need more information? Call: (202) 334-2421, or Email: CODATACO@NAS.EDU (cut here) Registration for Conference on Scientific and Technical Data Exchange and Integration (One form per registrant only--please print or type) Full Name: Title: Affiliation: Mailing Address Street: City: State: Zip code: Country: Telephone: Electronic mail address: Please indicate below if you have any dietary or physical restrictions, or have other comments: Please make check payable to: U.S. National Committee for CODATA. Mail to: U.S. National Committee for CODATA National Research Council, Room 315 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418 U.S.A. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 23 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!uninett.no!sn.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!main.Germany.EU.net!main.de.uu.net!nntp.pn.com!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!macg417g.bio.purdue.edu!user From: bswanson@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu (Bradley J. Swanson) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Conference Annc Date: 24 Sep 1997 22:30:42 GMT Organization: Dept. of Biological Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 41 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: macg417g.bio.purdue.edu The 18th annual Midwest Population Biology Conference is being held at Purdue University October 11 and 12 1997. Speakers include Mark Boyce Plantation forestry destabilizes jack pine budworm dynamics on pine barrens Barney Dunning Ecological unawarness of undergraduates: what does a billion people looks like? Sue Kalisz Seed dormancy and delayed self pollination: the evolution of bet-hedging traits in unpredictable environments. Steve Lima Towards a behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes Patty Parker Temperature-Determined Sex Ratio, Mating System and Fecundity in Sea Turtles. Robert Payne Sex, behavior, and the evolutionary genetics of colonizing species. Scott Robinson Habitat fragmentation and population dynamics of midwestern birds. Peter Waser Genetic signature of dispersal and demography. KEYNOTE SPEAKER KEYNOTE SPEAKER KEYNOTE SPEAKER Gordon Orians What don't we know about population ecology? A poster session for Graduate and Undergraduate reserach will be held on Saturday. Registration costs $10, and the banquet Saturday night costs $12. Please register by 10/6/97. For more information and a registration form use the Midwest Population Biology link on WWW. BIO.PURDUE.EDU or e-mail Brad Swanson at bswanson@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 24 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!uninett.no!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!news.rdc1.md.home.com!cc404921-a.twsn1.md.home.com!user From: Webmaster@scienceguide.com (Robert W. Georgantas III) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BioScience Information Date: 25 Sep 1997 07:55:36 GMT Organization: The Science Guide Lines: 65 Message-ID: Reply-To: news@scienceguide.com NNTP-Posting-Host: cc404921-a.twsn1.md.home.com Announcing the SCIENCE GUIDE. http://www.scienceguide.com A New Internet Directory and Information Service run by Scientists and Physicians for Scientists and Physicians. After visiting the Guide, If you have any suggestion for making the Guide better please let us know. (webmaster@scienceguide.com) The Science Guide consists of a number of different sections designed to help the scientist and physician find information on the internet and to sponsor communication between those interested in science: NEWS SECTION Every day the Science Guide compiles medical and research news from national news sources around the net. 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From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Sep 24 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov!cpk-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!darkwing.uoregon.edu!mlynch From: Michael Lynch Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Postdoc opportunity Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 14:26:35 -0700 Organization: University of Oregon, Eugene Lines: 18 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: darkwing.uoregon.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: pith.uoregon.edu 875222677 23238 mlynch 128.223.142.13 X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uoregon.edu Postdoctoral Position: Research Associate. Modeling the risks of extinction in endangered species. The general goals of the project include the development of biologically realistic models of extinction that incorporate genetics, environmental stochasticity, age structure, and population subdivision. 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Turbo-Elite News Server Lines: 7 Message-ID: <01bccb96$fa515b60$d784e5cf@ario.enteract.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.229.132.215 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 COME TO PLAY "SLAP A SPICE GIRL" AT : HTTP://COME.TO/LITHUANIA HTTP://COME.TO/LITHUANIA HTTP://COME.TO/LITHUANIA SLAP ALL OF THEM, SLAP EVEN QUEEN OF UK> HEAD TO HTTP://COME.TO/LITHUANIA TO SLAP SOME SPICE GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Sep 29 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!rutgers!nntp.upenn.edu!dsinc!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ais.net!uunet!in5.uu.net!news.tin.it!news From: dasa3000@sgol.it (Danilo D'Antonio) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Overpopulation behaviour and biological effects on human beings Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:34:31 GMT Organization: Telecom Italia Net Lines: 30 Message-ID: <342799b9.13193320@news.tin.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: rtrsa202te.sgol.it X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Dear Sirs, I send you my best regards! I'm an italian social researcher. I have prepared a WEB site directed to italian people in which furnish information on overpopulation issue. Now I wish integrate the present matter with a documentation on the overpopulation behaviour and biological effects on human beings or on other living beings. I have found only notice on a book on some researches made by John B. Calhoun, a psychologyst of the National Institute of Menthal Health, that has made experiments with mice (Universe 133). But I have found nothing on the WEB that I can utilize in my overpopulation web site to sensibilize people about the true origin of great part of their stress and psychophysical deseases. Can you address me to something like this? Receive my great thanks in advance, have great days, Danilo D'Antonio --- EUDAEMONY LABORATORY Via Fonte Regina, 23 - 64100 - Teramo - Italy tel: 0861/415655 - e.mail: dasa3000@sgol.it http://oasi.asti.it/Homes/eudemonia/ From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Sep 30 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.kornet.nm.kr!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!audrey02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: xchaosdrgn@aol.com (XChaosDrgn) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Help: Pandorina Date: 1 Oct 1997 22:58:32 GMT Lines: 5 Message-ID: <19971001225800.SAA16437@ladder02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder02.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Hi, all! I'm not sure if this is the right place to look, but what the hey? If anyone has any information on the green algae Pandorina, please eMail it to RainneDrgn@aol.com and XChaosDrgn@aol.com ASAP. In particular I'm looking for: its common name, its habitat, its importance and role, and how it reproduces. Thanks!