From owner-protista@net.bio.net Wed Mar 01 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!newshost.lanl.gov!ncar!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!dkuug!eunet.no!nuug!nac.no!trane.uninett.no!astfgl.edb.tih.no!pc013.kjemi.tih.no!bjorn From: bjorn@ik.hist.no (Bjoern Arne Naess) Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.mycology,bionet.plants,bionet.protista,sci.bio,sci.microbiology,sci.biotechnology Subject: Mushrooms repellent/antagonism of insects and bacteria ?? Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 13:27:29 Organization: institutt for Kjemi Lines: 20 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc013.kjemi.tih.no X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Xref: biosci bionet.general:13893 bionet.mycology:1656 bionet.plants:5840 bionet.protista:259 sci.bio:14636 Hi !! We are working with mycorrhiza and mushrooms in forest ecosystems. In particular we are interested in the combination of Cantharellus and Boletus with Picea abies and Betula sp. In conection with this we are interested in the ability of e.g. Cantharellus cibarius to repell most insects or at least to avoid predation. Also antagonistic properities against bacterias is of our interest. We look for information concerning chemicals or physiological properterities on theese matters. We search information both for practical use in our work and for the purpose of building a Biotechnology web. Per-Odd Eggen and Bjoern Arne Naess Please answere to newsgroup or by E.mail to bjorn@ik.hist.no Thank You in advance !! From owner-protista@net.bio.net Wed Mar 01 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!kcowing-ppp.clark.net!user From: kcowing@aibs.org (Keith L. Cowing) Newsgroups: bionet.genome,bionet.genome.arabidopsis,bionet.genome.chromosomes,bionet.protista,bionet.biology.n2-fixation Subject: CALL: Peer Review Panel Recruitment: American Institute of Biological Sciences Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 12:43:04 -0500 Organization: American Institute of Biological Sciences Lines: 176 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: kcowing-ppp.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Xref: biosci bionet.genome.arabidopsis:3057 bionet.genome.chromosomes:477 bionet.protista:260 bionet.biology.n2-fixation:266 American Institute of Biological Sciences: 1995 Peer Review Panel Recruitment € AIBS PEER REVIEWS The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) performs scientific peer review of proposals submitted to various government agencies. AIBS peer review activity in 1994 involved the receipt and processing of almost 5,000 proposals. These proposals were reviewed by over 100 panels composed of more than 1,000 scientific and technical reviewers. Below is a listing of the types of topics for which we have convened panels in 1994 as well what we expect to handle in 1995. € ABOUT AIBS AIBS was established in 1947 by the National Academy of Sciences under federal charter and became an independent, member-governed nonprofit (501)(c)(3) organization in 1955. AIBS currently has 5,000 individual members and has 45 affiliated societies whose combined membership totals over 80,000. AIBS is chartered to: "further the advancement of the biological sciences and their application to human welfare, and to foster and encourage research and education in the biological, medical, environmental, and agriculture sciences." For more information about AIBS, you can check out our gopher (currently under construction) at gopher.aibs.org or point your browser at: gopher://gopher.aibs.org € WE NEED YOUR HELP! If you were a panelist in 1994 (or previous years) and are willing to serve again; would like to serve for the first time; or know someone who is interested in serving on a similar panel, we'd like to know. Also, if you know of other people who might be able to serve on any of the panels listed below, we'd certainly like to know about them too. € AIBS REVIEWER PROFILE [1.] Please provide the following personal information: Full Name: Title: Organization/institution: Address line 1: Address line 2: Address line 3: City: State: Zip Code: Work phone: Home phone: Fax: email: US citizen?: Gender: Date of Birth: Disability: [OPTIONAL]: Ethnic Background: [OPTIONAL]: [2.] Please provide the following information regarding your expertise: Discipline (primary): Specialty: Sub disciplines: Subspecialties: Training/experience: Computer Preference? Mac or PC? Newsgroup you read this on? [3.] Please provide us with a copy of your current CV/resume. 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AIBS employs confidentiality and conflict of interest practices similar to that employed by NIH and NSF. €ANTICIPATED AIBS PEER REVIEW PANEL TOPICS AND EXPERTISE NEEDED € Aquacultural endocrinology and physiology; sea food pathogens: diagnosis, assay, disease control € Aquaculture natural products, biomaterials, bioactivity, pharmacological uses € Aquaculture policy, education, information, communications, technology transfer € Biocomputing, biological modeling, nanotechnology € Bioethics € Biological and medical information systems, internet usage, biological database design, data analysis, biostatistics € Biomedical imaging technology: mammography, radiology, NMR, PET, ultrasound € Biomedical infrastructure: registry, laboratory/animal resources, € Bioprocessing, biotechnology € Cancer cell and tissue biology, molecular biology, immunology, interleukin and interferon therapies € Cancer detection & diagnosis; chemotherapy, medicinal chemistry, nuclear tracer chemistry € Cardiopulmonary physiology in microgravity , exercise physiology, cardiac deconditioning € Cellular genetics, immunology, intra- and inter-cellular communication € Conservation biology, endangered species, biological diversity, habitat destruction € Developmental and reproductive biology in microgravity: avian, mammalian, amphibian, reptilian, invertebrate € Electromagnetic interactions with living systems: effects, detection, protection € Endocrinology and regulatory physiology during spaceflight, chronobiology, circadian rhythms. growth factors, endocrinology of cancer € Environmental aspects of community planing: civil engineering, land use zoning € Environmental budget analysts/economics, demographics € Environmental law and policy: regulation, compliance, and enforcement € Environmental technology diffusion and transfer € Exobiology, origin and evolution of life, origin of biogenic compounds € Geographic information systems, satellite navigation and geodesy € Global Warming, Earth Observation System, Mission to Planet Earth € Gravitational biology, gravitropism, gravisensing, graviresponse € "Green" chemistry: process controls and feedback systems; 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clean up: in-situ subsurface treatment, biotechnology € Radiation environment during spaceflight: effects, detection, protection € Remote sensing (satellite and aircraft) for disease control, land use planning, habitat monitoring, pollution detection, climate change € Science education, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate; curriculum design € Skeletal and biomineralization physiology in microgravity, calcium homeostasis, bone loss € Space human factors studies, ergonomics, performance, interpersonal relations € Space Shuttle Middeck, Spacelab research hardware, Space Station hardware, Russian Mir Space Station research, Biocosmos/Biosatellite research € Spacecraft life support systems: physicochemical and biological air/water/food regeneration € Spacesuit design and extravehicular activity (spacewalk) physiology € Toxicology, spacecraft air/water contamination, environmental health, occupational health, safety € Toxicology: drinking water systems , recycling systems, waste water systems € Vision hazards from laser use From owner-protista@net.bio.net Mon Mar 06 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!pipex!bt!btnet!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Dave Roberts Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Eukaryotes in extreme environments Date: 7 Mar 1995 09:07:23 -0000 Lines: 30 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <3jh7ob$lrt@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Original-To: protista@dl.ac.uk (Protista Newsgroup), microbio@dl.ac.uk (Microbiology Newsgroup) Hi everybody, I need some help with an additional lecture (1 hour) I have been asked to tack onto a course I teach on protistan diversity. The topic is "survival strategy of eukaryotes in extreme environments". Here I mean extreme in the sense usually used with the archae; physical parameters outside "normal", pH 5 - 8, temp 4-40, salinity 0-45 %., etc.. I have worked with a ciliate community growing happily at pH 10, (from an African soda lake), and I have heard that there is a red algae (also African) which grows above 60 C. Can anyone help me out with some references or good places to search? Good ideas of how to construct electronic literature searches would be particularly welcome. This message has been cross-posted to the bionet.protista and bionet.microbiology newsgroups. My apologies for duplication to members of both lists. Thanks, Dave -- Dr D.McL. Roberts Tel: +44 (0)171 938 8790 Dept. Zoology, Fax: +44 (0)171 938 9158 The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, Internet: dmr@nhm.ac.uk London SW7 5BD Great Britain From owner-protista@net.bio.net Mon Mar 06 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!citi2.fr!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.dfn.de!server2.rz.uni-leipzig.de!news.urz.tu-dresden.de!inn From: c:\qvtnet\weck Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Coccidia in cell culture Date: 6 Mar 1995 11:43:36 GMT Organization: Zoological Institute - TU-Dresden, Germany Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3jesh8$93m@RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.30.89.11 Keywords: coccidia, Eimeria, PCKC, cell culture X-Newsreader: Hello protistologists, is anybody out there working with coccidia (Apicomplexa, Protozoa) in cell culture. We try to establish a continuous cell culture system and are looking for host cell lines (chicken cells). At the moment only primary chicken kidney cell cultures are in use to let Eimeria tenella cycle through the whole intracellular development. So if there is anybody, reading this newsgroup, knowing anything (or having heard of) chicken cell lines ... Please let me know Thanx to the world Andreas Weck-Heimann, Zoological Institute TU-Dresden, Germany From owner-protista@net.bio.net Tue Mar 07 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ZOOL.UMD.EDU!GOODE From: GOODE@ZOOL.UMD.EDU ("Dennis Goode") Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Re: Eukaryotes in extreme environments Date: 8 Mar 1995 08:49:22 -0800 Organization: University of Maryland Zoology Lines: 48 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <197651F54BE@zool.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dave Roberts wrote on the > Subject: Eukaryotes in extreme environments > Date: 7 Mar 1995 09:07:23 -0000 > Message-ID: <3jh7ob$lrt@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> > > Hi everybody, > > I need some help with an additional lecture (1 hour) I have been > asked to tack onto a course I teach on protistan diversity. > > The topic is "survival strategy of eukaryotes in extreme > environments". Here I mean extreme in the sense usually used > with the archae; physical parameters outside "normal", pH 5 - 8, > temp 4-40, salinity 0-45 %., etc.. > > I have worked with a ciliate community growing happily at pH 10, > (from an African soda lake), and I have heard that there is a > red algae (also African) which grows above 60 C. Can anyone help > me out with some references or good places to search? Good ideas > of how to construct electronic literature searches would be > particularly welcome. > > This message has been cross-posted to the bionet.protista and > bionet.microbiology newsgroups. My apologies for duplication > to members of both lists. > > Thanks, Dave > -- > Dr D.McL. Roberts Tel: +44 (0)171 938 8790 > Dept. Zoology, Fax: +44 (0)171 938 9158 > The Natural History Museum, > Cromwell Road, Internet: dmr@nhm.ac.uk > London SW7 5BD > Great Britain > > Dave: Two collections I have seen on the subject are: Strategies of Microbial life in Extreme Environments, M. Shilo, ed. A Dahlem Workshop report published by Verlag and Conditions for Life, A. Gibor ed, A Scientific American offprint collection. -Dennis > From owner-protista@net.bio.net Wed Mar 08 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!citi2.fr!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.rediris.es!obelix.cica.es!antonioo From: BIOTEC@GOLIAT.UGR.ES (A.OSUNA) Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Bemet Course Date: Wed, 08 Mar 95 15:02:32 GMT Organization: UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA Lines: 56 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3jjrm8$6ba@obelix.cica.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: parasito.ugr.es Keywords: Phytomonas X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2.1 A BEMET Course A theoretical and practical course on Phytomonas in their newly discovered role as plant pathogens. The study of protozoans as plant parasites does not at present exist as a discipline per se in plant pathology, despite the fact that plant trypanosomes (Phytomonas spp.) are responsible for serious losses in various economically important crops. The intention of this course is to direct the attention of graduates who already have an interest in parasitology, phytopathology and general biology to the importance of this new area of plant pathology. Course Mode The week-long, intensive course, consisting of a series of lectures given by international specialists in the field and practical experience, including field work, sampling and laboratory analysis (40 contact hours in total), will be divided into the following modules: - epidemiology of the plant trypanosomes and the host-parasite relationship; - isolation and in vitro cultivation of the falgellates and a morphological study at the ultrastructural level; - molecular characterisation; their sources of energy and its metabolism, with special emphasis on the study of glycosomes; - diagnosis and future perspectives for chemotherapy and control of these parasite. - There will also be an overall evaluation of their current economic impact on crops. DATES: 8th-12th May 1995 (inclusive) VENUE: The University of Granada, Spain FEE: 40,000 pts. (includes all materials & midday meals) INFORMATION: COURSE CO-ORDINATOR: Dr. Manuel Sanchez-Moreno Dept. de Parasitologia e Instituto de Biotecnologia Facultad de Ciencias Campus Universitario Fuente Nueva E-18071 GRANADA (SPAIN) E-mail: -MSANCHEZM@Ugr.es -PARASITO@AZAHAR.Ugr.es Tlf. + 34(9)58 243263 Fax. + 34(9)58 243174 From owner-protista@net.bio.net Thu Mar 09 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gmi!msunews!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au!newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au!usenet From: Jim Cummins Newsgroups: bionet.protista,talk.abortion Subject: Re: SAVE THE MITOCHONDRIA Date: 10 Mar 1995 01:13:36 GMT Lines: 66 Message-ID: <3jo940INN1ea@newsman.murdoch.edu.au> References: <3jftgr$sfr@agate.berkeley.edu> <3jm4fk$eg4@rodin.tansu.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: vetmac3.murdoch.edu.au MIME-Version: 1.0 To: BPark@vnpbfpac.com.au X-URL: news:3jm4fk$eg4@rodin.tansu.com.au Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Xref: biosci bionet.protista:272 talk.abortion:126002 MASSES of stuff deleted. > : Richard Lee writes: > : Mitochondria is [sic] indeed passed solely through the line of matriarchy, > Yep, but the reason for this is _spooky!_ The mitochondrial DNA from the > male is contained in the tail of the sperm, which breaks off before it > can contribute its mitochondrial DNA. We are _truly_ our mothers' > children, i.e., moms contribute _slightly_ more than 50% to the child's > makeup. Wrong, sorry. The sperm *midpiece* contains about 30-50 mitochondria and in most mammals is indeed incorporated at fertilization. In fact the sperm tail centrosomal material is the template (probably not absolutely essential) for the spindle apparatus of the first mitotic division. However, the egg contains redundant mechanisms that can form a spindle in the absence of sperm cytoplasm, as seen in parthenogenetic organisms (many lizards) and in experimental situations where embryos and live young have been produced by fusion of isolated roudn spermatid (haploid) nuclei with eggs. The first pregnancies have been announced in humans by this technique (references supplied if anyone's interested). The jury is out as to whether maternal inheritance is due to swamping (1000 fold ratio of maternal to paternal mtDNA), degradation of sperm mtDNA (several weeks of independent activity may have worn it out), or selective destruction or inactivation. Some evidence supports the latter, as there is ultrastructural evidence of breakdown of the sperm mitochondria. A wide survey of organisms reveals that maternal inheritance, while widespread, is not universal. It's paternal in conifers, for example. Biparental inheritance is extremely rare (some mussels). This has led Hurst to suggest that, in multicellular organisms with multiple genome inheritance, natural selection has produced a situation wherein one parent's cytoplasmic genes are invariably suppressed to avoid lethal "genomic conflict" (ie the cytoplasmic genes are subservient to the greater interest of the somatic genes and the survival of the germ cell lineage). Hurst, L.D. (1992). Intragenomic conflict as an evolutionary force. Proc Roy Soc Lond B., 248, 135-140. Ogura, A., Matsuda, J., and Yanagimachi, R. (1994). Birth of normal young after electrofusion of mouse oocytes with round spermatids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 91, 7460-7462. Ogura, A., Yanagimachi, R., and Usui, N. (1993). Behaviour of hamster and mouse round spermatid nuclei incorporated into mature oocytes by electrofusion. Zygote., 1, 1-8. Schatten, G. (1994). The centrosome and its mode of inheritance - the reduction of the centrosome during gametogenesis and its restoration during fertilization. Dev Biol., 163, 534. Sofikitis, N., Miyagawa, I., Sharlip, I., Hellstrom, W., Mekras, G., and Mastelou, E. (1995). Human pregnancies achieved by intra-ooplasmic injections of round spermatid (RS) nuclei isolated from testicular tissue of azoospermic men. Las Vegas, Nevada: AUA Meeting Abstracts/PRISM Productions, 0616. Yanagida, K., Bedford, J.M., and Yanagimachi, R. (1991). Cleavage of rabbit eggs after microsurgical injection of testicular spermatozoa. Hum Reprod., 6, 277-279. From owner-protista@net.bio.net Thu Mar 09 22:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.protista Path: biosci!adam.cc.sunysb.edu!news.nysernet.net!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!uknet!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: bjford@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Brian Ford") Subject: Re: IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY Message-ID: Organization: Rothay House References: <9502097948.AA794802535@internet.organo.com> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 20:06:42 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol Lines: 6 Does Organo know what it's witless minions are putting out? The chap's name is J Mugg. Should that be an 'A'? Brian J Ford. PS: Thank god for instant delete! From owner-protista@net.bio.net Fri Mar 10 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!das-news2.harvard.edu!oitnews.harvard.edu!hsdndev!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!macg203d.bio.purdue.edu!user From: shall@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu (Stephen Hall) Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Re: IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 15:08:03 -0800 Organization: Purdue University Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <9502097948.AA794802535@internet.organo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: macg203d.bio.purdue.edu In article , bjford@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Brian Ford") wrote: > Does Organo know what it's witless minions are putting out? The chap's > name is J Mugg. Should that be an 'A'? > > Brian J Ford. > > PS: Thank god for instant delete! One responded that this type of posting is evidence that brothers and sisters shouldn't mate. But people like Mr. Haythorn, one of the originators of this posting, and their families have worked at inbreeding for many generations. I mean they should feel a real sense of accomplishment that they have managed to bring the recessive mutation for idiocy into the homozygous state. I mean after all...posting this to a protista newsgroup is evidence enough. From owner-protista@net.bio.net Sun Mar 12 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: georgem519@aol.com (GeorgeM519) Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Good Protist Textbook? Blepharisma?? Date: 12 Mar 1995 20:17:31 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3k06fb$scp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: georgem519@aol.com (GeorgeM519) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I am a high school biology teacher. I am looking for a good book on protists. I am interested in developing labs around several easily cultured protists. One of mystudents is designing an experiment to test the effect of light on Blepharisma. I don't have a good resource to consult. Are there any resources on the Net that anyone can recommend? Thanks so much for your help. My students and I appreciate it. I am on America Online. My Address is GeorgeM519@AOL.com Thanks again. From owner-protista@net.bio.net Mon Mar 13 22:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.protista Path: biosci!adam.cc.sunysb.edu!news.nysernet.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!uknet!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: bjford@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Brian Ford") Subject: Re: IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY Message-ID: Organization: Rothay House References: Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 19:48:58 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol Lines: 4 The comment is HIGHLY resented by all right-thinking protists! Brian J Ford. From owner-protista@net.bio.net Fri Mar 17 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!monk.austin.cc.tx.us!monk.austin.cc.tx.us!not-for-mail From: cddunn@monk.austin.cc.tx.us (charles dunn) Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Multicellular Protistas Date: 18 Mar 1995 11:14:43 -0600 Organization: Austin Community College Lines: 7 Message-ID: <3kf4e3$67i@monk.austin.cc.tx.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: monk.austin.cc.tx.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I don't feel comfortable with considering the green algae to be "multicellular protistas" rather than plants. Their photosynthetic pigments and stored photosynthate are that of plants. Many feel the rest of the plant kingdom descended from the green algae. The Chlorophta seem more at home in Plantae than the rather heterogenous Protista. Comments? From owner-protista@net.bio.net Sat Mar 18 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!EXTRO.UCC.SU.OZ.AU!paddy From: paddy@EXTRO.UCC.SU.OZ.AU ("David J. Patterson") Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Re: Multicellular Protistas Date: 18 Mar 1995 18:01:35 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <3kf4e3$67i@monk.austin.cc.tx.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net THIS CONVERSATION WILL ONLY MAKE SENSE WHEN THE 'GREEN ALGAE' AND THE 'PLANTS' ARE PRECISELY AND EXCLUSIVELY DEFINED. DAVID PATTERSON On 18 Mar 1995, charles dunn wrote: > I don't feel comfortable with considering the green algae to be "multicellular > protistas" rather than plants. Their photosynthetic pigments and stored > photosynthate are that of plants. Many feel the rest of the plant kingdom > descended from the green algae. The Chlorophta seem more at home in Plantae > than the rather heterogenous Protista. > Comments? > > > From owner-protista@net.bio.net Fri Mar 24 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: UNSUBSCRIBING, BIOSCI ARCHIVES, ADDRESS DATABASE & BIOSCI FAQ Date: 25 Mar 1995 02:00:17 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 338 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199503251000.CAA04261@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Four important items follow: How to cancel e-mail subscriptions to BIOSCI newsgroups, BIOSCI archive searching, the BIOSCI FAQ, and the BIOSCI User Address Directory form. If you have not yet listed yourself in our BIOSCI user directory, please take a few minutes to complete and return the form below. If your personal information has changed since you listed yourself, please send us a complete new updated form. 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Using Gopher to complete the form --------------------------------- If you don't want to use a text editor, you can also use Dan Jacobson's gopher site to fill out the address database form as follows. Otherwise skip this section on gopher and proceed to the instructions for filling out the form below. > To add yourself to the database just point your > gopher client at merlot.gdb.org and select the following: > > --> 14. Searching For Biologists/ > > --> 9. E-mail Addresses of Biosci-Bionet Users/ > > --> 1. Add (or Correct) Your Address to the BIOSCI User Address > Data.. > > > And fill out the form. or Rob Harper's gopher site in Europe as follows: > Europeans can point their gopher client at gopher.csc.fi and add their > information to the database. All entries will be mailed directly to > Dave for incorporation in a wais source. > > The path to the questionare is as follows. > > > 6. Information in English/ > > 5. Scientific and other topics/ > > 1. Finnish EMBnet BioBox/ > > 9. 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Thanks again for your cooperation! --------------- please cut here and return portion below --------------- New information or Update to old record (enter N or U): date (DD-MM-YY): first name: middle initial: family name: job title: e-mail address: e-mail network: phone number: FAX number: institution: address1: address2: address3: city: state/province: country: postal code: research interest: research interest: comment: comment: comment: comment: comment: From owner-protista@net.bio.net Sat Mar 25 22:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.protista Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!utnut!utzoo!mes From: mes@zoo.toronto.edu (Mark Siddall) Subject: Soc. Prot. Meeting in Tuscaloosa Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 23:23:24 GMT Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 10 Has anyone seen a call for papers? Mark -- Mark E. Siddall "I don't mind a parasite... mes@vims.edu I object to a cut-rate one" Virginia Inst. Marine Sci. - Rick Gloucester Point, VA, 23062 From owner-protista@net.bio.net Sun Mar 26 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!VOSSBRINCKC3.AG.UIUC.EDU!mike From: mike@VOSSBRINCKC3.AG.UIUC.EDU (Michael David Baker) Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: microsporidian spore requests Date: 27 Mar 1995 13:48:31 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 19 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9503272141.AA04137@vossbrinckc3.ag.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Netters, I hope that this is the correct medium for the following request. I am involved in two major research projects; 1. the molecular phylogeny of the microsporidia and 2. molecular identification of various host strains of Encephalitozoon cuniculi. We have developed a moderate database of about 45 complete and 15 partial SSU rRNA sequences representing about 35 genera of microsporidia. The results from which we are just starting to publish. We have also given some thought to making this database available on the internet as a tool for identifying species of this diverse group of organisms. I am currently trying to obtain more material to sequence and was wondering if anybody out there, who may have access to microsporidia, would be interested in contributing material for these projects. Sincerely, Michael D. Baker mike@vossbrinckc3.ag.uiuc.edu From owner-protista@net.bio.net Sun Mar 26 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Dave Roberts Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: PhD studentship Date: 27 Mar 1995 10:09:43 +0100 Lines: 21 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <3l5vcn$pdd@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Original-To: mol-evol@dl.ac.uk (Molecular Evolution Newsgroup), microbio@dl.ac.uk (Microbiology Newsgroup), protista@dl.ac.uk (Protista Newsgroup) The Natural History Museum, in London, has a postgraduate studentship available from October 1995. It was advertised in New Scientist dated 23rd March 95. Project title: Phylogenetic relationships within and between the choanoflagellates and sponges: a molecular approach. Full details are available by anonymous FTP from NHM.AC.UK. Log in as "anonymous", give your e-mail name and address as password, change directory to "incoming" and retrieve file "sponges". Further discussion available from Dave Roberts (dmr@nhm.ac.uk). Closing date for completed application forms is 5th May. This notice has been cross-posted to microbiology, protista, porifera and molecular evolution newsgroups (and maybe some others as well). Humble apologies if you see this more than once. From owner-protista@net.bio.net Mon Mar 27 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!EMLAB.ZOO.UGA.EDU!farmer From: farmer@EMLAB.ZOO.UGA.EDU (Dr. Mark A. Farmer) Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Protozoology Newsletter Date: 27 Mar 1995 16:16:56 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9503280016.AA01795@emlab.zoo.uga.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The dates for the 48th annual meeting of the Society of Protozoologists are July 27-30, 1995. The meeting will be held in Tuscaloosa Alabama. A call for papers is due to go out soon. If any of you would like to receive a copy of the program for the meeting please contact Linda Kundell at kundell@emlab.zoo.uga.edu for a copy. Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. Mark Farmer From owner-protista@net.bio.net Thu Mar 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!EMLAB.ZOO.UGA.EDU!farmer From: farmer@EMLAB.ZOO.UGA.EDU ("Dr. Mark Farmer") Newsgroups: bionet.protista Subject: Sad News Date: 31 Mar 1995 06:38:02 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <34446.farmer@emlab.zoo.uga.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net It is my sad duty to report to fellow protistologists that in the past week I have learned of the recent deaths of both Franklin G. Wallace and Jacques Berger. Our thoughts and condolences go out to their families. I have the email address of Dr. Wallace's widow should any of you wish to send a message to her. Mark Farmer Mark A. Farmer Director, Ctr. Ultrastructural Research University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (706)542-4080 Voice (706)542-4271 FAX farmer@emlab.zoo.uga.edu From owner-protista@net.bio.net Thu Mar 30 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.protista Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!news.zynet.co.uk!prorot.zynet.co.uk!mmorgan From: mmorgan@prorot.zynet.co.uk (Mike Morgan) Subject: Mountant/Booksearch X-Nntp-Posting-Host: prorot.zynet.co.uk Message-ID: Lines: 17 Sender: news@zynet.net (Zynet News Admin) Organization: Cherry Park Laboratory X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 21:37:53 GMT Some years ago, I used Aquamount Mountant, supplied by Gurr. I have lost all references as to what I used it for, and preparation of specimen prior to use. Any microscopist able to help? Also does anyone know where I could get copies of a series of Penguin Books, entiltled New Biology? I have hunted second- hand bookshops in every city I have visited, with no success. Please e-mail me if you can assist. Mike Morgan (mmorgan@prorot.zynet.co.uk)