From owner-rapd@net.bio.net Tue Dec 02 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!ONLINE.EMICH.EDU!bio_hannan From: bio_hannan@ONLINE.EMICH.EDU (Gary Hannan) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.rapd Subject: Re: DNA extraction Date: 3 Dec 1997 08:34:07 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 26 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net > >On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Beat Reidy wrote: > >> Hi there! >> Does anyone know a reliable protocol or a reference for DNA extraction >> from human blood. >> Thanks >> Beat >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> To reply, remove "hosenruck" from the e-mail adress! >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> How about using a 5% Chelex (from BioRad) solution (in water, that is). Use a very small amount of "tissue", boil for 10 minutes, snap-chill for 15 minutes, amplify. I have had to rinse through a Millipore spin-tube filter (30,000MW) and resuspend in 1/5 volume to get DNA clean and concentrated enough, but that is for very small amounts of leaf and embryo tissue from Iris lacustris. A single embryo or 1mm radius disc of leaf tissue provides 80uL of template solution that amplifies fine (so far!). Gary HAnnan From owner-rapd@net.bio.net Wed Dec 03 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!aol.com!Golov From: Golov@aol.com (Golov) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.rapd Subject: Digital PC Camera to Grab Gel Photo Date: 3 Dec 1997 19:03:53 -0800 Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Some time ago there was question about using Connectix Gray Cam for capturing gel photo: I did use Connectix's ColorQuickCam to grab gel. Works reasonably good. Sensitivity is compatible with Polaroid b/w instant film, and I guess, is about 10 pMol of dye per band. To capture images I did use modified version of VisLab software package from ORTA (www.orta-inc.com) - the program has option to remove "snow" at high exposure time. You probably can order "gel's digital photo kit" (PC camera+hood+software) from ORTA for less than $700. Regards, Valeri From owner-rapd@net.bio.net Thu Dec 04 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!OURAY.CUDENVER.EDU!ichang From: ichang@OURAY.CUDENVER.EDU ("I.C. Chang") Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.rapd Subject: Marketing for RNA Date: 5 Dec 1997 09:10:36 -0800 Organization: Jade, Inc Lines: 12 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <34883392.237F@ouray.cudenver.edu> Reply-To: ichang@ouray.cudenver.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi, there I am a MBA student working on a marketing strategy project for RNA. Technically, it is hard for me to understand biological research. but from the stand point of marketing, I would like to collect some data/information related marketing, such as product life cycle, pricing, or future of RNA. Does anyone knows where I can get these information. Please send me e-mail at ichang@ouray.cudenver.edu Thank you further for your help !! Jimmy Chang From owner-rapd@net.bio.net Sat Dec 06 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!wuff.mayn.de!news-nue1.dfn.de!uni-erlangen.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!map-1.iae.tu-berlin.de!blehn From: Bettina Lehnhardt Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.rapd Subject: GoldStar DNA polymerase/RAPDs Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 13:54:45 +0100 Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <347C7B2B.2F1E@uidaho.edu> Reply-To: Bettina Lehnhardt NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.149.72.27 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <347C7B2B.2F1E@uidaho.edu> Hello, how about your experience using GoldStar DNA polymerase (Eurogentec) for doing RAPDs? Any comments on reproduction quality for RAPDs or on comparison with other polymerases will be greatly appreciated. Bettina ............................................................................. blehn@map-1.iae.tu-berlin.de From owner-rapd@net.bio.net Thu Dec 11 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!ACD.TUSK.EDU!prakash From: prakash@ACD.TUSK.EDU ("C. S. Prakash") Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.rapd Subject: JOBS IN AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS Date: 12 Dec 1997 06:22:46 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 112 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Forwarded from: : "Bruno W. S. Sobral" Dear Colleagues, Please post this ad, which will be coming out in Science this month and next month. If there are any specific questions, I'd be happy to chat. All applications, though, must be routed to NCGR's HR, as described below. I will also be attending Plant and Animal Genome VI in San Diego and would welcome conversations with interested parties. Cheers, Bruno Sobral PS - Please excuse any double postings. Due to our rapid growth in the fields of bioinformatics and agricultural genomics, NCGR in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is seeking the following individuals: AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS GROUP LEADER Highly motivated agricultural scientist needed to assist in developing and managing a team focused on a major national and international effort in agricultural genomics. Will work with experienced database and software development staff in implementing NCGR's growing agricultural genomics program. Required: Ph.D. and relevant post-doctoral experience. Desirable: first-hand experience in managing genomic projects or genomic data; experience with agribusiness. BIOLOGICAL INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIST GUI expert needed to assist in developing our major effort in agricultural genomics. Will develop interfaces for biologists to access varied types of data in an integrated manner. Required: 3-5 years experience in visualization technologies. Desirable: experience in developing tools for genomic or biological projects, and ability to rapidly integrate with the team and deliver specified products. SENIOR SCIENTIST Will build and manage a diverse team of biologists and biochemists to interact with experienced database and software development groups and be a key contributor to strategy and bioinformatics design in agricultural genomics systems. Required: Ph.D. in molecular biology, genetics or related field; broad understanding of and experience in gene expression; molecular diagnostics or biochemistry; demonstrated successes in management and team development; laboratory experience. Desirable: experience with relational database curation and user support. COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGISTS Will design, develop and implement algorithms and software systems for translating and integrating genomic data into information useful to bench biologists, chemists and others. Required: Ph.D. in related field or demonstrated skills in algorithm development; broad understanding of, and experience in, bioinformatics (acquisition, storage, and analysis of biological data); comprehensive knowledge of genomics, including DNA sequencing; experience with database curation and user support; knowledge of SQL; excellent communication skills. SCIENTISTS Will analyze data from agricultural genomic projects. Required: Ph.D. (or equivalent work experience) in a life science-related discipline, with an emphasis in genetics and/or molecular biology, especially in agricultural systems; experience with relational databases; ability to conceptualize algorithmic solutions to database-related problems and to design laboratory experiments in genomics. Desirable: ability to use sequence analysis tools and ability to write small program scripts. SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Will design, develop, and maintain programs to access and analyze data in a genetics database. Qualifications: BS or equivalent experience, 1 year C, C++, or Java programming experience. Object oriented analysis and design, relational database, SQL, and UNIX (including shell, perl, awk, and sed), knowledge of basic concepts of molecular biology and Web development experience highly desirable. NCGR OFFERS COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, RELOCATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGES. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE ABOVE POSITIONS, PLEASE SEND YOUR CV TO HR@NCGR.ORG. PLEASE DIRECT QUESTIONS TO BRUNO SOBRAL, PH.D. AT 505-082-7840. EOE. Bruno WS Sobral Team Leader, Agricultural and Environmental Genomics National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) - http://www.ncgr.org 1800 Old Pecos Trail Suite A Santa Fe New Mexico USA 87505 Phone: +1 505 982 7840 Fax: +1 505 995 4432 mailto:bws@ncgr.org ************************************************ C. S. Prakash Tuskegee University Center for Plant Biotechnology Research Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA mailto:Prakash@acd.tusk.edu http://agriculture.tusk.edu Phone (334) 727 8023; Fax (334) 727 8067 ************************************************ From owner-rapd@net.bio.net Tue Dec 16 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.rapd Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 17 Dec 1997 02:00:16 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 233 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199712171000.CAA14850@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. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. 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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. From owner-rapd@net.bio.net Sun Dec 28 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Webmaster@scienceguide.com (Robert W. Georgantas III) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.proteins,bionet.molbio.proteins.fluorescent,bionet.molbio.rapd Subject: Science News Date: 29 Dec 1997 14:40:34 -0800 Organization: The Science Guide Lines: 258 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <6898t2$dml@net.bio.net> Reply-To: news@scienceguide.com NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.proteins:12057 bionet.molbio.proteins.fluorescent:1796 bionet.molbio.rapd:2138 Sign up for the SCIENCE GUIDE DAILY NEWS UPDATE. This free daily newsletter summerizes science related news from news and academic institutions from around the world. To receive the News Update simply send and email to news@scienceguide.com with "subscribe" in the subject field. An example of the News Update from Dec 29th follows: THE SCIENCE GUIDE DAILY NEWS UPDATE The Science News from 10:59 AM EST; Monday, December 29, 1997 You have two ways to use the Science Guide News Update: 1) Goto our News Page (http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_LowGraph.html) 2) If your email program supports web links you can simply click on the URL listed below each story title, or you can simply copy the URL into you browser's location bar\ ******** Features From Daily News Sources ******* BIOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND MEDICINE **** Birds slaughtered in bid to contain mystery flu - CNN Heath http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/122997Article_6.html Poultry workers and government teams began the wholesale slaughter of birds Monday, the first step in a plan to contain the mysterious "bird flu" virus that has crossed over to humans and caused four recent deaths. **** Mystery disease in Kenya and Somalia could be form of anthrax - CNN Heath http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/122997Article_7.html An unexplained disease that has caused scores of Kenyans, Somalis and livestock to bleed to death this month may be a form of anthrax, medical experts said Sunday. **** Oral Test for HIV Virus Is Winning Converts - New York Times http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/122997Article_14.html The oral test, made by Epitope Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., isn't likely to replace the more traditional roll-up-your-sleeve test any time soon, because millions of HIV tests are done each year on blood donations or in conjunction with other blood-based medical tests. 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But he gel-like balls could prove instrumental in helping treat wounds or improve eyedrops. CHEMISTRY. COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND THE INTERNET **** Army tests virtual systems for soldier training - CNN Sci-Tech http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/122997Article_2.html While it's still effective to send infantry soldiers crawling through the mud during basic training, the U.S. Army is testing four virtual-reality systems that can simulate battlefields and teach specialized skills. **** Remote-control system uses brain waves - CNN Sci-Tech http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/122997Article_3.html Something spooky's afoot. Lights turn on without warning. The TV flashes channels at random. In the distance, a chime goes off. But there are no poltergeists here. 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According to a new analysis from University of California, Berkeley, when the boomers become the elderly of the future, they will have impressive numbers of stepchildren and stepgrandchildren, expanding the numbers of family members on whom they may rely, if necessary. - -- Robert Georgantas BS, MS, PhD (candidate) Researcher in Experimental Immunotheraputics Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Also publisher of: The Science Guide The World Wide Web News and Information Service for Scientists http://www.scienceguide.com