From BIOSCI-REQUEST Sat Feb 4 15:19:52 1995 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) id PAA08095 for rna-list; Sat, 4 Feb 1995 15:19:52 -0800 Received: from img.cas.cz ([192.108.147.1]) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id PAA08090 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 1995 15:19:37 -0800 Received: by img.cas.cz (5.65c/ITC-Prg(tk)-1.0) id AA14860; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 00:23:38 GMT From: jana.briestanska@img.cas.cz (Jana Briestanska) Message-Id: <199502050023.AA14860@img.cas.cz> Subject: M.D. seeks position in CANCER RES To: rna@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 00:23:37 +0000 (CUT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL20] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 8683 My name is Jana Briestanska, M.D., (grad. in 1988), I am a woman-scientist seeking postdoc position and highly motivated in cancer research or molecular genetics of oncogenes. I have 5 years of experience in cloning, sequencing, PCR, CAT assays, tissue cultures (transfections), in vivo induction of tumors (chicken model), immunoprecipitation. My current research deals with regulation of src expression influenced by presence of various parts of src 3'untranslated region, 3'UTR, (deletion and CAT analysis, now prepared to publication). Recently I tackled at detection of new open reading frame in 3'UTR of src. As to used methods I developed new approach how to obtain recombinant DNA (see list of publications). This message includes curriculum vitae as well as 3 letters of recommendation. I prefer human model and am ready to come immediately. My address is: email: jana.briestanska@img.cas.cz or FAX: (422) 24 310 955 or snail mail: Jana Briestanska, M.D. Institute of Molecular Genetics Flemingovo n. 2 166 37 Prague 6 Czech Republic Curriculum vitae: 1982-1988: School of Medicine University of J.E.Purkyne (today University of Masaryk), Brno, Czech Republic 1983-1988: Department of Biology at the same school as student assistant 1988-1995: Institute of Molecular Genetics Prague,Czech Republic 1990: Genetics engineering methods training course in Riga, Latvia (supported by UNESCO) 1994: 5 weeks of visit in Institute Curie-Biologie, Orsay, France. Publications: J.Briestanska 1990. Microtubular dynamics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae temperature-sensitive secretory mutants: The sec 1 product and polymerization of microtubules. Folia Biologica. 36, 312-318. J.Briestanska, and J.Svoboda 1993. The use of directed ligation for obtaining high yield of recombinant DNA and for efficient transcloning. Biotechniques. 15, 220-222. J.Briestanska, and J.Plachy 1995. Regulation of tumor growth induced by src with various parts of its 3'untranslated region (in preparation). B.Yatsula, J.Geryk, J.Briestanska, I.Karakoz, J.Svoboda, A.V.Rynditch. G.Calothy, and P.Dezelee 1994. Origin and evolution of the c-src transducing avian sarcoma virus PR 2257. J.Gen.Virol. 75, 2777-2781. P.Dezelee, J.Barnier, J.Briestanska, J.Geryk, I.Karakoz, A.A.Michailik, J.Nehyba, B.A.Yatsula, A.V. Rynditch, G.Calothy, and J.Svoboda 1994. New case of c-src gene transduction: The generation of virus PR 2257. Folia Biologica. 40, 211-223. Posters: M.Havelkova, J.Briestanska, J.Filkuka 1984. Polyploid nuclei in yeast protoplasts. IX Biological Days. Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (in Czech). M.Havelkova, and J.Briestanska 1986. Cytospectrophoto metry - a method convenient for measuring minimal amounts of DNA. IX Days of Medical Biophysics. Karlov, Czech Republic (in Czech). M.Havelkova, and J.Briestanska 1987. Microtubular structures in yeast protoplasts. X Biological Days. Brno, Czech Republic (in Czech). Awards: In 1988 I was awarded by the minister of education for excellent study results and scientific activity in School of Medicine in Brno, Czech Republic. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Letter of recommendation I Jana Briestanska, M.D., already during her studies on the School of Medicine became interested in research in the field of molecular biology of cancer. (This is rather unusual - for medicine students a career in research or teaching is not attractive at all). Shortly after receiving her M.D. degree, she started working in the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Prague. She learned the principles and methods of molecular genetics; she also attended courses on molecular biology. Jana Briestanska is a very enthusiastic scientist, working every day till late hours. She succeeded to develop a new method for producing recombinant DNA. The topics of her work is the 3'noncoding segment of src gene, in which she discovered several regulatory elements and indeed confirmed their function both in in vitro as well as in in vivo experiments in chicken. Manuscripts for publication are in preparation. Molecular biology of cancer is all time the centre of all her interests. J. B. is a person sticking to her strict principles; she is critical to others as well as to herself. She is a nice and communicative person. I am sure that J. B. is a talented and prospectful scientist. No doubt, a longer stay in a good institute abroad would greatly stimulate her further scientific growth. Thus I can recommend her application indeed sincerely. January 20, 1995 prof.Jan Zavada, Ph. D. Institute of Molecular Genetics Academy of Sciences of C.R. Flemingovo n. 2 166 37 Prague, Czech Republic FAX: (422) 24 310 955 E-mail: zavada@img.cas.cz ----------------------------------------------------------------- Letter of recommendation II Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic Department of Biology To whom it may concern I have known Jana Briestanska, M.D., since she entered the Faculty of Medicine in Brno. She was one of the best students in her year. From the very beginning of her studies, she was deeply interested in science and, as a student-voluntier, she joined a research team at the Department of Biology studying yeast cytology, with particular interest in cell wall regeneration and cytoskeleton functions. She showed good laboratory skills and experimental invention. She was a gifted, self-disciplined and determined student willing to spend her free time in the laboratory. I have been told that she shows that same quality and attitude in her present work at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. I can recommend Jana Briestanska, M.D., a talented and hard- working researcher, to any biological laboratory. prof.A.Svoboda, M.D.,Ph.D. FAX: (425) 421 262 00 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Letter of recommendation III Worked out by Jiri Plachy. Ph.D. J Briestanska, M.D., has been working in the Institute of Molecular Genetics since 1988. In this place she attained experience in methods of molecular genetics namely in cloning, sequencing and PCR techniques. She proved her research independence also by establishing new methodical approach in our lab that has not been used yet (J.Briestanska and J.Svoboda, 1993. The use of directed ligation for obtaining high yields of recombinant DNA and for efficient transcloning. Biotechniques. 15, 220-222.). She uses a tissue culture techniques in vitro, too, and she participated in in vivo experiments on defined lines of chickens. I co-worked with Dr.Briestanska last two years on regulation of tumor growth induced by inoculation of plasmid constructs with src oncogene via 3'untranslated region. In this time I got to know her as a woman-colleague with a great working motivation, wide scientific horizon, and critical approach to interpretation of experimental data. Dr.J.Plachy, Ph.D. Institute of Molecular Genetics Academy of Sciences of C.R. Flemingovo n. 2 166 37 Prague 6, Czech Republic FAX: (422) 24 310 955 From BIOSCI-REQUEST Sat Feb 4 19:06:50 1995 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) id FAA09401 for rna-list; Tue, 31 Jan 1995 05:32:03 -0800 Received: from ehimegw.dpc.ehime-u.ac.jp (ehimegw.dpc.ehime-u.ac.jp [133.71.2.10]) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id FAA09393 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 1995 05:31:57 -0800 Received: from en3serv.en3.ehime-u.ac.jp by ehimegw.dpc.ehime-u.ac.jp (5.65+1.5W/6.4JAIN-1.0) id AA16319; Tue, 31 Jan 95 22:32:25 JST Received: by en3serv.en3.ehime-u.ac.jp (5.0/6.4J.6) id AA25161; Tue, 31 Jan 95 22:31:41 JST Date: Tue, 31 Jan 95 22:31:41 JST From: Shigeo Yoshinari Message-Id: <9501311331.AA25161@en3serv.en3.ehime-u.ac.jp> To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: help Content-Type: text X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Content-Length: 0 From BIOSCI-REQUEST Sun Feb 5 13:13:49 1995 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) id PAA25823 for rna-list; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 15:25:52 -0800 Received: from ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU (ETSU.east-tenn-st.edu [151.141.12.1]) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id PAA25809 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 15:25:30 -0800 Message-Id: <199501252325.PAA25809@net.bio.net> Received: from ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU by ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3807; Wed, 25 Jan 95 18:25:22 EST Received: from ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU (NJE origin ZGLH1@ETSU) by ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7724; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 18:25:22 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 95 18:24:29 EST From: gregory hemontolor Organization: East Tennessee State University To: rna@net.bio.net subscribe RNA news group From BIOSCI-REQUEST Fri Feb 10 12:29:16 1995 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) id MAA17054 for rna-list; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:29:16 -0800 Received: from po3.andrew.cmu.edu (PO3.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.103]) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA17050 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:29:12 -0800 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po3.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id PAA08390 for rna@net.bio.net; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:29:04 -0500 Received: via switchmail; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:29:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:27:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:27:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu.HP9000.712 via MS.5.6.peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu.hp700_ux90; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:27:56 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <0jCwlA200jeN0lA840@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:27:56 -0500 (EST) From: Harry Karatassos To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: Nucleic Acid and Protein Sequence Analysis workshop at the PSC NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS WORKSHOP FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 4-9, 1995 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) is again offering a five-day workshop on "Nucleic Acid and Protein Sequence Analysis," June 4-9, 1995. It is funded by a grant from the National Center for Human Genome Research of the National Institutes of Health. The workshop will familiarize biomedical researchers with computational methods and provide practice in applying supercomputing resources to problems of concern in macromolecular sequence analysis. Emphasis will be on alignment of and pattern extraction from multiple sequences. Participants will gain practical experience on PSC's Cray C-90 and T3D in (1) comparing and aligning sequences, (2) identifying informative patterns in a set of sequences; and (3) using extracted informative patterns to identify related sequences. Researchers will also learn several approaches to database searching and multiple sequence alignment, how to use profile analysis effectively, and how to identify patterns in their sequences. Participants are encouraged to bring sequence analysis problems from their current research. Extensive documentation will be given at the outset on the PSC computing environment as well as on the specific programs to be employed in the workshop. No prior supercomputing experience is required. Workshop leaders are Dr. Gary Churchill, Cornell University, Dr. Michael Gribskov, San Diego Supercomputing Center, and Dr. Hugh Nicholas, PSC. A limited number of grants to cover travel and hotel accommodations are available for U.S. academic participants. ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY A $135 REGISTRATION FEE, IN ADVANCE, UPON ACCEPTANCE INTO THE WORKSHOP. The deadline for submitting applications is April 17, 1995. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Additional information about this workshop can be found in http://pscinfo.psc.edu/biomed/workshops95.html * * * * * PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS WORKSHOP FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS June 4-9, 1995 APPLICATION Name: ________________________________________________________________ Affiliation: ________________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________ (Business) ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ (Home) ________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ____________________________ ______________________________ (Business) (Home) *Social Security Number: _______-_____-_______ Citizenship:___________________ Electronic Mail Address:_______________________________________________________ Status: ___Graduate ___Post-doctoral Fellow ___Faculty ___Other (specify) In order to attend the workshop, will you need funds for travel?___ lodging?___ Please indicate specifically any special housing, transportation or dietary arrangements you will need: __________________________________________ How did you learn about this workshop:_________________________________________ REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must submit a completed application form and a cover letter. The letter should describe, in one or two paragraphs, the sequence analysis problems encountered in your research, and how participating in the workshop will enhance this research. Please include a brief statement describing your level of experience with computers. Faculty members, staff and post-docs should provide a curriculum vita. Graduate students must have a letter of recommendation from a faculty member. If you have requested travel funds, please include the cost of roundtrip air fare from your home to Pittsburgh and indicate the amount of travel funds you will need. ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A $135 ADVANCE REGISTRATION FEE UPON ACCEPTANCE INTO THE WORKSHOP. Please return all application materials by APRIL 17, 1995 to: Biomedical Workshop Applications Committee Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 4400 Fifth Avenue, Suite 230C Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Direct inquiries to: Nancy Blankenstein, blankens@psc.edu or 412/268-4960. *Disclosure of Social Security Number is voluntary. PSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, creed, national or ethnic origin, or handicap. From BIOSCI-REQUEST Fri Feb 10 13:59:54 1995 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) id NAA20801 for rna-list; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:59:54 -0800 Received: from po4.andrew.cmu.edu (PO4.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.11.131]) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA20798 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:59:51 -0800 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po4.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id QAA13322 for rna@net.bio.net; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:59:46 -0500 Received: via switchmail; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:59:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:59:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:59:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu.HP9000.712 via MS.5.6.peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu.hp700_ux90; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:59:04 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <0jCy6c200jeN0lAAQ0@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:59:04 -0500 (EST) From: Harry Karatassos To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: NMR workshop offered at the PSC STRUCTURE DETERMINATION FROM NMR Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center June 25-28, 1995 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) is offering biomedical researchers a "Structure Determination From NMR" Workshop. The objective is to introduce participants to the different techniques for the elucidation of solution structures of biological macromolecules from nuclear magnetic resonance data. The workshop is free to academic participants. The worskhop will consist of lectures and extensive hands-on sessions. The programs AMBER, Mardigras and MidasPlus will be discussed. Hands-on sessions will be emphasized. Participants will be able to work on the examples provided or on their own experimental data. No prior supercomputing experience is necessary. Workshop leaders are: Dr. David Case, The Scripps Research Institute; and Drs Thomas James, Julie Newdoll and Uli Schmitz, University of California, San Francisco. This workshop is funded by a grant from the Biomedical Research Technology Program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health. Travel, meals and hotel accommodations for researchers affilated with U.S. academic institutions are supported by this grant. Enrollment is limited to 20. An application form is included. Deadline for applications is: April 28, 1995. Additional information about this workshop can be found in http://pscinfo.psc.edu/biomed/workshops95.html * * * * * * * * * * PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER BIOMEDICAL INITIATIVE STRUCTURE DETERMINATION USING NMR June 25-28, 1995 APPLICATION Name:________________________________________________________________________ Affiliation:_________________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________________________________ (Business) _____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ (Home) ____________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ____________________ ______________________ (Business) (Home) *Social Security Number: _______-_____-_______ Citizenship: ____________ Electronic Mail Address:____________________________________________________ Status: ___Graduate ___Post-doctoral Fellow ___Faculty ___Other (specify) Please indicate specifically any special housing, transportation or dietary arrangements you will need: _______________________________________________ How did you learn about this workshop? _____________________________________ REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must submit a completed application form and a cover letter. The letter should describe, in one or two paragraphs, your current research and how participating in the workshop will enhance this research. Please include a brief statement describing your level of experience with computers. Faculty members, staff and post-docs should provide a curriculum vita. Graduate students must have a letter of recommendation from a faculty member. Please return all application materials by APRIL 28, 1995 to: Biomedical Workshop Applications Committee Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 4400 Fifth Avenue, Suite 230C Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Direct inquiries to: Nancy Blankenstein, blankens@psc.edu or 412/268-4960. *Disclosure of Social Security Number is voluntary. PSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, creed, national or ethnic origin, or handicap. From BIOSCI-REQUEST Fri Feb 10 14:07:32 1995 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) id OAA21040 for rna-list; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 14:07:32 -0800 Received: from po6.andrew.cmu.edu (PO6.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.106]) by net.bio.net (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA21037 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 14:07:28 -0800 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po6.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id RAA17702 for rna@net.bio.net; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:07:23 -0500 Received: via switchmail; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:07:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:05:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:05:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu.HP9000.712 via MS.5.6.peeper.se.cs.cmu.edu.hp700_ux90; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:05:31 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <0jCyAf200jeN0lA1I0@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:05:31 -0500 (EST) From: Harry Karatassos To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: MM and MD of Biopolymers workshop at the PSC "METHODS OF MOLECULAR MECHANICS AND DYNAMICS OF BIOPOLYMERS" WORKSHOP Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center August 16-19, 1995 The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) is hosting a workshop on "Methods of Molecular Mechanics and Dynamics of Biopolymers," August 16-19, 1995. The workshop will familiarize biomedical researchers with computational methods and provide practice in applying supercomputing resources to problems of concern in molecular mechanics. Practical experience on our supercomputers will be gained in the application to: (1) the theory and practice of molecular mechanics and dynamics; (2) the development and refinement of molecular mechanics force fields; (3) the problem of conformation mapping and analysis of polypeptide structures, including the refinement of structure from measured NMR data; and (4) computation of interaction energies and free energies for protein-drug interactions and conformational thermodynamics. Workshop leaders are Dr. Charles L. Brooks III, The Scripps Research Institute and Dr. Alexander D. MacKerell Jr., University of Maryland at Baltimore. The worskhop will consist of lectures and extensive hands-on sessions. General aspects of molecular mechanics software will be discussed and a number of packages are available for use at the PSC. However, the programs CHARMM and QUANTA will be utilized most extensively in demonstrations. Hands-on sessions will be emphasized. Participants will be able to work on the examples provided or on their own experimental data. No prior supercomputing experience is necessary. This workshop is funded by a grant from the Biomedical Research Technology Program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health. Travel, meals and hotel accommodations for researchers affilated with U.S. academic institutions are supported by this grant. Enrollment is limited to 20. An application form is included. Deadline for applications is: June 22, 1995. Please direct inquires or send the following application form to blankens@psc.edu. Additional information about this workshop can be found in http://pscinfo.psc.edu/biomed/workshops95.html PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER BIOMEDICAL INITIATIVE ************************************** August 16-19, 1995 APPLICATION Name:________________________________________________________________________ Affiliation:_________________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________________________________ (Business) _____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ (Home) ____________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ____________________ ______________________ (Business) (Home) *Social Security Number: _______-_____-_______ Citizenship: ____________ Electronic Mail Address:____________________________________________________ Status: ___Graduate ___Post-doctoral Fellow ___Faculty ___Other (specify) Please indicate specifically any special housing, transportation or dietary arrangements you will need: _______________________________________________ How did you learn about this workshop? _____________________________________ REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must submit a completed application form and a cover letter. The letter should describe, in one or two paragraphs, your current research and how participating in the workshop will enhance this research. Please include a brief statement describing your level of experience with computers. Faculty members, staff and post-docs should provide a curriculum vita. Graduate students must have a letter of recommendation from a faculty member. Please return all application materials by June 22, 1995 to: Biomedical Workshop Applications Committee Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 4400 Fifth Avenue, Suite 230C Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Direct inquiries to: Nancy Blankenstein, blankens@psc.edu or 412/268-4960. *Disclosure of Social Security Number is voluntary. PSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, creed, national or ethnic origin, or handicap.