From BIOSCI-REQUEST Mon Jun 9 02:00:04 1997 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA25548; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 02:00:04 -0700 Received: (from biohelp@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA25536; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 02:00:02 -0700 Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 02:00:02 -0700 From: BIOSCI Administrator Message-Id: <199706090900.CAA25536@net.bio.net> To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser (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. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. 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From BIOSCI-REQUEST Fri Jun 13 14:13:56 1997 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA16972; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:13:56 -0700 Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu (PO8.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.108]) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA16969; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:13:55 -0700 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.2/8.8.2) id QAA13406; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:25:48 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:25:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix13.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:25:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix13.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:25:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix13.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.unix13.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:25:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:25:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Marcela Madrid To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: PSC Sequence Analysis Workshop announcement incorrect Cc: editor@newsmaster.tgc.com, chemistry@osc.edu The registration date for the workshop is June 20, not July 20. Please correct this before you post the announcement. Thank you From BIOSCI-REQUEST Fri Jun 13 17:13:08 1997 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA06639; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 17:13:08 -0700 Received: from po6.andrew.cmu.edu (PO6.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.106]) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA06636; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 17:13:07 -0700 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po6.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.2/8.8.2) id PAA03895 for rna@net.bio.net; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:25:06 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:25:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix12.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:24:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix12.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:24:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix12.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.unix12.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:24:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:24:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Marcela Madrid To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: PSC Sequence Analysis Workshop The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is offering a NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS workshop, July 20-25, 1997. This intense workshop will teach the basics of sequence analysis, including remote supercomputing, database searching and pairwise sequence alignment, multiple sequence alignments, pattern identification, inverse structure prediction, and visualization of macromolecular structures. Special emphasis will be placed on parameter selection, and the mathematical and statistical properties of the algorithms and methods presented. Information will also be presented on the latest pattern identification techniquesincluding hidden markov models, advanced position-specific weight matrix techniques and bayesan estimation. The workshop will consist of both lectures and extensive hands-on lab sessions. In addition to the lab exercises, participants can work on their own research problems, with the help of the instructors. Participants are encouraged to bring their research data, but not required. Instructors Dr. Gary Churchill, Cornell University Dr. David W. Deerfield II, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Dr. Michael Gribskov, San Diego Supercomputer Center Dr. Hugh B. Nicholas Jr., Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Alexander J. Ropelewski, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center For more information, please see http://www.psc.edu/biomed/workshops/wk-97/NAPSA-97/napsa.html or contact Nancy Blankenstein, biomed@psc.edu, (412) 268-4960. To register, please send the following registration form to biomed@psc.edu Registration deadline is July 20, 1997. _____________________________________________________________________________ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Biomedical Supercomputing Initiative APPLICATION FORM Please complete the following form and return it with the corresponding documentation. Direct inquiries to: Nancy Blankenstein biomed@psc.edu or (412) 268-4960. Application Deadline: July 20, 1997 PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER BIOMEDICAL INITIATIVE NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS WORKSHOP, July 20-25, 1997. 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 vitae. Graduate students must have a letter of recommendation from a faculty member. Please return all application materials six weeks before the workshop you are applying for to Biomedical Workshop Applications Committee Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 4400 Fifth Avenue, Suite 230C Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Direct inquiries to: Nancy Blankenstein biomed@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 Mon Jun 16 12:27:57 1997 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA10230; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 12:27:57 -0700 Received: from andrew.cmu.edu (ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.101]) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA10220; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 12:27:55 -0700 Received: (from postman@localhost) by andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.2/8.8.2) id PAA26196 for rna@net.bio.net; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 15:27:29 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 15:27:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix22.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 15:27:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix22.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 15:27:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix22.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.unix22.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 15:27:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 15:27:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Marcela Madrid To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: PSC Sequence Analysis Workshop - CORRECTED REGISTRATION DATE The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is offering a NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS workshop, July 20-25, 1997. This intense workshop will teach the basics of sequence analysis, including remote supercomputing, database searching and pairwise sequence alignment, multiple sequence alignments, pattern identification, inverse structure prediction, and visualization of macromolecular structures. Special emphasis will be placed on parameter selection, and the mathematical and statistical properties of the algorithms and methods presented. Information will also be presented on the latest pattern identification techniques including hidden markov models, advanced position-specific weight matrix techniques and bayesan estimation. The workshop will consist of both lectures and extensive hands-on lab sessions. In addition to the lab exercises, participants can work on their own research problems, with the help of the instructors. Participants are encouraged to bring their research data, but not required. Instructors Dr. Gary Churchill, Cornell University Dr. David W. Deerfield II, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Dr. Michael Gribskov, San Diego Supercomputer Center Dr. Hugh B. Nicholas Jr., Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Alexander J. Ropelewski, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center For more information, please see http://www.psc.edu/biomed/workshops/wk-97/NAPSA-97/napsa.html or contact Nancy Blankenstein, biomed@psc.edu, (412) 268-4960. To register, please send the following registration form to biomed@psc.edu Registration deadline is June 20, 1997. _____________________________________________________________________ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Biomedical Supercomputing Initiative APPLICATION FORM Please complete the following form and return it with the corresponding documentation. Direct inquiries to: Nancy Blankenstein biomed@psc.edu or (412) 268-4960. Application Deadline: June 20, 1997 PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER BIOMEDICAL INITIATIVE NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS WORKSHOP, July 20-25, 1997. 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 vitae. Graduate students must have a letter of recommendation from a faculty member. Please return all application materials by June 20, 1997 to Biomedical Workshop Applications Committee Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 4400 Fifth Avenue, Suite 230C Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Direct inquiries to: Nancy Blankenstein biomed@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 Thu Jun 26 03:32:35 1997 Return-Path: BIOSCI-REQUEST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id DAA03498; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 03:32:35 -0700 Received: from MSSERV.RZ-Berlin.MPG.DE (msserv.RZ-Berlin.MPG.DE [141.14.129.143]) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id DAA03495; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 03:32:34 -0700 Received: from 158.250.34.26.genebee.msu.su (ribosome.genebee.msu.su) by MSSERV.RZ-Berlin.MPG.DE (MX V4.1 VAX) with SMTP; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 12:33:07 +0100 Message-ID: <33B24358.6D5A@mpimg-berlin-dahlem.mpg.de> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 14:24:25 +0400 From: "Pavel V. Baranov" Reply-To: baranov@mpimg-berlin-dahlem.mpg.de Organization: Moscow State University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rna@net.bio.net Subject: Need your help Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear collegues! Does anybody know enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis of 3'-phosphate group from ribo- and deoxyribonucleotide? Thanks in advance -- Pavel Baranov Moscow State University