From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Wed Jun 14 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: (Dave Johnston) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: SCHISTOSOMA GENOME PROJECT GOPHER SERVER - CALL FOR INFO Date: 15 Jun 1995 09:04:10 +0100 Lines: 101 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <3rophq$786@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-POPmail-Charset: British Original-To: schisto@dl.ac.uk, parasite@dl.ac.uk As part of our contribution to the Schistosoma genome project, we will be placing genome project and related data on the Natural History Museum's gopher server. In time we hope that this data (plus images) will also be accessable through the Museum's WWW server. Due to other commitments, construction of this server is very much a "spare time" (Ha-Ha) occupation. This means that, with the exception of DNA sequences, we do not have the time to go hunting out the data to put on the server. We need your cooperation and contributions to make this server a valuable reference/contact point for the Schisto community. We are looking for data under the following categories: SCHISTOSOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES AND PERSONNEL LAB TITLE DEPARTMENT INSTITUTION ADDRESS HEAD OF LABORATORY RESEARCH INTERESTS TEL FAX EMAIL RESEARCHER #1 SPECIES AND STRAINS GENERAL INFO SCHISTOSOMA S. MANSONI separate file for each isolate containing: STRAIN NAME GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN DATE ISOLATED HOLDING LABORATORY CONTACT NAME COMMENTS ditto next isolate ditto next species SNAILS ditto OTHER SCHISTOSOMES ditto SEARCH FOR A STRAIN _______________________________________________________________________________ SEQUENCE DATA GENERAL INFO containing general information on sequence entries, date last updated etc NON EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG SEQUENCE DATA single file containing genbank accession numbers and descriptions for all currently lodged sequences SEARCH FOR A SEQUENCE ENTRY BY DESCRIPTION EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG SEQUENCE DATA single file containing genbank accession numbers and descriptions for all currently lodged dbEST entries SEARCH FOR AN EST BY DESCRIPTION - to enable you to find accession numbers for sequences of interest EST DATA file containing complete dbEST entry for an EST ditto for next EST FIND EST BY ACCESSION NUMBER - to enable you to retrieve the data for that EST NB over time this will become a huge directory with approx 1 page of info for each EST (currently approx 800 and rising daily!) _______________________________________________________________________________ LIBRARIES GENERAL INFO separate file for each library containing: SPECIES TYPE - genomic, cDNA etc SOURCE - species, stage of life cycle etc VECTOR HOST HOLDING LABORATORY CONTACT NAME NOTES ditto for next library _______________________________________________________________________________ PHYSICAL MAPPING DATA GENERAL INFO EST-YAC HYBRIDISATION DATA single file containing for every EST: dbEST ACCESSION NUMBER PUTATIVE IDENTITY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(S) OF YAC(S) IT HYBRIDISES TO RESEARCHER MAKING ASSIGNMENT NOTES SEARCH FOR DATA FOR AN EST OR YAC eg which YAC does an EST hybridise to or which ESTs hybridise to a particular YAC YAC-CHROMOSOME HYBRIDISATION DATA single file containing, for each YAC: IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CHROMOSOME NUMBER POSITION ON CHROMOSOME RESEARCHER MAKING ASSIGNMENT NOTES SEARCH FOR DATA FOR A YAC OR CHROMOSOME eg which chromosome does a YAC hybridise to? or what YACs are on a particular chromosome _______________________________________________________________________________ DAJ David A. Johnston Research Fellow, Dept of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD. England (tel 071 9389297, fax 071 9388754, email daj@nhm.ac.uk) From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Wed Jun 14 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: (Dave Johnston) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Re: SCHISTOSOMA GENOME PROJECT GOPHER SERVER - CALL FOR INFO Date: 15 Jun 1995 09:37:23 +0100 Lines: 110 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <3rorg3$8mp@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-POPmail-Charset: British Original-To: schisto@dl.ac.uk, parasite@dl.ac.uk Sorry about the previous duff posting! As part of our contribution to the Schistosoma genome project, we will be placing genome project and related data on the Natural History Museum's gopher server. In time we hope that this data (plus images) will also be accessable through the Museum's WWW server. Due to other committments, construction of this server is very much a "spare time" (Ha-Ha) occupation. This means that, with the exception of DNA sequences, we do not have the time to go hunting out the data to put on the server. We need your assistance and contributions to make this server a valuable reference/contact point for the Schisto community. We are looking for data under the following categories: (1) SCHISTOSOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES AND PERSONNEL LAB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: INSTITUTION: ADDRESS: NAME OF LABORATORY HEAD: RESEARCH INTERESTS: TEL: FAX: EMAIL: NAME OF RESEARCHER #1: RESEARCH INTERESTS: TEL: FAX: EMAIL: etc. (2) SPECIES AND STRAINS for Schistosoma, snails and other schistosomes: SPECIES: STRAIN: GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN: DATE ISOLATED: LABORATORY INTERMEDIATE HOST SPECIES: LABORATORY INTERMEDIATE HOST STRAIN: LABORATORY DEFINITIVE HOST SPECIES: LABORATORY DEFINITIVE HOST STRAIN: LIVE OR FROZEN COLLECTION: HOLDING LABORATORY: CONTACT NAME: COMMENTS: (3) SEQUENCE DATA (we will obtain these) NON EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG SEQUENCES EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG SEQUENCES (4) LIBRARIES SOURCE SPECIES: STAGE OF LIFE CYCLE: TYPE: genomic, cDNA etc VECTOR/CLONING SITE: HOST STRAIN: HOLDING LABORATORY: CONTACT NAME: NOTES: (5) PHYSICAL MAPPING DATA EST-YAC HYBRIDISATION DATA DBEST ACCESSION NUMBER OF EST: PUTATIVE IDENTITY: IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(S) OF YAC(S) IT HYBRIDISES TO: RESEARCHER MAKING ASSIGNMENT: NOTES: YAC-CHROMOSOME HYBRIDISATION DATA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF YAC: CHROMOSOME NUMBER: POSITION ON CHROMOSOME: RESEARCHER MAKING ASSIGNMENT: NOTES: (6) SCHISTOSOMA RELATED TECHNIQUES PARASITOLOGICAL CULTURAL BIOCHEMICAL MOLECULAR MICROSCOPAL OTHER Please send any information you wish to share with the Schisto Research Community by letter, fax or (preferably) eMail to: D. A. Johnston Experimental Taxonomy, Dept. of Zoology, The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD United Kingdom tel (from outside UK) 44 71 9399297, from within UK: 0171 9389297 fax (from outside UK) 44 71 9388754, from within UK: 0171 9388754 eMail daj@nhm.acd.uk Please cudgel, bully, blackmail or otherwise coerce your collegues to do the same and feel free to make comments, suggestions for how this service could be improved. We hope to go online in about a month from now. Many thanks DAJ David A. Johnston Research Fellow, Dept of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD. England (tel 071 9389297, fax 071 9388754, email daj@nhm.ac.uk) From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Thu Jun 15 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: (Dave Johnston) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: SCHISTOSOMA GENOME PROJECT GOPHER SERVER - CALL FOR INFO Date: 16 Jun 1995 09:36:23 +0100 Lines: 10 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <3rrfq7$jr7@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-POPmail-Charset: British Original-To: parasite@dl.ac.uk, schisto@dl.ac.uk Sorry, eMail address for contributions should have been: daj@nhm.ac.uk DAJ David A. Johnston Research Fellow, Dept of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD. England (tel 071 9389297, fax 071 9388754, email daj@nhm.ac.uk) From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Thu Jun 15 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!rz.uni-duesseldorf.de!kunz From: kunz@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de (Werner Kunz) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: TDR Strategic Research: Call for Proposals Date: 16 Jun 1995 12:45:42 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 76 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <87278.kunz@mail.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de> Reply-To: "werner.kunz" NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Schisto researcher, Dr Robert Bergquist (WHO, TDR) has requested me to announce the attached message to all members of the Schisto newsgroup: Subject: TDR Strategic Research: Call for Proposals TDR INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH GRANTS TDR's Steering Committee on Strategic Research, which focuses on genome mapping, pathogenesis and molecular entomology, will examine research proposals when it meets 25-28 September 1995. In doing so, it will give priority to proposed research that involves scientists from developing countries or that provides opportunities for training. Grants would be for two years. Applicants are encouraged to exercise restraint in preparing their budgets. The typical grant should not exceed US$40,000; many of last year's grants were for much less than that. Applications are required by 25 July 1995. This is a firm deadline and no application can be accepted after this date. Genome mapping Research is needed on the development of low-resolution maps (1,000 units); new, cost-effective mapping technologies, universally accessible data bases and data management programmes, regarding preselected Brugia malayi, Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, Leishmania infantum, L. major L. puruviana, Trypanosoma brucei or T. cruzi. Pathogenesis Applications on Malaria, Schistosomiasis, Filariasis including onchocerciasis, Leishmaniasis and the Trypanosomiases (African sleeping sickness and Chagas' disease), are invited. Specific areas of interest are mechanisms of protective immunity and pathology (cytokine interplay); pathogenicity in relation to parasite and human genetic diversity; virulence factors of parasites and vectors; animal models using mice reconstructed with human cells or genes; development of transformation systems; genetically reconstructed parasites for drug and vaccine development. Molecular Entomology Research is needed on genetic and physical mapping of the Anopheles gambiae genome; development of transformation systems based on transposable elements and other genetic transformation systems for use in A. gambiae; population structure and gene flow of A. gambiae in the field; genetic and physio-ethological (ie. behavioural) factors involved in host-vector and vector-parasite interactions. General information For further information on genome mapping and molecular entomology contact: Dr Boris Dobrokhotov, Manager, Molecular Entomology Committee, TDR, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. (Tel: 41.22/791.38.16; fax: 41.22/791.48.54; E-mail: ). For further information on pathogenesis contact: Dr Robert Bergquist, Manager, Pathogenesis Committee, TDR, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. (Tel: 41.22/791.38.64; fax: 41.22/791.48.54; E-mail bergquist@who.ch>). To obtain application forms or further general information contact the TDR Communications Unit (Tel: 41.22/791.37.25 or 791.47.27, fax: 791.48.54.) E-mail: TDRNEWS@WHO.CH Prof. Dr. Werner Kunz Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Universitaetsstr.1 D-40225 Duesseldorf Tel.and Fax: (49)211-311-2333 E-mail: Werner.Kunz@uni-duesseldorf.de From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Mon Jun 19 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!who.ch!nuttalli From: nuttalli@who.ch Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Call for revision for global epidemiology Date: 20 Jun 1995 02:28:49 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 71 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9505208036.AA803672747@ccm.who.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net SCHISTOSOMIASIS: Global epidemiology CALL FOR REVISION The WHO Expert Committee Report of 1993 endorsed the estimates of 200 million persons infected among 600 million persons at risk in 74 countries (WHO, 1993). The recent attempts at estimating the distribution and prevalence of schistosomiasis have been published since 1981. The estimates of the number of persons infected and the number of persons at risk has not changed since the mid 1970's. The dynamics of this "static" data include 1) increased population growth in the most affected countries, particularly in Africa; 2) increased risk in water resources development projects, again particularly in Africa and 3) lack of resources for control in the most affected countries. In relation to the total population, the prevalence has decreased; in relation to the population at risk, the prevalence has remained stable. This later statement is inaccurate. The number of endemic countries has varied between 73 and 76 since 1980. Montserrat was removed from the list of endemic countries in 1993. Japan and Tunisia will eventually be removed since no new infections have been reported since 1977 and 1984 respectively. The fusion of Yemen and Democratic Yemen reduced the count as well. There have been other changes reported in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record - the official record of epidemiological change: S. mansoni has now been reported in Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Somalia. S. haematobium is present in Sao Tome. S. intercalatum has been reported in Mali and in Equatorial Guinea. The geographical extent of change is usually incompletely reported. WHO is now in the process of a complete reevaluation of the global distribution of schistosomiasis using, if available more precise geographically coordinated data from provincial and district level. Desktop Mapping/GIS software will be used to manage the database. We would like to encourage you to join WHO and its Regional Offices in this effort of reassessment. Your comments and contributions should be sent to Dr. Isabelle Nuttall at nuttalli@who.ch with a copy to me. Many thanks for your collaboration. Schistosomiasis control is everybody's business! Ken Mott Chief, Schistosomiasis Control Divison of Control of Tropical Diseases WHO/OMS CH 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland Direct telephone: 41-22-791-3862 Secretary (Ms. Josie Mercado) telephone: 41-22-791-3898 Direct fax: 41-22-791-4869 WHO fax: 41-22-791-0746 Email INTERNET: mott@who.ch X.400 mail: S=mott/C=ch/A=arcom/P=who/O=whohq REFERENCES: Doumenge J-P, Mott KE, et al. CEGET/WHO Atlas of the Global Distribution of Schistosomiasis. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 400 pp. (1987) Iarotski LS and Davis A. The schistosomiasis problem in the world: results of a WHO questionnaire survey. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 59: 115-127 (1981). Utroska JA, Chen MG, Dixon H, Yoon S, Helling-Borda M, Hogerzeil HV, Mott KE. An Estimate of Global Needs for Praziquantel Within Schistosomiasis Control Programmes. WHO unpublished document WHO/SCHISTO/89.102 92 pp. (1989). World Health Organization. The Control of Schistosomiasis. Second Report of the WHO Expert Committee. Technical Report Series no. 830, 86 pp. (1993). From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Mon Jun 19 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!ubaclu.unibas.ch!burglin From: burglin@ubaclu.unibas.ch Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: homeobox www server site Message-ID: <1995Jun20.182138.45005@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> Date: 20 Jun 95 18:21:38 MET Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland Lines: 18 This is an annoucement for a new WWW server containing information about homeobox gene classification. I set up a page that specificially deals with issues about homeobox genes. As I expand that page, I will try to keep updated information on the classification of the homeobox genes and other relevant information on that site. Obviously, any contributions to that page are welcome. URL: http://copan.bioz.unibas.ch/homeo.html Thomas R. Burglin burglin@ubaclu.unibas.ch From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Thu Jun 22 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!fudan.ihep.ac.cn!qwjiang From: qwjiang@fudan.ihep.ac.cn (Qingwu Jiang) Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: (none) Date: 22 Jun 1995 12:13:58 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 22 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <2fe96bd8.ma0247@fudan.ihep.ac.cn> Dear users: We are carrying out the study on the relationship between antibody isotype reponse and resistance to Schitosoma japonicum reinfecion in endemic population. This study will be focus on the detection of specific IgE and IgG4 as well as FcERII in Eos cell. Unfortunatly, we can not get the related HRP/Biotin labeled antibodies in short time in Shanghai, China. So we are looking for some help. We also need Kits for detecting soluable IL-4 receptor by ELISA and HRA-DQ/DR probe for studying genetic factors. If you have any interesting or have related information, please let us know as soon as possible. By the way, we can provide human sera collected from the different endemic areas of Schistosoma japonicum. Genming Zhao Zhongdao Wu From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Thu Jun 22 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!CGL.UCSF.EDU!leptak From: leptak@CGL.UCSF.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: International Schistosomiasis conference Date: 23 Jun 1995 11:27:43 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199506231826.LAA06739@socrates.ucsf.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net To whom it may concern: > > I wish to receive information regarding the International Conference on > Schistosomiasis to be held this October in Bahia Brazil. As I am not > sure if I am contacting the correct person, will you please e-mail me > back and let me know if you have information regarding registration, > abstract submission, etc. Thank you for your assistance. > > Sincerely yours, > > Chris Leptak > E-mail: leptak@cgl.ucsf.edu