From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Sun Oct 12 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Michael Yamashita Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Host antigen acquistion: info needed Date: 13 Oct 1997 01:11:56 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 20 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <61sl4c$6bc@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Schistosoma researchers, I need information on how schistosomes acquire the antigens of their hosts, allowing them to evade immune system response. This could have applications in cybernetics and nano-technology. Because it involves implanting of foreign bodies, one large problem we face are immune responses, e.g. allergic reactions, etc which can inflict damage both upon the body and the technology. What is required is a technique that allows the foreign bodies introduced to avoid immune attack without harming the immune system. Schistosomes may provide the answer to this problem. Indeed using the methods that schistosomes have evolved to parasitize its hosts may well lead to better artificial implants, treatments for arthritis, and safer organ transplants, just to name a few possibilities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Regards, Michael Yamashita Simon Fraser University http://www.sfu.ca From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Thu Oct 16 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Masaaki Shimada Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: 2nd Announcement of 9th ICOPA Date: 17 Oct 1997 04:34:34 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 51 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <627iga$o8h@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Colleagues, Second announcement of the IXth International Congress of Parasitology is now available at: http://icopa.med.uoeh-u.ac.jp/~welcome I hope you will visit the web site and send a request for the Registration and Abstract Forms to Prof. S. Kojima at: icopa9@hgc.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp IMPORTANT DATES are; Application for Travel Awards for Young Scientists Dec. 31, 1997 Submission of Abstracts Jan. 31, 1998 Early Registration Apr. 30, 1998 Hotel Reservation Jun. 20, 1998 Have a nice weekend! *********************************************************** Masaaki Shimada, M.D. mailing address: Information and Reference Center of Tropical Medicine Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852, Japan tel: +81-95-849-7868 e-mail: shimadam@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp ************************************************************ _________________________________________________________________ > The above message was distributed by "tdr-scientists@who.ch" > - an Internet mailing list of tropical disease reseachers > Dr.Christoph G.Grevelding Tel.:(49)-211-81-13070 Genetic Parasitology Fax :(49)-211-81-12333 Institute of Genetics (49)-211-81-12279 Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Universitaetsstrasse 1 40225 Duesseldorf e-mail: Christoph.Grevelding@uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/MathNat/ Parasitologie/gen_para.htm From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Sun Oct 19 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: BIOSCI Administrator Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 20 Oct 1997 00:18:32 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 229 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <62f0k8$ela@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net 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 potect its newsgroups? --------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently avilable is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already mderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENETdistribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to dte and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means,however, that someone has to take the time to review each message beore it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allos the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net message that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than tat needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per mesage. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible or their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail ddresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is vailable on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. 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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-schistosoma@net.bio.net Tue Oct 21 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Robin Macdonald Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Botswana Date: 22 Oct 1997 01:34:34 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 26 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <62kdqq$pr0@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net This is a forwarded message from Robin Macdonald, please send any answers to the schisto net. The moderator Forwarded message: I would appreciate it very much if someone could provide me with an email contact address of someone who could advise me if the Okavango swamp area of Botswana contains bilharzia. This is a sparsely populated area of Botswana. Thanks for your help Robin Macdonald Dr.Christoph G.Grevelding Tel.:(49)-211-81-13070 Genetic Parasitology Fax :(49)-211-81-12333 Institute of Genetics (49)-211-81-12279 Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Universitaetsstrasse 1 40225 Duesseldorf e-mail: Christoph.Grevelding@uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/MathNat/ Parasitologie/gen_para.htm From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Tue Oct 21 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Donato Cioli Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Bilharzia in Botswana Date: 22 Oct 1997 04:32:12 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 19 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <62ko7s$e8d@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The WHO Atlas of the Global Distribution of Schistosomiasis (1987) reports a 24.4 % prevalence of S. mansoni in the Ngamiland/Chobe regions of Botswana. Among the localities that were positive, the following are listed: Sepopa, Seronga, Gomare, Nokaneng, Tsau, Maun, Shorobe. Schistosomiasis was not reported in Setitwa and Toteng. Reference is made to a "Report on the Botswana national bilharziasis survey, October 1976-October 1978" by Rudo, B.M. (1979), Gaborone, Ministry of Health, 45 p. ************************************************************************* Donato Cioli phone: +39 6 8609 0340 Institute of Cell Biology fax: +39 6 827 3287 43 Viale Marx 00137 Rome, Italy e-mail: donato@biocell.irmkant.rm.cnr.it ************************************************************************* From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Thu Oct 23 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Dr. Christoph Grevelding" Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Mette Strand Date: 24 Oct 1997 04:44:50 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 26 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <62q1ni$1ek@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the death of Dr. Mette Strand, Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She was an internationally recognized leader in the field of schistosomiasis and died on Friday, October 10. A web site has been constructed as a memorial to Professor Strand. Please access www.med.jhu.edu/m-strand-memorial If you have further questions, please feel free to call 410-955-3985. Professor Dr. Werner Kunz Tel.:(49)-211-81-12333 Dr.Christoph G.Grevelding Tel.:(49)-211-81-13070 Moderator of Schisto Genetic Parasitology Fax :(49)-211-81-12333 Institute of Genetics (49)-211-81-12279 Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Universitaetsstrasse 1 40225 Duesseldorf e-mail: Christoph.Grevelding@uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/MathNat/ Parasitologie/gen_para.htm From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Wed Oct 29 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Dr. Christoph Grevelding " Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: Announcement Date: 30 Oct 1997 00:11:42 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 37 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <639ffu$g1e@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net This is a forwarded message from Alan Sher: "A gathering will take place at the ASTMH meeting in Orlando, Florida to honor the memory and outstanding scientific achievements of the late Dr. Mette Strand. This informal get-together will occur on Monday, December 8, 1997 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM in Yucatan Room #1 and will be announced in the supplement to the program book.Interested colleagues, students and friends are invited to attend and contribute their reminiscences of Mette and discuss her contributions to their careers and personal lives. In order to structure the time available those wishing to speak, even if it is very briefly, are asked to contact Dr. Alan Sher by E-mail at Alan_Sher@NIH.GOV. We feel that Mette would have preferred this type of gesture rather than a formal eulogy." PLEASE USE E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW FOR ALL FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE. IF YOU HAVE BOOK-MARKED MY OLD ADDRESS (asher@box-a.nih.gov) IT IS NO LONGER VALID! Alan Sher, Ph.D. Immunobiology Section Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Building 4, Room 126 National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 phones: 301-496-3535 or 4881 Fax: 301-402-0890 E-mail: Alan_Sher@NIH.Gov From owner-schistosoma@net.bio.net Wed Oct 29 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Rodrigo Salaza-Botero Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma Subject: sipd Egypt study Date: 29 Oct 1997 23:20:59 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: greveld@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <639cgr$br7@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear List Members: Can anyone please advise as to how I can get the SIPD EGYPT STUDY on Schistosomiasis? I'm grateful Rodrigo +++ Rodrigo Salazar-Botero SAM [Soaps Against Malaria] Ed. Sta. Filomena II, Ave. 5 Norte No. 21N-35, Cali - Colombia +++ E-mail: rosalaza@col2.telecom.com.co