From owner-schisto@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Mon May 14 09:57:13 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id D368217B3A for ; Mon, 14 May 2001 09:57:11 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8165D17B0E for ; Mon, 14 May 2001 09:57:09 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id 1076C17AC3; Mon, 14 May 2001 09:57:05 +0100 (BST) To: schisto@net.bio.net Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma From: kleinm@who.ch Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:44:13 +0200 Subject: West Afr. Soc Parasitology-Congress Message-Id: <20010514085705.1076C17AC3@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Sender: owner-schisto@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk 5th Congress of the West African Society of Parasitology 13-17 February 2002 Dakar, Senegal Principle topics: Malaria and schistosomiasis in Africa Contact: Pr Samba Diallo P.O. Box 17617 Dakar, Senegal Fax +221 825 3668 Email: parabiol@refer.sn From owner-schisto@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Tue May 22 08:05:57 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323A717B04 for ; Tue, 22 May 2001 08:05:56 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3492517B58 for ; Tue, 22 May 2001 08:05:54 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id E129117B47; Tue, 22 May 2001 08:05:50 +0100 (BST) To: schisto@net.bio.net Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma From: Jackeline Alger Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 04:43:38 +0200 Subject: V Central American Meeting on Parasitology and Trop. Med. Message-Id: <20010522070550.E129117B47@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Sender: owner-schisto@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk This is to share with you that the V Central American Meeting on Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, VII International Course on Infectious Diseases and I National Congress on Parasitology will take place on August 6-10, 2001, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America. Contact person: Rina G. Kaminsky, MS President Cenntral American Association for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Tel +504 237-3220 Fax +504 238-2449 Email fundar@sdnhon.org.hn; malaria@sdnhon.org.hn http://www.paho-who.hn/congreso.htm From owner-schisto@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Fri May 25 08:50:59 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B046817A5D for ; Fri, 25 May 2001 08:50:57 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40B8E17A4E for ; Fri, 25 May 2001 08:50:55 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id CD2E717A5D; Fri, 25 May 2001 08:50:51 +0100 (BST) To: schisto@net.bio.net Newsgroups: bionet.organisms.schistosoma From: daj@nhm.ac.uk (David Johnston) Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:46:07 +0100 Subject: The Wellcome Trust funds Schisto Genomics Message-Id: <20010525075051.CD2E717A5D@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Sender: owner-schisto@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Dear all, I am delighted to be able to report that the Wellcome Trust have agreed to fund BOTH applications submitted by the Schisto Genome Network to its Beowulf Scheme. This means that, in a couple of years we should have: (1) a complete HAPPY map and BAC tile path for Schistosoma mansoni, with 5000 nr EST sequences and 5000 nr BAC end sequences on the map, plus hemi-nested oligos for each of those markers for array production, plus about 200 new FISH-mapped markers (2) another 1.1MB of contiguous genomic sequence from a new contig (incidentally, the Sanger Centre are currently sequencing a BAC for us under their small projects initiative) (3) 15,000 ESTs from each of S. haematobium and Fasciola hepatica, with which to initiate comparative genomics. cDNA libraries will be produced from different life cycle stages of both parasites and these will also be available (and possibly for geographical isolates for Fasciola). The vast majority of the work will be performed by the Pathogen Sequencing Unit at the Sanger Centre and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge (Paul Dear's HAPPY mapping group), with support from The Natural History Museum (FISH mapping, initial cDNA library characterisation etc.), The University of Leeds (Alison Agnew's group, S. haematobium supply and cDNA library construction) and Queens University Belfast (Alan Trudgett, Fasciola production) In addition, Gui Oliveira (CPQRR, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and Gloria Franco (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and colleagues have also been sucessful with a second big mansoni EST project (brief details are at http://www.mct.gov.br/sobre/noticias/2001/25_04canexo.htm for the Portugese speakers amongst you.), to compliment the recently announced Sao Paulo project (http://verjo18.iq.usp.br/schisto/) With very best wishes, David. David A. Johnston, Secretary to the WHO Schistosoma Genome Network, Biomedical Parasitology Division, Dept. of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England, UK. Tel: 020-7942-5566/5008/5152 Fax: 020-7942-5347 (from outside the UK: 44-20-7942 ****) eMail daj@nhm.ac.uk http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/schisto/ The Biomedical Parasitology Division is a WHO Collaborating Centre for the dentification of schistosomes and their snail hosts.