Information for GLYCOSCI/bionet.glycosci

USENET name: bionet.glycosci  (unmoderated)

Mailing list name: GLYCOSCI

E-mail address:     glycosci@net.bio.net

Discussion leaders: Iain Wilson 
                    Institute of Chemistry,
                    Agricultural University, Vienna, Austria
                    (iain.wilson@boku.ac.at)


                    Barry Hardy
                    Computer-Aided Molecular Design Group
                    Physical Chemistry Laboratory
                    University of Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK        
                    (bhardy@convex.ox.ac.uk)


Charter:

The purpose of GLYCOSCI is to serve as an international,
interdisciplinary forum for communication amongst scientists in the
'glycosciences'.  For these purposes the term 'glycosciences' is used
to embrace all disciplines of science related to carbohydrate and
glycoconjugate molecules, including organic, physical, biological and
medical fields, using experimental, theoretical or computational
scientific methodologies.  It is intended that the newsgroup would
serve as a catalyst for international co-operation between scientists
and for the creation of new Internet-based resources in the
glycosciences.  The open forum will serve as a vehicle for the
exchange of information, data and opinions between glycoscientists in
academia, industry and government.

Information exchanged can include: 

1)      scientific dialogue (either intra- or
         inter-disciplinary); 

2)      announcements of upcoming meetings and conference
         of interest; 

3)      news of funding initiatives or other items of
         interest to the glycoscience community; 

4)      announcements of academic positions and job
         opportunities; 

5)      requests for experimental protocols, novel reagents and software;

6)      notification of novel reagents or software available on a
         non-commericial basis; 
        
7)      abstracts of papers accepted for publication;

8)      reviews of new developments in the field;

9)      structural data.

All members of the scientific community with an interest in the
glycosciences are encouraged to subscribe to, and take part in, the
proposed newsgroup.  The discussion leaders would wish to encourage
the development of a series of FAQs on a variety of subjects in the
glycosciences for reference by specialists and newcomers to the field.

The newsgroup is unmoderated.