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.