From gilbertd from indiana.edu Sun Jun 8 15:39:48 2008 From: gilbertd from indiana.edu (don gilbert) Date: Sun Jun 8 15:43:58 2008 Subject: [Bionews] A beginners' guide to molecular biology : Update Message-ID: <6AD80FCD-0B1F-4CD5-B8DB-304F513F409F@indiana.edu> Dear readers, There was a question on why the below guide URL from 1997 is no longer alive. Though some biology network resources manage to survive past 10 years (e.g. www.bio.net), moving to new URLs is common. Here, courtesy of Google, is the updated URL for "Beginners' guide to Molecular Biology" by Nathalie Castells- Brooke. http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/notebook/courses/guide/ > A beginners' guide to molecular biology > Nathalie Castells-Brooke mserv at bbsrc.ac.uk > Tue Sep 30 14:00:53 EST 1997 > > http://www.res.bbsrc.ac.uk/molbio/guide/ > > The Beginners' guide to Molecular Biology is a free tool to learn the > basic concepts of Molecular Biology. You will find there explanation of > What are Chromosomes, Cells, DNA, RNA, and more. > > Please come and visit that site. > Comments are welcome. -- Don Gilbert -- d.gilbert--bioinformatics--indiana-u--bloomington-in-47405 -- gilbertd@indiana.edu -- http://marmot.bio.indiana.edu/ From sticher from bioc.unizh.ch Tue Jun 10 04:47:59 2008 From: sticher from bioc.unizh.ch (Patrick Sticher) Date: Tue Jun 10 07:27:09 2008 Subject: [Bionews] Practical Course in 2D Membrane Crystallization and Observation Message-ID: <484E4DCF.3020701@bioc.unizh.ch> Dear colleagues, please be informed that online applications are accepted for the following course: ** 7TH NCCR PRACTICAL COURSE AND EMBN SUMMER SCHOOL IN 2D MEMBRANE PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION AND OBSERVATION October 20 - 24, 2008, Basel, Switzerland www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch/membranecourse2008.asp ** Course topics include Membrane protein expression, solubilization and purification, detergent properties and interactions with lipids and proteins, functional analysis of membrane proteins, 2D-crystallization, electron microscopy of 2D crystals, image processing, application of other techniques: AFM, IR-spectroscopy, solid-state NMR ** Speakers Nora Eifler, Andreas Engel, Joachim Heberle, Ralf Kaldenhoff, Daniel L?vy, Xiao-Dan Li, Daniel J. M?ller, Ansgar Philippsen, Herv? R?migy, ** Keynote lecture by Hartmut Oschkinat The course is primarily directed to PhD students and postdocs with some previous experience in the structural biology of membrane proteins or related fields wishing to learn more on 2D crystallization and EM/AFM observation technologies. A limited number of EU fellowships is available for the support of junior scientists attending this course. The course supported by the European Union Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses Program, as well as by the Swiss NCCR Structural Biology. In agreement with EU guidelines we would like to particularly encourage female scientists to participate and to apply for financial support. ** Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online on www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch/membranecourse2008.asp. Application deadline will be September 12, 2008. We will be able to accept 25 participants to this course. Best regards, Patrick Sticher P.S. Also this fall: 6th International NCCR Symposium on New Trends in Structural Biology, September 8 + 9, 2008 in Z?rich, Switzerland. Registration and information: www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch/symposium2008.asp ____________________________ Dr. Patrick Sticher Moser NCCR Scientific Officer Institute of Biochemistry University of Z?rich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH - 8057 Z?rich Phone +41 / (0)44 / 635 54 84 Fax +41 / (0)44 / 635 59 08 Mail sticher@bioc.uzh.ch From gws from ncisgi.ncifcrf.gov Tue Jun 17 10:03:50 2008 From: gws from ncisgi.ncifcrf.gov (Gary Smythers) Date: Tue Jun 17 12:34:50 2008 Subject: [Bionews] Announcement: GenPept 166.0 available Message-ID: <200806171503.m5HF3ovF2852325@ncisgi.ncifcrf.gov> This is to announce the availability of release 166.0 of the GenPept(R) (GenBank Gene Products) Database. GenPept is provided in a format similar to that formerly distributed by GenBank(R) under the administration of Intelligenetics Inc. This GenPept release IS _NOT_ AN OFFICIAL RELEASE FROM THE NCBI-GENBANK, but an attempt to provide a data file format compatible with existing software products. This data format is suitable as an input data file for the GCG program genbanktogcg -genpept. Compatibility with other software has not been tested. Site: ftp.ncifcrf.gov Directory: pub/genpept Files: gprel.txt.gz, gpdat.seq.gz, gpdat.fasta.gz Directory: pub/genpept/divisions Files: 1 file for each GenBank file Directory: pub/genpept/updates (daily, cumulative) Files: gpseq_updates.dat.gz Rel. Date: 16-Jun-2008 If you have questions or comments concerning this data, or you experience any difficulty in downloading the data via ftp, please contact: Gary Smythers gws@ncifcrf.gov 301-846-5778 or Bob Stephens bobs@ncifcrf.gov ================================================================ GenPept (R) and GenBank (R) are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the GenBank Gene Products and the GenBank Genetic Sequence Data Banks. ----------------------------- Gary W. Smythers [Contractor] Programmer Analyst IV Advanced Biomedical Computing Center SAIC NCI-Frederick National Cancer Institute at Frederick Post Office Box B Frederick, MD 21702-1201 USA Phone: 301-846-5778 FAX: 301-846-5762 gws@ncifcrf.gov ----------------------------- From connm from ohsu.edu Wed Jun 18 14:09:38 2008 From: connm from ohsu.edu (connm@ohsu.edu) Date: Wed Jun 18 17:27:04 2008 Subject: [Bionews] The Animal Research War book Message-ID: <66AAFEE80AA95A439592C2A31648EF7B19F77D@EX-BE03.ohsu.edu> Macmillan Press announces the publication of=20 =20 The Animal Research War =20 by P. Michael Conn and James V. Parker Foreword by States United for Biomedical Research =20 In a world of people suffering from cancer, diabetes, AIDS, heart = disease and countless other emerging ailments, medical researchers work = to find cures for these life threatening illnesses. Medical research = improves both our lives and the lives of our pets. What happens when = the medical researchers are themselves the targets of extremist = propaganda and assault? =20 >From hate mail armed with razor blades and physical assault, to = picketing and torment of their families in their homes, P. Michael Conn = and James V. Parker expose the impact of this war on medical researchers = in their groundbreaking book, The Animal Research War. =20 =20 Conn and Parker analyze the motivations of animal rights extremists, = while also delving into the changing ways in which the public and the = legal system view animals. It corrects, with a detailed set of = references, the lies propagated by extremist animal rights = organizations. It shows that animals comprise only 6% of any medical = research, and that very little harm has come to animals under = experimentation. This book is an intriguing and compelling platform = from which to better understand the plight of the modern scientist and = the risk to scientific advancement if we allow animal extremism to win. = =20 =20 =20 Here is what top scientists are saying about The Animal Research War... =20 "Exposes the tactics of animal extremists for what they are - terrorism. = The actions of a tiny minority have seriously set back the progress of = research aimed at reducing the suffering of people and animals. It is = time for scientists, patients and all who abhor the use of terror to = stand up for the future of medical research." -- Dr. Colin Blakemore, = former Chief Executive, Medical Research Council UK =20 "Makes a compelling case that animal extremism, with its threat to = biomedical research and the improvement of human and animal health, is = an international problem." -- Christian Br=E9chot, Director General of = the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research =20 "Animal researchers in the United States are the targets of terrorists. = If you need persuading that this is happening and that this is bad, read = this book...If you experiment with animals, this book should persuade = you to open your post with a letter-opener instead of your finger. There = are people out there who really hate you." - Nature =20 =20 P. Michael Conn is Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and of Cell = Biology and Development at the Oregon Health and Science University, and = Associate Director of the Oregon National Primate Research Center. = James V. Parker is a retired Public Information Officer, Oregon National = Primate Research Center. =20 From Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk Sat Jun 21 08:46:25 2008 From: Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk (Heather Vincent) Date: Sat Jun 21 11:12:21 2008 Subject: [Bionews] Manchester Bioinformatics at ISMB Message-ID: <485D0631.5010306@manchester.ac.uk> Manchester Informatics (http://www.informatics.manchester.ac.uk/) works to bring together the different strands of the informatics community at The University of Manchester, UK. At ISMB 2008 (http://www.iscb.org/ismb2008/about_ismb.php) we will be showcasing a number of our research projects in Bioinformatics and BioHealth Informatics. We also offer training, as either intensive tutorials or as online modules. The online modules include: Introduction to Bioinformatics Bioinformatics for Systems Biology Introduction to Microarray Data Analysis Theory and Applications in Bioinformatics Introduction to software development using Java Intermediate software development using Java Biocomputing Object-oriented analysis and design with UML Introduction to Ontologies for the Biosciences You will find further information on these modules here : http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/ If you have any questions, or need advice on the module options, please contact Heather.Vincent@manchester.ac.uk or visit Manchester Bioinformatics at ISMB