Information for MOLECULAR-REPERTOIRES/bionet.molecules.repertoires
(moderated)

USENET newsgroup name:  bionet.molecules.repertoires

Status:                 Moderated

One line Description:   Generation and use of libraries of molecules.

Moderation address:     bionet-molecules-repertoires@net.bio.net
                        (molreps-moderator@net.bio.net
                         is an alias for
                         bionet-molecules-repertoires@net.bio.net)

Moderator:		Andrew Wallace

Mailing list name:	MOLECULAR-REPERTOIRES

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

Newsgroup charter:

Molecular-Repertoires is to serve as a forum for all those who 
are interested in the generation and use of large collections of 
molecules for basic research and drug discovery. 
The interdisciplinary nature of this rapidly-growing new research 
frontier raises the need for a means by which investigators can 
communicate rapidly and easily across the boundaries which normally 
define more discipline-specific areas of research. Molreps exists to 
serve those scientists whose investigative efforts involve:

--Libraries of biological macromolecules (phage libraries, peptides,
  proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, etc.).

--Organic chemical combinatorial libraries (benzodiazepines, etc.).

--Development and adaptation of chemical reactions on solid-phase.

--Novel methods to analyse and generate molecular diversity.

--Screening of repertoires to identify molecules of interest.

--Techniques which make use of combinatorial methods in isolating specific
  ligands.


The molreps newsgroup aims to provide:

--A forum for discussion of new ideas and recent developments in the
  various disciplines impinging on the field.

--A source of information for new participants.

--A bulletin board for announcements of meetings, funding sources and job
  opportunities, both for positions available and for persons seeking
  employment.

--A means of initiating collaboration among participants.

--Announcement of availability of novel reagents and other materials.

--A repository of practical advice and other information, including
  advances in relevant methodology.

--Identification of equipment and instrumentation for execution of 
  combinatorial chemistry.

Subscribers are welcome from universities or any academic 
institutions, government agencies, medical institutions, and 
industrial or commercial organizations.  Contributions within the 
functions outlined above are encouraged.

Moderation Policy:  Mass-posted commercial messages, chain letters, 
and similar postings not germane to molecular repertoires and 
combinatorial libraries will be deleted without comment. 
Inappropriate messages posted in good faith will be returned to the 
sender where possible.  Messages not strictly within the charter but 
likely to be of interest to many subscribers (e.g., messages dealing 
with certain aspects of structural biology or computational chemistry
methods) will be accepted.

Use of the newsgroup for commercial purposes is prohibited.

Moderator contact information:

Andrew Wallace, PhD.
Centre for Peptide and Protein Engineering
The Queen's University of Belfast
Medical Biology Centre
97 Lisburn Road
Belfast BT9 7BL
United Kingdom

Tel. +44-1232-272089	a.wallace@qub.ac.uk
Fax: +44-1232-236505	http://web.qub.ac.uk/bb/awpage/wallace.html