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Information for VECTOR-BIOLOGY/bionet.biology.vectors (moderated)

USENET newsgroup name:	bionet.biology.vectors

Status: 		Moderated

One line Description: 	Research on disease vector biology.

Moderation address:	bionet-biology-vectors@net.bio.net
			(vect-bio-moderator@net.bio.net is an
			 alias for bionet-biology-vectors@net.bio.net)

Moderator:		Dennis Knudson

Mailing list name:  	VECTOR-BIOLOGY

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

Newsgroup character: 	Bionet.biology.vectors is a forum for
scientific discussions and a source of information for the community
of vector biologists interested in any aspect of vector biology.
The name VECTOR-BIOLOGY was chosen to reflect the common interest among
scientists working with disease vectors of plants and animals. 
The purpose of the VECTOR-BIOLOGY newsgroup is to provide a
communications forum for biologists, molecular biologists and
parasitologists, entomologists, medical specialists, vector control
professionals and others involved in the research and control of
arthropods which transmit disease to plants and animals.

Functions of the newsgroup:

The newsgroup will facilitate rapid communication among research
scientists and educators using disease vectors in any biological
field, including, but not limited to, developmental biology, genetics,
physiology, immunology, ecology, taxonomy, evolutionary biology,
neuroscience, etc. and will thereby allow more rapid progress in
research involving disease vectors.

The newsgroup will provide a forum for discussions of problems, old
and new ideas, journal publications, and recent developments in
vector biology research.

The newsgroup will also provide sources of practical advice,
methodologies, answers to frequently asked questions concerning
vector husbandry and techniques used in vector biology research, and
availability of unique reagents for research with disease vectors (e.g.,
antibodies, cDNAs, primers and gene sequences, DNA libraries, mutants,
etc.).

Finally, the newsgroup will serve as a bulletin board for
announcements of meetings, conferences, job opportunities, and funding
sources of interest to biologists studying disease vectors.

Subscribers are welcome from universities or any academic
institutions, government agencies, hospitals and other 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 vector biology  will be deleted without comment.
Inapropriate messages posted in good faith will be returned to the
sender.  Messages not strictly within the charter but likely to be of
interest to many subscribers will be accepted.


Dr. Dennis L. Knudson
Professor of Entomology and Microbiology
Department of Entomology
College of Agricultural Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO  80523  USA
Internet:dknudson@lamar.colostate.edu
URL http://klab.agsci.colostate.edu/