From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Wed Oct 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Dr. Paul R. Earl Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: Dengue Date: 3 Oct 1996 10:33:43 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 5 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <530tdn$n22@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net A very heavy Dengue attack is proceeding in Monterrey, NL, Mexico with 4 million inhabitants. Dr Paul R Earl From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Wed Oct 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Dr. Paul R. Earl Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: Dengue outbreak in Mexico Date: 3 Oct 1996 10:35:34 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <530th6$ndt@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico has about 4 million inhabitants. At the minute, many thousands of active clinical cases of Dengue are on. How many? As there are no antigens for detection, no one will ever know. Viruses in computers cause anxiety, whereas the others have little effect on Public Health. In 70-73, some human deaths occurred from WEV (Venezuelan), never reported. If Public Health does not want to spend the money for vigilance and detection, it is acting as the public acts. BIOMX, new electronic journal will publish on Dengue in Mexico in Nov. Best Wishes, Dr Paul R Earl From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Mon Oct 07 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: tom c. Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: Re: Dengue outbreak in Mexico Date: 8 Oct 1996 05:43:07 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 35 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <53di8r$li4@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net In message <530th6$ndt@net.bio.net> - Dr. Paul R. Earl 3 Oct 1996 10:35:34 -0700 writes: ] ]Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico has about 4 million inhabitants. At the ]minute, many thousands of active clinical cases of Dengue are on. How ]many? As there are no antigens for detection, no one will ever know. ] Viruses in computers cause anxiety, whereas the others have ]little effect on Public Health. In 70-73, some human deaths occurred from ]WEV (Venezuelan), never reported. If Public Health does not want to spend ]the money for vigilance and detection, it is acting as the public acts. ] ]BIOMX, new electronic journal will publish on Dengue in Mexico in Nov. ] ]Best Wishes, ] ]Dr Paul R Earl And what is being done about vector control ? While working in the tropics, at the slightest sign of an outbreak, forces were mobilized in mosquito control thus nipping a major problem in the bud. Maybe we will have to learn some of the things back that we have bin teaching less developed countries. Get that one by a beurocrat! regards tom c. From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Tue Oct 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Soren Warming Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: Transgenic Anopheles? Date: 9 Oct 1996 07:53:23 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 20 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <53ge93$sat@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear members of the newsgroup, I think I've heard about a new kind of malaria vaccine, that is, transgenic Anopheles expressing small antigens from the malaria parasite? The purpose of this transgenic mosquito should be "a lot of needles" making the inhabitans of the malaria areas resistant to the real parasite. Maybe you have additional information, or you might tell me that no such thing exists? Please, if their is a recent paper dealing with this subject I will be extremely happy if you could give me the reference. I thank you in advance, and look forward to hear from you. Sincerely Soren Warming, grad. student at the dept. of molecular and structural biology, Aarhus, Denmark email: srw@mbio.aau.dk From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Tue Oct 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Jose Colucci Jr. & Rita M. P. Avancini Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: Phlebotominae or Phlebotomidae? Date: 16 Oct 1996 05:15:04 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <542jk8$9qp@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Phlebotominae or Phlebotomidae? In a recent Brazilian book (1995) this group has been treated as family. The chapter author says it is in accordance with the new tendency but did not give any references. I am not familiar with this group literature. So, please, can someone shed some light on this topic for me? Thanks, rita. From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Mon Oct 21 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Kevin J. Sweeney Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: Anticipated Job Vacancy Date: 22 Oct 1996 07:43:28 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 67 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <54imig$rqg@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net > The Maryland Department of Agriculture's Mosquito Control Section > anticipates an entomologist vacancy in the Spring of 1997. The position > is located in Leonardtown, Maryland. Leonardtown is located in beautiful > St. Mary's County which borders the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. > This is a PERMANENT position with FULL BENEFITS. The starting salary is > 23-27K. Relocation expenses cannot be provided. > > General requirements include: > > 1. Bachelor' degree with 21 semester credit hours in entomology (six > hours of ecology and/or genetics may be substituted for up to six credits > of entomology) of which at least three credits MUST have been in medical > entomology or a closely related course (such as medical parasitology). > > 2. Two years of experience directly related to mosquito control, vector > biology etc. Graduate education directly related to mosquito biology, > vector control, vector-borne disease and closely related topics may be > substituted for the required experience. > > 3. Ability to communicate in the english language both orally and in > writing. > > 4. Working knowledge of economic entomology. > > 5. Effectively apply entomological principles to the solutions of > practical problems. > > 6. Ability to work independently. > > Examples of work: > > This is a position in applied entomology. > > Supervise mosquito control operations in three Maryland Counties. > > Supervise surveys to locate actual and potential mosquito breeding areas; > train and supervise mosquito control workers in inspections, mapping of > breeding areas and applications of larvicides. > > Recommend apropriate measures for mosquito control programs and assist in > the development, implementation and evaluation of such programs. > > Provides technical guidance and administrative assistance to mosquito > control programs of local jurisdictions. > > It should be noted that the entomologist who fills this position will be > required to relocated to Southern Maryland. This area is NOT a commute > from the Washington, D.C., Baltimore or Annapolis metro areas. > > To be included on the mailing list for more information, a job > announcement and a state application for employment, please write: > > Cyrus Lesser, Chief > Maryland Department of Agriculture > Mosquito Control Section > 50 Harry S Truman Parkway > Annapolis, Maryland 21401 USA > > If you have any questions, please reply to my e-mail address at > > sweenekj@mda.state.md.us > > Thanks for your interest and we hope to hear from some of you. > > Kevin Sweeney, Entomologist From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Tue Oct 22 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Dave Feustel Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: Biowarfare Countermeasures Handbooks? Date: 23 Oct 1996 10:26:33 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 10 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <54lkg9$li0@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Are there any handbooks available that document individual countermeasures that can be taken against biological warfare attacks and / or widespread outbreaks of contagious disease? Thanks. -- Dave Feustel http://feustel.mixi.net 219-483-1857 mailto:feustel@netcom.com From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Sun Oct 27 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: BIOSCI Administrator Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 28 Oct 1996 07:36:03 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 240 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <552jt3$dnt@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. 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Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-vectors@net.bio.net Mon Oct 28 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Michal Opas Newsgroups: bionet.biology.vectors Subject: Calreticulin in San Francisco (fwd) Date: 29 Oct 1996 11:44:38 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 88 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: vbmod@klab.agsci.colostate.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <555mr6$6jt@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear colleague, I have a pleasure of announcing a Special Interest Subgroup Meeting on CALRETICULIN during the International Congress of Cell Biology & American Society for Cell Biology Conference in San Francisco, CA, USA. The Calreticulin Meeting will be held on: December 7th, 1996, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm in: Moscone Convention Center, room 256. Calreticulin, a 60 kDa Ca-binding protein, is a major ER component of non-muscle cells. Calreticulin plays a central role in intracellular Ca homeostasis. Furthermore, calreticulin modulates gene expression, is a chaperone and affects cell adhesion. How does the protein do all of these? Come and see. PROGRAM: Michal Opas: Introduction CHAIRMAN: Karl-Heinz Krause, Geneva. Marek Michalak Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA Calreticulin - an ER signalling molecule? Robert A. Clark Medicine Department, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA Transcriptional regulation and promoter characterization of the calreticulin gene. David B. Williams Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Lectin and chaperone properties of calreticulin and calnexin. Patricia Camacho Department of Neurosciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA Luminal Control of IP3-mediated calcium release by calreticulin. Coffee Break CHAIRMAN: Jacopo Meldolesi, Milano Karl-Heinz Krause Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Geneva, SWITZERLAND Calreticulin, Ca2+ storage, and store-operated Ca2+ influx. Michal Opas Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Subcellular localization and function of endogenous and recombinant calreticulins. Shoukat Dedhar / Marc Coppolino Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Calreticulin knockout cells have normal calcium buffering properties but severely impaired integrin functions. M. Michalak: Closing Remarks Dr. Michal Opas Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology University of Toronto Medical Sciences Building Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 Canada phone: (416) 978-8947 fax: (416) 978-3954 e-mail: m.opas@utoronto.ca www homepage: http://www.utoronto.ca/anatomy/opas/start.htm