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- From: kristoff@NET.BIO.NET (David Kristofferson)
- Newsgroups: bionet.announce
- Subject: BIOSCI Newsgroups Information
- Message-ID: <9301010901.AA17192@net.bio.net>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 09:01:01 GMT
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- THE BIOSCI ELECTRONIC NEWSGROUP NETWORK INFORMATION SHEET
-
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- This is the BIOSCI information sheet for the Americas and Pacific Rim
- countries. If you are located in Europe, Africa, or Central Asia,
- please request that version of the BIOSCI information sheet by sending
- e-mail to the Internet address:
-
- biosci@net.bio.net.
-
-
- New users of BIOSCI/bionet may also want to read the "Frequently Asked
- Questions" or "FAQ" sheets for BIOSCI. There are two FAQ sheets for
- the newsgroup system. FAQ I describes the general purpose and uses of
- the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. FAQ II provides details on how to
- participate in these forums. Both of these FAQs are available for
- anonymous FTP from net.bio.net [134.172.2.69] in
- pub/BIOSCI/biosci1.FAQ and pub/BIOSCI/biosci2.FAQ. They may also be
- requested by sending e-mail to biosci@net.bio.net (use plain English
- for your request). The FAQs are also posted on the first of each
- month to the newsgroup BIONEWS/bionet.announce following the posting
- of this document.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- The BIOSCI newsgroup network was developed to allow easy worldwide
- communications between biological scientists who work on a variety of
- computer networks. By having distribution sites or "nodes" on each
- major network, BIOSCI allows its users to contact people around the
- world without having to learn a variety of computer addressing tricks.
- Any user can simply post a message to his/her regional BIOSCI node and
- copies of that message will be distributed automatically to all other
- subscribers on all of the participating networks, including the
- Internet, USENET, BITNET, EARN, NETNORTH, HEANET, and JANET.
-
-
- E-mail Subscription Requests and other Information
- --------------------------------------------------
-
- If you need to receive BIOSCI messages by e-mail, please send all
- subscription requests, subscription cancellations, or any other
- questions about using BIOSCI to the Internet address
-
-
- biosci@net.bio.net
-
-
- As your request will be read by a human, there is no need for special
- syntax in your message. Simply select the newsgroups from the list
- below to which you would like to subscribe.
-
- Please be sure to use the biosci address above and **DO NOT** request
- subscriptions by posting messages to the newsgroup mailing addresses.
- Posting to the newsgroup addresses sends copies of your request to
- hundreds of people around the world and wastes network resources.
-
- PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO USENET NEWS YOU DO NOT NEED AN
- E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION!! Simply read and post to the newsgroups in the
- "bionet" newsgroup heirarchy using your USENET news software (e.g.,
- readnews, rn, vnews, ANU-NEWS, postnews).
-
- WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL INTERESTED USERS TO EXPLORE GETTING USENET
- NEWS SOFTWARE AT YOUR SITE. THE SOFTWARE IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, AND
- YOU WILL FIND IT MUCH MORE CONVENIENT THAN SUBSCRIBING TO NEWSGROUPS
- BY E-MAIL. Please consult your systems manager or contact
- biosci@net.bio.net for assistance if needed.
-
-
- Canceling E-mail Subscriptions
- ------------------------------
-
- If you have subscribed to a newsgroup and are now leaving an
- institution or changing your e-mail address, it is IMPERATIVE that you
- send a note to biosci@net.bio.net and cancel your subscription!
- Non-existent addresses or overflowing mailboxes cause computer mail
- programs to send back "daemon" messages which might bother everybody
- on the newsgroup. We will immediately remove any address causing such
- a problem, but would prefer it if you would notify us in advance as a
- courtesy to the rest of the user community.
-
-
- Interruption of E-mail Service
- ------------------------------
-
- It is our policy to remove any address from our mailing lists which
- becomes inaccessible and causes mail to bounce back to the sender.
- This might happen to you if your local computer or network fails for a
- significant period of time. If you notice that you are no longer
- receiving BIOSCI postings, it may be because your address was removed
- for the above reason. It will be necessary for you to contact
- biosci@net.bio.net and resubscribe. Please see BIOSCI FAQ II,
- mentioned at the beginning of this document, for more details on how
- BIOSCI handles addresses which reject mail.
-
-
- List of BIOSCI Newsgroups
- -------------------------
-
- NEWSGROUP NAME TOPIC
- -------------- -----
- AGEING Discussions about ageing research
- AGROFORESTRY Discussions about agroforestry research
- ARABIDOPSIS Newsgroup for the Arabidopsis Genome Project
- BIOFORUM Discussions about biological topics for
- which there is not yet a dedicated newsgroup
- BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION-
- THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY Applications of information theory to biology
- BIONAUTS Question/answer forum for help using
- electronic networks, locating e-mail
- addresses, etc.
- BIONEWS ** General announcements of widespread
- interest to biologists
- BIO-JOURNALS Tables of Contents of biological journals
- BIO-MATRIX Applications of computers to biological databases
- BIO-SOFTWARE Information on software for the biological
- sciences
- CHROMOSOME-22 Mapping and Sequencing of Human Chromosome 22
- COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** Mathematical and computer applications in biology
- EMBL-DATABANK Messages to and from the EMBL database staff
- EMPLOYMENT Job opportunities
- GDB Messages to and from the Genome Data Bank staff
- GENBANK-BB Messages to and from the GenBank database staff
- GENETIC-LINKAGE Newsgroup for genetic linkage analysis
- HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV
- HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM NIH-sponsored newsgroup on human genome issues
- IMMUNOLOGY Discussions about research in immunology
- JOURNAL-NOTES Practical advice on dealing with professional
- journals
- METHODS-AND-REAGENTS Requests for information and lab reagents
- MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION Discussions about research in molecular evolution
- NEUROSCIENCE Discussions about research in the neurosciences
- PLANT-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in plant biology
- POPULATION-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in population biology
- PROTEIN-ANALYSIS Discussions about research on proteins and
- messages for the PIR and SWISS-PROT databank
- staffs.
- PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Discussion about crystallography of macromolecules
- and messages for the PDB staff
- SCIENCE-RESOURCES Information from/about scientific funding
- agencies
- TROPICAL-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in tropical biology
- VIROLOGY Discussions about research in virology
- WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY Discussions about issues concerning women
- biologists
-
- ** Note that newsgroups flagged with ** are moderated, i.e., postings
- are directed to a moderator (editor) who later forwards messages
- (possibly edited or condensed) to the newsgroup.
-
-
- Posting Messages to Newsgroups
- ------------------------------
-
- The lists below include the addresses for posting messages and also
- the names of the corresponding UNIX USENET newsgroups. Messages can
- either be posted into the USENET newsgroups using "postnews" or
- similar software or they can be submitted by electronic mail to the
- mailing addresses given below. In most cases, messages are posted
- directly to the newsgroups without editorial intervention.
-
- USENET users who use the "postnews" or similar software on their local
- computer should be sure to set the message distribution to "world" or
- "bionet" or else your message may not be distributed beyond your local
- computer. USENET newsgroups are read using, e.g., the "readnews,"
- "rn," or "vnews" software on UNIX systems. USENET news software is in
- the public domain and is available for most UNIX systems. A public
- domain USENET news software package named ANU-NEWS is also available
- for VAX/VMS systems. Your local BIOSCI node can point you towards
- acquiring the software for use on your computer system.
-
- Those who use e-mail to post messages should send their mail to the
- following Internet addresses in the USA:
-
- NEWSGROUP NAME Mailing Address
- -------------- ----------------
- AGEING ageing@net.bio.net
- AGROFORESTRY ag-forst@net.bio.net
- ARABIDOPSIS arab-gen@net.bio.net
- BIOFORUM bioforum@net.bio.net
- BIO-INFORMATION-THEORY + bio-info@net.bio.net
- BIONAUTS bio-naut@net.bio.net
- BIONEWS ** bionews@net.bio.net
- BIO-JOURNALS bio-jrnl@net.bio.net
- BIO-MATRIX biomatrx@net.bio.net
- BIO-SOFTWARE bio-soft@net.bio.net
- CHROMOSOME-22 chrom-22@net.bio.net
- COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** comp-bio@net.bio.net
- EMBL-DATABANK embl-db@net.bio.net
- EMPLOYMENT biojobs@net.bio.net
- GDB gdb@net.bio.net
- GENBANK-BB genbankb@net.bio.net
- GENETIC-LINKAGE gen-link@net.bio.net
- HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY hiv-biol@net.bio.net
- HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM gnome-pr@net.bio.net
- IMMUNOLOGY immuno@net.bio.net
- JOURNAL-NOTES jrnlnote@net.bio.net
- METHODS-AND-REAGENTS methods@net.bio.net
- MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION mol-evol@net.bio.net
- NEUROSCIENCE neur-sci@net.bio.net
- PLANT-BIOLOGY plantbio@net.bio.net
- POPULATION-BIOLOGY pop-bio@net.bio.net
- PROTEIN-ANALYSIS proteins@net.bio.net
- PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY xtal-log@net.bio.net
- SCIENCE-RESOURCES sci-res@net.bio.net
- TROPICAL-BIOLOGY trop-bio@net.bio.net
- VIROLOGY virology@net.bio.net
- WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY womenbio@net.bio.net
-
- + full name is BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION-THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY
-
- ** Note that newsgroups flagged with ** are moderated, i.e., postings
- are directed to a moderator (editor) who later forwards messages
- (possibly edited or condensed) to the newsgroup.
-
-
- List of USENET newsgroups
- -------------------------
-
- BIOSCI messages are distributed on the following USENET newsgroups in
- the "bionet" heirarchy. Contents of the USENET newsgroups and the
- e-mail distributions listed above are the same, i.e., messages sent in
- by e-mail are also forwarded to USENET and messages posted to USENET
- newsgroups are also distributed to e-mail subscribers.
-
-
- NEWSGROUP NAME USENET Newsgroup Name
- -------------- ---------------------
- AGEING bionet.molbio.ageing
- AGROFORESTRY bionet.agroforestry
- ARABIDOPSIS bionet.genome.arabidopsis
- BIOFORUM bionet.general
- BIO-INFORMATION-THEORY + bionet.info-theory
- BIONAUTS bionet.users.addresses
- BIONEWS ** bionet.announce
- BIO-JOURNALS bionet.journals.contents
- BIO-MATRIX bionet.molbio.bio-matrix
- BIO-SOFTWARE bionet.software
- CHROMOSOME-22 bionet.genome.chrom22
- COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** bionet.biology.computational
- EMBL-DATABANK bionet.molbio.embldatabank
- EMPLOYMENT bionet.jobs
- GDB bionet.molbio.gdb
- GENBANK-BB bionet.molbio.genbank
- GENETIC-LINKAGE bionet.molbio.gene-linkage
- HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY bionet.molbio.hiv
- HUMAN-GENOME-PROGRAM bionet.molbio.genome-program
- IMMUNOLOGY bionet.immunology
- JOURNAL-NOTES bionet.journals.note
- METHODS-AND-REAGENTS bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts
- MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION bionet.molbio.evolution
- NEUROSCIENCE bionet.neuroscience
- PLANT-BIOLOGY bionet.plants
- POPULATION-BIOLOGY bionet.population-bio
- PROTEIN-ANALYSIS bionet.molbio.proteins
- PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY bionet.xtallography
- SCIENCE-RESOURCES bionet.sci-resources
- TROPICAL-BIOLOGY bionet.biology.tropical
- VIROLOGY bionet.virology
- WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY bionet.women-in-bio
-
- + full name is BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION-THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY
-
- ** Note that newsgroups flagged with ** are moderated, i.e., postings
- are directed to a moderator (editor) who later forwards messages
- (possibly edited or condensed) to the newsgroup.
-
-
- BIOSCI "prototype" newsgroups
- -----------------------------
-
- To assist areas of research in developing their own electronic
- communication forums, BIOSCI at net.bio.net will set up on request a
- mailing list *without* an associated USENET newsgroup. The mailing
- list is created only at net.bio.net, the U.S. BIOSCI node, and all
- subscription requests must be sent to biosci@net.bio.net regardless of
- one's geographical location. There is no charge for this or any other
- BIOSCI service, as usual.
-
- This procedure waives the rule that requires each new newsgroup
- proposal to be put to a vote of the readership first (see
- BIOSCI/bionet FAQ II, mentioned at the beginning of this document, for
- details on creating new full-fledged newsgroups and prototype
- newsgroups). Each mailing list ("prototype newsgroup") must have a
- scientist volunteer to serve as its discussion leader. The prototype
- newsgroup has six months to build up its readership after which time
- it is put out for a vote for full newsgroup status (i.e., to have both
- a mailing list *and* parallel USENET newsgroup created at both BIOSCI
- nodes in the U.S. and U.K.). If you are interested in establishing
- such a forum for your research specialty, please contact
- biosci@net.bio.net.
-
- The current prototype newsgroups are listed below. Please send
- subscription requests to biosci@net.bio.net and NOT to the newsgroup
- posting addresses. Prototype newsgroups are *not* archived, so please
- be sure to save any messages that you may want to refer to again.
-
- Posting Address Purpose
- --------------- -------
- autoseqs@net.bio.net Discussions about automated DNA sequencing
- btk-mca@net.bio.net Discussions about biothermal kinetics
-
-
- FURTHER QUESTIONS??? Please address them to biosci@net.bio.net.
-
-