HUM-MOLGEN archive: NEWS: in Bioscience and Medicine

************************************************************** HUM-MOLGEN News in Bioscience and Medicine ************************************************************** News in Bioscience and Medicine: http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/HUM-MOLGEN/NewsGen/ HUM-MOLGEN WWW: http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/HUM-MOLGEN/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of recent postings: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | The Human Transcript Map 2 | Rare Genetic Diseases In Children 3 | APOPTOSIS Online: The Apoptosis Information & Communication Center 4 | WebMedLit 5 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1996 (Press Release October 7, 1996) 6 | OPPORTUNITIES IN ASIA: EMERGING SCIENCE AND EMERGING TRENDS 7 | Survey of trinucleotide repeats in dbEST 8 | New Science On-Line 9 | Cancer Research: A Public Dialog 10 | Intoductory course in linkage analysis 11 | How to announce new Internet resources, press releases etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | The Human Transcript Map | WWW: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SCIENCE96/ http://www.sciencemag.org/science/scripts/display/full/274/5287/540.html The Human Transcript Map is available at the World Wide Web site: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SCIENCE96/. The map is discussed in this week's Genome issue of the journal Science (A Gene Map of the Human Genome). -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 | Rare Genetic Diseases In Children | WWW: http://mcrcr4.med.nyu.edu/~murphp01/homenew.htm | E-mail: pmurf@ix.netcom.com "Rare Genetic Diseases In Children: An Internet Resource Gateway" is a comprehensive directory of resources and Message Board system for families. Hosted by NYU Medical Center, the Resource Directory links to web sites with information on disabilities, financial matters, education, specific disease Home Pages, medical concerns, reference information and support. A Message Board, the "Gateway Kiosk" has five Topic Boards, including "Life-Link Search" enabling parents to locate others with similar experiences. Professionals, too, are encouraged to visit the Kiosk Board and respond to the many inquiries on various diseases now posted. Home Page: http://mcrcr4.med.nyu.edu/~murphp01/homenew.htm Resource Directory: http://mcrcr4.med.nyu.edu/~murphp01/frame.htm Gateway Kiosk: http://mcrcr4.med.nyu.edu/~murphp01/brdmenu3.htm Paul Murphy pmurf@ix.netcom.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 | APOPTOSIS Online: The Apoptosis Information & Communication Center | WWW: http://www.apopnet.com | E-mail: webmaster@apopnet.com APOPTOSIS Online is a free information and communication service provided by ApopNet for all members of the life science community. The web site features an online discussion forum, a resume/position depository, and a content-based reference library devoted to apoptosis-related information. You can communicate with other users, post desired or available positions, and find information about books, journals, grants, meetings, web sites, methods, vendors, and review articles related to apoptosis research. Access to APOPTOSIS Online is entirely free, but a one-time member registration is required. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 | WebMedLit | WWW: http://www.webmedlit.com | E-mail: mrogers@netaxs.com There is a new web resource which tracks updates to 18 medical journals on the web and builds topical views from the combined tables of contents. Topical views also feature links to related news stories from PR Newswire. o Abstracts are searchable. o All links point back to the original articles or abstracts at the publishers' web sites. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1996 (Press Release October 7, 1996) | WWW: http://www.nobel.ki.se/announcement-96/medicine96.html Nobelförsamlingen / Karolinska Institutet Press Release October 7, 1996 The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1996 jointly to Peter C Doherty and Rolf M Zinkernagel for their discoveries concerning The Specificity of the Cell Mediated Immune Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 | OPPORTUNITIES IN ASIA: EMERGING SCIENCE AND EMERGING TRENDS | WWW: http://sci.aaas.org/nextwave/ | E-mail: wyee@aaas.org Science's Next Wave, a Web site published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science magazine, will be presenting a forum on the changing scientific landscape in Asia. This forum is part of our Going Public series that addresses scientific trends and issues of general interest to the scientific community. The Asia forum features six prominent scientists and scientific administrators from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and China, who will discuss the reform of scientific education, the changing scientific job market in Asia, stimulating scientific innovation, and cultural barriers to innovation, among other topics. The forum be accessible starting on Friday, October 4th. Featured participants in the forum include: -- Otto C.C. Lin, and C. C. Hang, engineering faculty from the National University of Singapore -- Chia-Wei Woo, president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -- Hiroo Imura, president of Kyoto University -- Zhangliang Chen, vice president of Beijing University and director of a national genetic engineering laboratory -- Chunli Bai, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a scanning tunneling microscopy expert Related to the forum, we will also be introducing a new group of young scientists as correspondents for Science's Next Wave, who will discuss their personal experiences as research scientists in Asia and offer advice for making the most of research opportunities in Asia. These scientists-correspondents for Asia include an intern in the MIT Japan Program, former participants in the NSF Summer Institutes in Korea and Japan, and a North American scientist currently working for a prominent Japanese pharmaceutical company. Science's Next Wave will also be providing links to related web sites for scientists interested in exploring training and funding opportunities in Asia. We strongly encourage you to tell your peers and colleagues about the current Asia features on the Next Wave site. Both the Asia forum and the related correspondent reports from young scientists will be accessible starting on Friday, October 4th. You are encouraged to direct your comments and career questions to the forum participants and correspondents via the Web site over the next two months. The URL for the Next Wave homepage is http://sci.aaas.org/nextwave/ Editors of Science's Next Wave ___________________ Wendy Yee Associate Editor Science's Next Wave wyee@aaas.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 | Survey of trinucleotide repeats in dbEST | WWW: http://office4.tigem.it/pages/trinucblastn.html Program: BlastN - Length of the query sequence: (NNNx100) nucleotides Database Descriptions Alignments Query sequence: CAG (also AGC - GCA - CTG - GCT - TGC) Additional trinucleotide repeats available from The EST Machine @ TigemNet -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 | New Science On-Line | WWW: http://www.sciencemag.org/science/home/browse.shtml http://www.sciencemag.org/science/scripts/display/short/273/5282/1637 .html http://www.sciencemag.org/science/home/faq-text.shtml Since the end of October the full text of Science research and news articles is available (free access through 1996). Fore more information please take a look at New Online Tools for Scholars by the Editor-In-Chief Floyd E. Bloom and Science Full Text FAQ. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 | Cancer Research: A Public Dialog | WWW: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3611 | E-mail: obogler@ucsd.edu You are invited to join a discussion about the perception and realities of Cancer Research. Cancer touches millions of lives. In spite of the advances in understanding the disease that have been made, Cancer Research has failed to deliver the cure. Millions of dollars are spent on Cancer Research annually, in publicly funded programs, by charitable foundations and in private research institutes. What are your perceptions of Cancer Research? Do you think it is money well spent? Are we on the right track? Was your perception altered by Cancer, if you are a survivor or have a loved-one suffering from it? -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 | Intoductory course in linkage analysis | WWW: http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/~dcurtis | E-mail: dcurtis@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk My intoductory course in linkage analysis is now available for browsing online or downloading at http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/~dcurtis/linkex.html It's a set of exercises taking people through basic use of the LINKAGE programs and stuff. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 | How to announce new Internet resources, press releases etc. You can announce (free) new Internet resources, press releases etc. at http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/cgi-bin/HMB/NewsGen/vw3news?postF For other announcements please take a look at http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/HUM-MOLGEN/hum/submit.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neither the owner nor the editors of HUM-MOLGEN can be held liable in any way for the contents, or part of the contents, or even phrases of messages appearing on HUM-MOLGEN or it's TOPICs. 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