HUM-MOLGEN archive: CALL: various dec 1996

New CALLs for collaboration, information, offers for assistence, etc! Please send high quality messages only related to human genetics and molecular biology. Other or low quality messages are not transmitted without further notification. Please respond by private E-mail only. Good CALLs! Arthur Bergen (owner HUM-MOLGEN) *************************************************************************** From: A. Bergen Bergen@ioi.knaw.nl concerns: sponsorprogram HUM-MOLGEN As of the 1st of Januari 1997, HUM-MOLGEN started a sponsor-program to maintain, preserve and extend it's services to the community. Since we are a non-profit organisation run primarily by volunteers, we do not intend to make money out of HUM-MOLGEN. However, we have some costs that need to be covered, including administrative support, WWW and E-mail maintenance, editorial meetings, etc. Support from government bodies for this type of service is hard to get, primarily because HUM-MOLGEN has no real primary roots in any one country or continent. Fortunately, a number of companies, including Qiagen, Cherwell Scientific, Cilea have entered our sponsor-program, while non-financial support has, amongst others, been obtained from Oxford University Press, Karger, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press. While HUM-MOLGEN will remain an 'exclusive' non-profit and free network, not covered with logo's, adds etc, we need yet some additional support to secure the network's immediate future. So, if you, your company, hospital, or research institute can help out, please contact us for details of the sponsor-program. Thanks in advance Arthur Bergen Bergen@ioi.knaw.nl ************************************************************************ amaggio@cdc.it (Aurelio Maggio) sent the following comments: ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. A. Maggio Servizio Talassemia, Unita' di Ricerca "Piera Cutino", V. Cervello Hospital pital ,Palermo (Italy). Our group has been working on thalassemia and cystic fibrosis for long time. We have set up different molecular genetic tests, including reverse dot blot analysis to detect several of these mutations. Now, we are interested on developing a reliable test for tubercolosis and we are looking for a collaboration with groups that are studying this field. Thank you, Dr. A. Maggio ------------------------------------------------------------ Server protocol: HTTP/1.0 Remote host: tipa30.vol.it Remote IP address: 194.166.52.162 ************************************************************************ From: "Angela Scheuerle, M.D." <ascheuer@PED1.MED.UTH.TMC.EDU> Subject: Teaching Genetics Good Afternoon, In a never-ending attempt to make genetics interesting to medical students, I find myself in search of various trivia. Currently, I'm trying to collect a list of genetic diseases or phenomena that naturally affect animals. (This would not include genetically engineered animals like knock-out mice). For example: calico cats as a demonstration of Lyonization, twin-twin tranfusion in cows resulting in immune tolerance, or hypouricemia in dalmations. Life Magazine did a nice piece on genetic diseases in dogs a while back, and I have that. Does anybody know of any other diseases/situations/phenomena that I could add to this list? Thanks! Angela E. Scheuerle, M.D. Assistant Professor Division of Medical Genetics Department of Pediatrics UT Health Science Center - Houston 6431 Fannin, MSB 3.144 Houston TX 77030 ascheuer@ped1.med.uth.tmc.edu ***************************************************************************** Dear dr. Bergen, Could you deliver following message to the subscribers of HUM-MOLGEN We are looking for cooperation on X-linked West syndrome. We have identified a candidate region in two families with this syndrome. If anyone has families in which several brothers are affected with West syndrome, or a boy and his maternal uncle, we would be very happy to cooperate. Please contact: Stephan.Claes@med.kuleuven.ac.be Thank you very much. ************************************************************************ If somebody is offering genetic testing for breast cancer, please contact me. Thank you Dr Elena Kontogianni elkont@hol.gr ************************************************************************ REPLY TO PREVIOUS MESSAGE From: Giuseppe Novelli <novelli@UTOVRM.IT> To Jeff weaver: The viability of Mono-21 is virtually zero for true monosomy.Most cases reported as mono-21 are probably mosaics in which the proportion of euploid cells has been only little investigated. In practice a surviving infant with mono-21 should be evaluated for the percentage of euploid cells and viability is greatly related to the proportion of euploid cells and to the presence of visceral defects. Bruno Dallapiccola & Giuseppe Novelli ************************************************************************ The following message has recently been sent to the Gateway Kiosk's = Life-Link Search Topic Board (http://mcrcr4.med.nyu.edu/~murphp01/lifelink.htm) on the = Rare Genetic Diseases In Children web site. As it is particularly poignant and urgent I pass it on the members of these lists. If you can help this person in any way, please = respond directly to her email address below. I would also recommend to anyone with knowledge of genetic diseases, = either personally or professionally, to take time to look through the large list of messages on the Gateway Kiosk. Most all are sent from families and individuals in need of support, help and guidance with their children's special needs. Thank you and Happy New Year to all. Sincerely, Paul Murphy pmurf@ix.netcom.com Rare Genetic Diseases In Children: An Internet Resource Gateway http://mcrcr4.med.nyu.edu/~murphp01/homenew.htm ************************************************************************** GENETIC DISEASE E-MAIL DISCUSSION LIST Posts (and ONLY posts) should be sent to: gendisease-j@sjuvm.stjohns.edu To resign from this list, send the command: unsubscribe gendisease-j to the address: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu For assistance from the list manager, please write to: gendisease-j-request@sjuvm.stjohns.edu ************************************************************************ From: Jingde Zhu <gpma66@UDCF.GLA.AC.UK> Subject: Monoclonal antibodies services Hi! I am looking for a company that will provide the monoclonal antibody services. Please let me know if anyone has such a information. Yours Sincerely Jingde Zhu ************************************************************************ From: qlchen <qlchen@WWW.MIDWEST.CO.CN> Subject: inquire conference schedule for 1997 dear sir : could you please send me cardiovascular conference -related to genetics- schedule for 1997? thanks xu ningsheng ************************************************************************ This message was originally submitted by nharker@UNIWA.UWA.EDU.AU to the HUM-MOLGEN list at NIC.SURFNET.NL. We are seeking information on the normal levels of serum lactate and pyruvate post exercise. Does anyone know if there is there an increase in these levels in healthy people post exercise? In individuals with a mitochondrial (genetic) disease, what sort of increase could be expected? Would it be best if we established a normal range in our own lab? Thanking you in advance, Natalie Harker nharker@uniwa.uwa.edu.au ************************************************************************ Subject: (Fwd) Inheritance/color From: Niveen Ismail <niveen.ismail@sap-ag.de> Subject: Inheritance/color niveen.ismail@sap-ag.de (Niveen Ismail) sent the following comments: Hi! It's hard to find the answer to a simple question: Which genes are dominant: brown hair vs blond. And brown eyes vs. blue or green. Much thanks for any info, or sources of reference. Niveen Ismail ------------------------------------------------------------ Server protocol: HTTP/1.0 Remote host: sapfw.sap.com Remote IP address: 205.216.104.50 ************************************************************************ Subject: (Fwd) Looking for reference stanley_grant@uiowa.edu (Stanley Grant) sent the following comments: I am looking for a reference Barnes,C., Genetic testing of Children, Fourth European Conference on Psychosocial Aspects in Genetics Heidelberg 1994. I think it must be conference proceedings. Any help is greatly appreciated. SG ************************************************************************