HUM-MOLGEN archive: CALL: various July-August 1997

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Ann Schofield Arthur Bergen (CALL editors) ************************** This CALL contains the following subjects: 1) mitochondrial diseases: MELAS update 2) Human origins based on DNA evidence 3) Polymorphism review in Olfactory receptors wanted 4) Request for assistance for a television-series 5) Segregation analysis in genetically complex diseases *************************** From: Mike <melas@POSEIDON.NET> Subject: Open invitation to physicians, facilities, and support orgs. Hello Folks, This post is an open invitation to doctors, medical facilities, and support organizations working with mitochondrial myopathies and related disorders. The next volume of the "MELAS Primer 1997" is in the editing stage. It's a Adobe Acrobat 3.0 PDF file available at the "Downloads" page at the MELAS Online Network's website at: <http://www.poseidon.net/melas> This is an opportunity to have your contact information made available world-wide in a Internet-ready publication that is specifically oriented to provide information in layman's terms about the MELAS Syndrome and other related disorders. The Primer contains a list of facilities that treat mitochondrial disorders, and it needs to be expanded to include more US domestic and international contacts. We were recently made very aware of the scarcity of facilities in some parts of Europe, and of the former Soviet Union, and in parts of the Third World, and would especially like to include the contact information of facilities in these parts of the world. The Primer PDF file has printing permission for situations where an individual may not have Internet access, but would be able to obtain a hardcopy from some one who does. The Primer is current available in the English language only. Please feel free to download the current volume, and review it to see if you would be interested in having your contact info added to the next volume. It is viewable on any platform or operating system simply by downloading the appropriate version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.1 (also available via a link at the "Downloads" page). The information that you provide would need to include the following: 1. Facility/Organization Name 2. Website Address (if available) 3. Phone number(s) 4. Postal Address, & Actual Location Address (if different from postal address) 5. A statement identifying yourself and your position within your facility/organization, and stating permission to use your facility/organization's information in the Primer. Very sincerely yours, ------- - Mike Jackson (41) [.]=[.] <melas@poseidon.net> MELAS Online Network: <http://www.poseidon.net/melas> Mitochondrial Support List: ************************** This message was originally submitted by psychaf@EMORY.EDU to the HUM-MOLGEN list at NIC.SURFNET.NL. Last month we had a discussion on the Neanderthal/human distinction based on DNA evidence. Our discussion then is relevant to a book reviewed in the Sunday New York Times Book Review Section(8/17/97) pg.10 on The Origins of Modern Humanity. The book entitiled African Exodus by Christopher Stringer and Robin McKie published by Henry Holt is reviewed by Robert Richards of the U. Chicago who authored Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior. The origins and racial overtones of the controversy based on the "multiregionalist" theory in comparison to the "out of Africa" theory is apparently presented in this publication. While the reviewer notes that the authors support an intermediate position because of "fair evidence" that "inbreeding occurred between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons (more recently Homo sapiens)", it is surprising that there is no mention in his review of the recent mitochondrial DNA findings which do not find evidence of a gene flow between the contrasted species. Arthur Falek ********************* likalush@MEMBRAN1.WEIZMANN.AC.IL to the HUM-MOLGEN list at NIC.SURFNET.NL. Hello I am working in polymorphism of Olfactory Receptors. I would like to know whether there is a good update review in human polymorphism. Thank you in advance Francis Kalush -- Francis Kalush, PhD. Department of Membrane Research and Biophysics The Weizmann Institute of Science. Rehovot. Israel E.Mail: LIKALUSH@WEIZMANN.WEIZMANN.AC.IL Tel: 972-8-9343687, FAX:972-8-9344112. ********************** Reply-To: Kristen Odegaard <kodegard@netcom.ca> kodegard@netcom.ca (Kristen Odegaard) sent the following comments: ------------------------------------------------------------ Greetings, I am currently doing research for a television series, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict. I am looking for scientists with an intrest in Science Fiction to help with 'Technological Jargon'. Our series is placed in the near future and includes a biologically engenieered race of aliens, with advanced genetic technology. Are there any experts willing to take a few minutes and answer questions or offer feasible situations? If this request can be accommodated, please email me at: kodegard@netcom.ca Thank You, Kristen Odegaard Assistant Art Director ******************* BmgRB@aol.com (iris Baumgartner) sent the following comments: ------------------------------------------------------------ Call for informations about clinical gene therapy trails. Ethical and social issues. Collaborations in cardiovascular medicine. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mary Anne Williams <maryanne@WHY.NET> To: ED-MOLGEN@NIC.SURFNET.NL X-PMFLAGS: 36176000 0 I am a biology teacher in an Advanced Placement workshop that is training teachers for teaching Advanced Placement biology in high schools. We have been discussing genetic disorders and one that we have discussed is sickle cell anemia. As you probably know in a malaria environment the sickle cell trait gives an advantage to the heterozous person. We are looking for other traits that show heterogous advantage. Can you help? Mary Anne Williams mawilli@why.net katja.bromen@UNI-ESSEN.DE to the HUM-MOLGEN list at NIC.SURFNET.NL. *********************** Hello! I would like to do a segregation analysis on a data set containing information on various familial, non-familial environmental and other environmental factors for both cancer cases and controls. I heard about GAP and would like to know whether anybody in this circle has already used the package and could decribe his/her experience with it or could give me any other advice about the program most suitable for the situation described above. Thank you very much! Sincerely, Katja Bromen ******************************************************************* * Katja Bromen * * Statistician, MPH * * Institut fuer Med. Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie * * Universitaetsklinikum * * Hufelandstr. 55 * * D - 45122 Essen * * Germany * * * * Tel: +49 - 201 - 723-4517 * * Fax: +49 - 201 - 723-5933 * * e-mail: katja.bromen@uni-essen.de * ******************************************************************* ************************************************************************ Dr. Arthur A.B. Bergen Department of Ophthalmogenetics The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute (IOI) Royal Academy of Sciences of the Netherlands (KNAW) ** Snail-mail: ** ** FAX: ** ** E-mail: ** P.O.Box 12141 (+31)206916521 A.Bergen@IOI.KNAW.NL 1100 AC Amsterdam The Netherlands ************************************************************************