This section deals with Internet newsgroups of particular interest to crystallographers. More general information on newsgroups can be found in the section Internet Newsgroup - General Information.
Three examples taken recently from the crystallography newsgroup sci.techniques.xtallography illustrate its powerful facility to circulate opinions and discussion topics as well as queries and solutions:
Problems with Polaroid Film,
Want to solve a structure? and
Help prevent ORTEP of the year.
Presently, six newsgroups
sci.techniques.xtallography
bionet.xtallography
bionet.molbio.proteins
bionet.structural-nmr
bionet.molec-model
bionet.software.x-plor
directly relevant to the interests of crystallographers exist on the Internet and details of accessing them are given below.
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sci.techniques.xtallography | top
This general crystallographic discussion usenet newsgroup was created on the 14th October, 1993. It has a homepage at http://www.unige.ch/crystal/stxnews/stx/welcome.htm.
For those people without direct newsgroup connection sci.techniques.xtallography may be accessed via email. Subscribe to the mailing list mirror by sending an email message to sci_tech_xtal-Request@xtal.cmc.uab.edu with the instruction subscribe in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email stx-gate@xtal.cmc.uab.edu. Information on the archive of past messages is available at http://www.unige.ch/crystal/stxnews/stx/welcome.htm#archive.
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bionet.xtallography | top
This macromolecular crystallography bionet newsgroup, created on the 18th of May 1992, serves both as a discussion forum and is also a repository of messages for the MSD staff. The discussion leader is Morten Kjeldgaard (morten@oase.kemi.aau.dk). The archive of past messages is available at http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY/
E-mail access to bionet.xtallography is also possible.
From the Americas and Pacific Rim, subscribe by emailing to biosci-server@net.bio.net with the instruction subscribe xtal-log in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email xtal-log@net.bio.net.
From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia, subscribe by emailing mxt@dl.ac.uk with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.xtallography in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email xtal-log@daresbury.ac.uk.
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bionet.molbio.proteins | top
This bionet newsgroup for research on proteins and protein databases also serves as a repositry of messages for the PIR and SWISS-PROT databank staff. The discussion leaders are Amos Bairoch ( bairoch@cmu.unige.ch) and John Garavelli ( garavelli@nbrf.georgetown.edu). The archive of past messages is available at http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/PROTEIN-ANALYSIS/
E-mail access to bionet.molbio.proteins is also possible.
From the Americas and Pacific Rim, subscribe by emailing to biosci-server@net.bio.net with the instruction subscribe proteins in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email proteins@net.bio.net.
From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia subscribe by emailing to mxt@dl.ac.uk with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.molbio.proteins in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email proteins@daresbury.ac.uk.
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bionet.structural-nmr | top
This bionet newsgroup, created on the 7th of February 1994, serves as a discussion forum on the use of NMR for macromolecular structure determination. The discussion leader is C. S. Raman (raman@bioc01.uthscsa.edu). The archive of past messages is available at http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/STRUCTURAL-NMR/.
E-mail acces to bionet.structural-nmr is also possible.
From the Americas and Pacific Rim subscribe by emailing to biosci-server@net.bio.net with the instruction subscribe str-nmr in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email str-nmr@net.bio.net.
From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia subscribe by emailing to mxt@dl.ac.uk with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.structural-nmr in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email str-nmr@daresbury.ac.uk.
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bionet.molec-model | top
This bionet newsgroup, created on the 26th of June 1994, serves as a discussion forum on the physical and chemical aspects of molecular modelling. The discussion leader is Philippe Stas ( philstas@vub.ac.be). The archive of past messages is available at http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/MOLECULAR-MODELLING/.
E-mail access to bionet.molec-model is also possible.
From the Americas and Pacific Rim subscribe by emailing to biosci-server@net.bio.net with the instruction subscribe molmodel in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email molmodel@net.bio.net.
From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia subscribe by emailing to mxt@dl.ac.uk with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.molec-model in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email molmodel@daresbury.ac.uk.
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bionet.software.x-plor | top
This bionet newsgroup, created on the 8th June 1995, serves as a discussion forum about the X-PLOR software for 3D macromolecular structure determination. The discussion leader is Axel T. Brunger ( brunger@laplace.csb.yale.edu). The archive of past messages is available at http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/X-PLOR/.
E-mail access to bionet.software.x-plor is also possible.
From the Americas and Pacific Rim subscribe by emailing to biosci-server@net.bio.net with the instruction subscribe x-plor in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email x-plor@net.bio.net.
From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia subscribe by emailing to mxt@dl.ac.uk with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.software.x-plor in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email x-plor@daresbury.ac.uk.
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