Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!ig!daemon From: BIORELAY@BIO.CAM.AC.UK Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.seqnet Subject: SEQNET Bulletin RELAY ONLY: reply to SEQNET@UK.AC.CAM.BIO Message-ID: <5280@ig.ig.com> Date: 25 Feb 88 11:47:15 GMT Sender: news@presto.ig.com Lines: 83 From: BIORELAY@BIO.CAM.AC.UK From: 24-FEB-1988 10:50 To: SEQNET Subj: LIFE SCIENTISTS Via: UK.AC.RL.EARN; Wed, 24 Feb 88 10:50:43 GMT Received: from UKACRL by UK.AC.RL.IB (Mailer X1.25) with BSMTP id 8662; Wed, 24 Feb 88 10:50:43 GM Received: from FINUH.BITNET (HARPER) by UKACRL.BITNET (Mailer X1.25) with BSMTP id 8660; Wed, 24 Feb 88 10:50:42 Date: Wed, 24 Feb 88 12:48 O From: Subject: LIFE SCIENTISTS To: seqnet@UK.AC.CAM.BIO X-Original-To: seqnet@bio.cam.ac.uk, HARPER It seems that "life scientists" are really beginning to get organised on the network. I offer the following note for your general information. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%EXTRACT%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subject: File from LifeSci: "INTRO HELPLSCI" << LifeSci >> Introduction 18 Jan 1988 LifeSci is short for 'The Life Science Research Server' and is a dedicated computer program developed at the Rappaport Institute and running on the main computer at Technion, Israel (RPRLSCI@TECHNION.BITNET). It's purpose is to enhance communication and research among people in the life related fields (medicine, physiology, psychology, social work etc..) who work far from each other and can benefit forming international work groups and 'Think-Tank' with their colleagues. The audience LifeSci was written for know little about computers and are too busy to learn, they want simple access without having to bother with the internal works of the system. General description -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- o DIGEST server Digests are computerized magazines, they do not appear in paper form but exist as electronic media. A group of people interested in a common topic can create their own little paper, its as simple as saying 'CREATE TOPIC ION-CHANNEL' and every one can do it. Create your own or join an existing topic, a digest can have an editor or be an open forum. Unlike its paper counterparts all digests are archived and indexed and can be retrieved using simple search commands. o NAMES server To locate people from other places according to their name or interest is one of the prime objectives. As you join, you will be asked to fill up a registry form with your vital statistics, interests and area of expertise. o APPLICATION server If you need a special computer program to do a special part of an experiment, preform a special analysis or run laboratory equipment there is a fair chance some one already written it or something similar elsewhere, so why reinvent the wheel? LifeSci will not keep the programs themselves but will keep record of computer applications developed elsewhere with instructions on how to get them, whom to contact and what you need to use it. o CONFERENCE server 'Chatting' is the interactive sending and receiving of computer messages, more then two people can chat using special relay machines. Registered users of LifeSci will be able to hold conferences by calling members of their TOPIC. The discussion of work group can be distributed as a digest to the missing members. o BBOARD Just a small bulletin board to spread the word around, the BBoard is a public clipboard to post messages of public interest. For more information, write me: Electronicly - RPR1ZAK@TECHNION.BITNET Snail Mail - Dr. Ami Zakai, Rappaport Institute of research, P.O.B. 9697 31096 Israel Facsimile - -972-4-521296 attn Zakai Sincerely yours, Ami Zakai