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USENET newsgroup name:	bionet.organisms.urodeles

Status: 		Moderated

One line Description: 	Research on urodele amphibians.

Moderation address:	urodeles-moderator@net.bio.net
			(bionet-organisms-urodeles@net.bio.net is an
			 alias for urodeles-moderator@net.bio.net)

Moderator:		Sandra Borland

Mailing list name:  	URODELES

E-mail address:  	urodeles@net.bio.net

Newsgroup character: 	Bionet.organisms.urodeles is a forum for
scientific discussions and a source of information for the community
of biologists interested in any aspect of urodele amphibian biology.
The name URODELES was chosen to reflect the common interest among
scientists working with axolotls, salamanders, and newts.

Functions of the newsgroup:

The newsgroup will facilitate rapid communication among research
scientists and educators using urodele amphibians in any biological
field, including but not limited to developmental biology, genetics,
physiology, immunology, ecology, taxonomy, evolutionary biology,
neuroscience, etc. and will thereby allow more rapid progress in
research involving urodeles.

The newsgroup will provide a forum for discussions of problems, old
and new ideas, journal publications, and recent developments in
amphibian research.

The newsgroup will also provide sources of practical advice,
methodologies, answers to frequently asked questions concerning
amphibian husbandry and techniques used in urodele research, and
availability of unique reagents for research with urodeles (e.g.,
antibodies, cDNAs, primers and gene sequences, DNA libraries, mutants,
etc.).

Finally, the newsgroup will serve as a bulletin board for
announcements of meetings, conferences, job opportunities, and funding
sources of interest to biologists studying urodeles.

Subscribers are welcome from universities or any academic
institutions, government agencies, hospitals and other medical
institutions, and industrial or commercial organizations.
Contributions within the functions outlined above are encouraged.

Moderation Policy:

Mass-posted commercial messages, chain letters, and similar postings
not germane to amphibians or urodeles will be deleted without comment.
Inapropriate messages posted in good faith will be returned to the
sender.  Messages not strictly within the charter but likely to be of
interest to many subscribers (e.g., messages dealing with Caecilians)
will be accepted.

Sandra Borland
Indiana University Axolotl Colony

Anthony Mescher
Professor of Anatomy, Indiana University School of Medicine