The ABnet bioinformatics mail list is now available. Anyone interested
in the future of bioinformatics in Australia is invited to subscribe.
For information on ABnet and how to get involved, please read the message
below.
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ABnet- The Australian Bioinformatics NETwork
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BIOINFORMATICS
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Bioinformatics is one of the newest disciplines in Science: it is multi-
disciplinary, spanning a range of specialities that includes biology,
computer science, mathematics and statistics. Bioinformatics has a broad
scope, being concerned with not just research and education, but service,
support and training.
GOALS OF ABnet
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ABnet will serve as a mechanism for uniting all groups across Australia
that have an interest in bioinformatics. It will provide a forum for
discussion, collaboration, exchange of ideas, conferences organisation,
and as a means of bringing like-minded individuals together. ABnet will
initially be a collection of email lists to promote communication,
supported by a WWW site. The philosophy behind ABnet is that we can all
achieve much more by communicating and working together than we can in
isolation.
THEMES of ABnet
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ABnet will have a number of themes, including:
* Research- new algorithms, databases, user interfaces, etc.
* Education- issues relevant to bioinformatics education from
secondary through to post-graduate levels. Education
issues pertain to bioinformatics as a discipline as
well as to biologists who use bioinformatics tools
* Employment- employment opportunities in bioinformatics in Australia
and abroad
* Support- focusing on individuals offering bioinformatics support
to biologists
* Service- issues relating to providing bioinformatics services
(database, analysis, information management, etc)
* Training- raising skills levels in using bioinformatics resources
and interpreting results
* Meetings- upcoming meetings & workshops of interest
* Genomics- genome bioinformatics, especially as they pertain to
the new Australian Genome and Proteome facilities
Special Interest Groups (SIG) can be set up based the interest shown by
the community, and these can have their own email lists established on
request. If you would like to set up a SIG in ABnet, start by mailing a
suggestion to the ABnet mail list to identify individuals with similar
interests.
THE ABnet MAILING LIST
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The ABnet mailing list has been set up as a forum for discussion. As a
subscriber to this mailing list, you can contribute to the discussion, or
just "listen" to the comments of others. However, your input is welcome
and invited. The ABnet list is not moderated, and anyone can join.
To subscribe to the list send mail to:
majordomo at angis.su.oz.au
with no subject heading and in the body of the message type:
subscribe abnet your-email-address
where "your-email-address" is the preferred email address you would like
ABnet messages sent to. You can simply type:
subscribe abnet
and the email account you are mailing from will be used, and all email
sent to the ABnet list will be sent to that address.
After subscribing, you will receive an automatic message acknowledging
your registration, and a second automatic message welcoming you. To post
message to the list, simply send email to:
abnet at angis.su.oz.au
FURTHER INFORMATION
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For further information on ABnet, contact Tim Littlejohn, ABnet convenor,
at:
tim at angis.su.oz.au
and at:
http://www.angis.su.oz.au/ABnet/about.html
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