A Crystallographer's Guide to Internet Tools and Resources [Index]

Crystallography Related Newsgroups with Example Discussions

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:

Presently, six newsgroups

directly relevant to the interests of crystallographers exist on the Internet and details of accessing them are given below.


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 [email protected] with the instruction subscribe in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected]. Information on the archive of past messages is available at http://www.unige.ch/crystal/stxnews/stx/welcome.htm#archive.


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 ([email protected]). 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 [email protected] with the instruction subscribe xtal-log in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].

From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia, subscribe by emailing [email protected] with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.xtallography in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].


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 ( [email protected]) and John Garavelli ( [email protected]). 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 [email protected] with the instruction subscribe proteins in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].

From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia subscribe by emailing to [email protected] with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.molbio.proteins in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].


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 ([email protected]). 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 [email protected] with the instruction subscribe str-nmr in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].

From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia subscribe by emailing to [email protected] with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.structural-nmr in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].


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 ( [email protected]). 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 [email protected] with the instruction subscribe molmodel in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].

From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia subscribe by emailing to [email protected] with the instruction subscribe bionet-news.bionet.molec-model in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].


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 ( [email protected]). 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 [email protected] with the instruction subscribe x-plor in the body of the text. To send or follow-on to a message, email [email protected].

From Europe, Africa, and Central Asia subscribe by emailing to [email protected] 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 [email protected].


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