ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED:
ABSTRACTS NOW DUE MAY 31
Win a Travel Award (or Young Investigator Award) and Come to the Geneva ISICR- ICS Joint Meeting
Application Deadline May 31, 1996.
As a generous tradition of our society, travel awards are provided to assist ISICR members to attend Annual Meetings. All ISICR members are eligible for the awards. Send applications (1) Name, address and position of applicants, (2) A brief statement of justification for the award, (3) Five relevant publications and (4) Meeting Abstract.
Investigators who are within four years after doctoral training are eligible for Young Investigator Awards. Send (1) Statement of research accomplishment, (2) CV and (3) Meeting Abstract
Nominate your role models for Milstein Awards and Honorary Membership
All ISICR members are eligible for nomination of the Milstein Award. This award recognizes ISICR members who have made significant contributions to the interferon/cytokine field (either in the basic research or in clinical fields). Send (1) Name and address of the person whom you nominate, (2) Your statement/reasoning for the nomination, (3) Relevant bibliography of the nominee, and (4) Three supporting letters.
Nomination for ISICR Honorary members. Send (1) name and address of the person whom you nominate, (2) Your supporting statement, and (3) A list of 10 most important publications by the nominee.
For more details of these awards and the selection procedures, see Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research (May 1995), and ISICR Newsletter (February 1996). Send 7 copies of application/nomination to:
Dr. Keiko Ozato, Chairperson,
ISICR Awards Committee,
Bldg 6, Rm 2A01,
Lab. of Molecular Growth Regulation, NICHD, NIH,
Bethesda MD, 20892. USA.
ISICR NOW TESTING
A WWW SITE
Through the efforts of Menachem Rubinstein, the ISICR now has a WWW beta test site. Check it out at:
http://
bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/ISICR/
ISICR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AWARDS COMMITTEE:
Keiko Ozato (1995- 97), Chairperson
Ferdinando Dianzani (1996- 98)
Akira Fuse (1995- 97)
Susan E. Krown (1995- 97)
Yukio Mitsui (1995- 97)
Stefanie Vogel (1996- 98)
Juana Witzerbin (1995- 97)
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Ernest Knight, Jr. (1995- 97), Chairperson
Felippo Belardelli (1995- 97)
Lawrence Blatt (1995- 97)
Masayoshi Kohase (1995- 97)
Charles E. Samuel (1993- 95)
Moshe Talpaz (1995- 97)
Sohan Gupta (1996- 98)
all officers
MEETINGS COMMITTEE
Kathryn C. Zoon (1995- 97), Co- Chairperson
Christine Czarniecki (1995- 97), Co- Chairperson
Ken- ichi Arai (1995- 97)
Bernard LeBleu (1995- 97)
Berish Y. Rubin (1995- 97)
Hans Strander (1995- 97)
Larry Pfeffer (1996- 98)
Robert Silverman (1996- 98)
Paula Pitha- Rowe (1996- 98)
Thomas C. Cesario, Ad hoc, (1995- 97)
Gianni Garotta, Ad hoc, (1995- 97)
Raymond Kaempfer, Ad hoc, (1995- 97)
Michel Revel, Ad hoc, (1995- 97)
Charles Weissmann, Ad hoc, (1995- 97)
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Heinz- Kurt Hochkeppel (1995- 97), Chairperson
Masanobu Azuma (1995- 97)
Frances R. Balkwill (1996- 98)
Jean Content (1995- 97)
Miklos Degre (1996- 98)
Eleanor Fish (1995- 97)
Peter Staheli (1996- 98)
Howard Young (1995- 97)
NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE
Erik Lundgren (1996- 98), Chairperson
Manuel Diaz (1995- 97)
Eleanor Fish (1996- 98)
Jerome Langer (1995- 97)
Francois LeFevre (1995- 97)
R. Michael Roberts (1996- 98)
Juana Wietzerbin (1996- 98)
Andrew Larner (1995- 97)
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
W. Robert Fleischmann, Jr. (1995- 97), Chairperson
Edward DeMaeyer (1995- 97)
Antonia Dolei (1996- 98)
Santo Landolfo (1995- 97)
Huub Schellekens (1995- 97)
Jun Utsumi (1996- 98)
Yoh- ichiro Iwakura (1996- 98)
Radha Meheshwari (1996- 98)
Phillip Marcus, ex officio
STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Sidney Grossberg (1994- 96), Chairperson
Gunther Adolf (1995- 97)
Alfons Billiau (1996- 98)
Lawrence Blatt (1995- 97)
Norman B. Finter (1996- 98)
Romain Golgher (1995- 97)
Holger Kirchner (1995- 97)
Anthony Meager (1996- 98)
Huub Schellekens (1996- 98)
Masayoshi Kohase (1996- 98)
Daniela Novick (1996- 98)
NEW ISICR BUSINESS OFFICE
The ISICR now has a new business office:
Adrress all correspondance to :
ISICR
Business Office
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814- 3998
Tel: 301- 571- 8319
Fax: 301- 530- 7049
Email: isicr@faseb.org
USE THIS NEW BUSINESS ADDRESS TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!
NEW INITIATIVE: COMPLEX DISORDERS COLLECTION
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Human Genetic Mutant Cell Repository is requesting submission of blood or lymphoblastoid cell cultures from probands with well- documented phenotypes representing a variety of familial complex genetic disorders. In addition to familial cancers, such as breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, and melanoma, other complex disorders currently being sought include multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinsonism, hypertension, atherosclerosis, long QT syndrome, osteoporosis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, nonsyndromic hearing loss, neural tube defects, congenital heart disease, cleft lip and palate, fetal alcohol syndrome, morbid obesity, psoriasis, glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, migraine, lupus erythematosus, Crohn disease and other inflammatory bowel disease, autism, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, and Tourette syndrome. To arrange for submission of specimens, please contact:
Jeanne C. Beck
Coriell Cell Repositories
Coriell Institute for Medical Research
401 Haddon Avenue
Camden, New Jersey 08103
Tel: 609- 757- 4847
Fax: 609- 757- 9737
e- mail: jbeck@umdnj.edu
CHANGE IN WHO INTERNATIONAL HuIFN- [[gamma]] STANDARD
As of 26 February 1996, the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) has recommended that the NIAID Interferon Repository discontinue shipments of natural HuIFN- gamma (Cat# Gg23- 901- 530). Henceforth, the Repository will only supply the recombinant HuIFN- gamma (Gxg01- 902- 525), which will be the sole WHO International Standard for HuIFN- gamma. Contact Danny Ringer at Braton Biotech, Inc. (Tel# 301- 208- 1777, Fax# 301- 208- 1779) for a Repository catalogue and/or registration form.
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN IFN- [[alpha]] NOW AVAILABLE
Monoclonal antibodies specific to human IFN- [[alpha]]1, [[alpha]]2a and [[alpha]]2b are now available. Also available, a monoclonal antibody affinity chromotography column useful for the purification of recombinant human IFN- [[alpha]] (rIFN- [[alpha]]1, [[alpha]]2a, [[alpha]]2b) and leukocyte IFN- [[alpha]]. Contact: Professor Lihua Song, Biological Institute of Anhui Province, 312 Suixi Road, Hefei, 230031, P.R. China. FAX# 0086- 551- 552- 2361.
REGIONAL MAPPING PANELS NOW AVAILABLE
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences' (NIGMS) Human Genetic Mutant Cell Repository has regional mapping panels available for distribution as cell cultures or DNA. These mapping panels, consisting of 5 to 10 human/rodent somatic cell hybrids with deletion or derivative human chromosomes, are available for chromosomes 4, 5, 11, 15, 17, and 18. Regional mapping panels for additional human chromosomes will be available in the near future. The panels have been characterized cytogenetically by G- banded chromosome analysis, in situ hybridization using biotinylated human DNA, and, in some cases, with chromosome- specific painting probes. Molecular characterization included Southern blot hybridization and/or PCR with p and q arm probes and primers. Information about these cultures and DNA is available via Internet. Telnet to coriell.umdnj.edu. At the login prompt, type: online. To access the catalog via modem, dial 609- 757- 9728. For additional information or a Repository catalog, contact:
NIGMS Human Genetic Mutant Cell Repository,
Coriell Cell Repositories,
401 Haddon Avenue, Camden, NJ 08103
Tel: (800) 752- 3805 in the United States; (609) 757- 4848 from other countries; FAX: (609) 757- 9737
ANOTHER ISICR GUARANTEED RECIPIE
(not sure what it's guaranteed for but certainly not for those on diets)
Mystery Pecan Pie
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese (softened)
4 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
9 inch pie shell, unbaked
1 1/4 cups chopped pecans
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cream together cream cheese, 1 egg, 1/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla in mixer bowl. Beat until fluffy. Spread mixture on bottom of prepared pie shell. Sprinkle pecans over cheese mixture.
Beat the 3 eggs in mixer bowl until well- mixed but not foamy. DO NOT OVERBEAT. Add corn syrup, 1/4 cup sugar, remaining vanilla and salt. Mix well. Pour over pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until nuts are lightly browned. Top will rise like a souffle and sink as it cools. Serve warm or cold. May be frozen. Serve at room temperature.
ONE PIECE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH!
RENEW NOW OR THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST NEWSLETTER!!!!
WWW SOURCES
IMMUNOGENETICS IMGT DATABASE
Professor Marie- Paule LEFRANC
Laboratoire d'ImmunoGenetique Moleculaire, LIGM UMR CNRS 9942, Institut de Genetique Moleculaire
BP 5051, 1919 route de Mende, 34033 MONTPELLIER Cedex 1 FRANCE
Tel: (33) 67 61 36 34
FAX: (33) 67 04 02 31/67 04 02 45
e- mail: lefranc@ligm.crbm.cnrs- mop.fr
The ImMunoGeneTics database, IMGT, is an integrated specialised database containing nucleotide sequence information of genes important in the function of the immune system. It collects and annotates sequences belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily which are involved in immune recognition, these are the B cell antigen receptor (Immunoglobulin or Ig), the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) (LIGM- database) and the class I and class II molecules of the Human Leucocyte Antigens (HLA) system (HLA- database).
IMGT/LIGM DATABASE
An integrated immumogenetics database (IMGT/LIGM) specialising in Ig and TcR is under development through collaboration between LIGM, IFG and EMBL oustation EBI. This database consists of the Ig and TcR sequence entries. Release 3 (March 1996) contains 5109 fully annotated sequence entries.
Collaborators:
LIGM Montpellier: Marie- Paule Lefranc (coordinator), Veronique Giudicelli,Denys Chaume
EMBL- EBI: Ansar Malik
IFG: Werner Mueller
MRC: Ian Tomlinson
ACCESS/DATA DISTRIBUTION
WWW server: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/imgt/
FTP server: ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/imgt
E_MAIL server: email netserv@ebi.ac.uk - - send "help IMGT" in the mail body.
This database is available on CD- ROM as an acompanying databaseto the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database at nominal cost.
Ansar Malik Ph.D
Email:Malik@ebi.ac.uk
EBI - European Bioinformatics Institute
URL: http://www.ebi.ac.uk
Hinxton Hall, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1RQ, UK
Tel:+44 (1223) 494417 Fax:+44 (1223) 494968
The PCR Primers database.
The PCR primers database is a practical database of fully tested and optimized primers for PCR reactions. The database contains all the data items required to reproduce precisely the reaction conditions of the submitting author and contact details in case of a need. The database can now be searched through WWW by using extremely powerful search utilities of the SRS at the Netherlands EMBnet node at CAOS/CAM
http://www- srs.caos.kun.nl/srs/srsc
Searches can be on almost any of the data record fields, including the target, sequence, species, contributing author etc. Many thanks to Jack Leunissen who has set- up this service.
Modification to a data field tag: The accession number tag has been changed to ACCESS, just to make more sense to the interpretaion of the tag.
Addition of a data field: There is now a data field for literature cross- reference. Whenever possible, the reference which is given is linked with the appropriate
Medline entry. The tag for this field is REFXRF.
Additions to the WWW pages: Some information and appropriate links were added on subjects related to the design of primers. Any further input from experienced users is welcome. In the near future I intend to include a methods page that will link to information on those methods which are often requested on the network. Each of the informative web pages (excluding the home page) now has a special feedback form. Any additional information or comments from users is highly welcome.
Data submissions: The database relies heavily on submissions from users. The importance to the users community will increase with the increase in entry numbers. Users are encouraged to submit primers to the database. Submissions can be made either through the WWW or by using a text based submission form. If you maintain large numbers of primers in a spreadsheet or small database or a simple but organized text file, please contact me. I can process large numbers of entries from almost any format.
Summary of access means:
The database home page can be accessed directly at:
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/primers_home.html
The data and documentation can be obtained through anonymous ftp to:
ftp.ebi.ac.uk under: /pub/databases/primers/
Searches at the CAOS/CAM server:
http://www- srs.caos.kun.nl/srs/srsc
Users who have no other means of connection besides email, can now use the EMBL- EBI automatic mail server to retrieve the database files and documents. To start working with the mail server in general, send a message containing the word "HELP" either in the subject line or in the body of message, to: netserv@ebi.ac.uk Here are the commands which are available for the primers database:
Here is a summary of all the available commands for the primers database, that can be specified in an email message sent to netserv@ebi.ac.uk
To obtain send the command
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A general help file HELP PRIMERS
The database fields definitions file
GET PRIMERS:DEFINITIONS
A bogus filled entry as an example
GET PRIMERS:EXAMPLE
An electronic data submission form
GET PRIMERS:SUBMISSION.FORM
The actual data file with the entries
GET PRIMERS:PRIMERS
This database will NOT be created by journal scanning and active searching, but from direct submissions from researchers only. The key to the success of this database is your submissions, so do set aside some spare time and send your primers.
Our email: primers@ebi.ac.uk
WWW: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/primers_home.html
fax: +44 1223 494468
Tel: +44 1223 494437
I highly welcome any questions, corrections, remarks or discussions concerning the PCR Primers database (Email is the most preferred way). Best wishes. Good luck with your PCR experiments.
Benny Shomer
Email: bshomer@EBI.ac.uk
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ebi_docs/staff/benny.html
Virtual Library on Conferences
Conferences, workshops and similar events announced on bionet.announce are also available through the respective sections at http://www.iao.fhg.de/Library/conferences/
(note the capital "L").
Juergen Wagner
Postmaster/Webmaster of Fraunhofer- IAO
Moderator of news.announce.conferences
Juergen.Wagner@iao.fhg.de
wagner@cs.stanford.edu
Fraunhofer- Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (FhG- IAO) Nobelstr. 12c D- 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel: +49- 711- 970- 2013
Fax: +49- 711- 970- 2299
More info: <http://www.iao.fhg.de/Public/leute/jrw- en.html> Whois: <JW546>
Virtual Library on Conferences: <http://www.iao.fhg.de/Library/conferences/>
Virology Web Sites
The Garry Lab is pleased to announce a major update of our well known WWW site, All the Virology on the WWW:
http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html
In addition to listing all the virology related sites on the www, this resource now includes The Big Picture Book of Viruses and a collection of online microbiology and virology courses and tutorials. The Big Picture Book of Viruses displays viruses by family in photographs and graphics from sites around the web. It includes direct links to other sites of interest for each virus as well as links to tutorials. The online courses are courtesy of Dr. Alan Cann of the University of Leicester, UK. We thank him
for his support! If you would like to add your site to our list, please use the submission form at the following URL:
http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavwebadd.html
I look forward to hearing any and all comments or suggestions that you may have. Thanks again for your support.
David M. Sander
E- Mail: dmsander@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SL38
Tulane University Medical School
1430 Tulane Avenue New Orleans, LA 70112- 2699
Tel: (504) 586- 3818 (lab) 588- 5150 (dept)
Fax: (504) 588- 5144 (dept)
WWW Homepage Address: http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/GarryHomePage.html
All the Virology: http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html
CPGISLE
Human CpG- island database 4.0
Lopez R., Prydz H. The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo, University of Oslo Gaustadalleen 21, 0317 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47- 22958754, Fax: +47- 22694130
e- mail: hans.prydz@biotek.uio.no, rodrigo.lopez@biotek.uio.no
Reference: Larsen F., Gundersen, G., Lopez R., Prydz H. CpG island as Gene Markers in the Human Genome. Genomics 13:1095- 1107 (1992)
This release contains 950 genes and 99 pseudogenes described in release 45 of the EMBL nucleotide sequence database. We have assigned the genes transcribed by RNA polymerase II to two groups
on the basis of expression. The first group (widespread) consists of housekeeping genes and genes expressed in a wide range of tissues, and the second group (limited) consists of genes with limited or tissue- specific expression.
WWW URL: http://www.no.embnet.org/
FTP: ftp://ftp.no.embnet.org/cpgisle
ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/cpgisle
CpGIsle is also available for browsing using the SRS- WWW system:
http://www.no.embnet.org/srs/srsc
tacg: a program for the restriction enzyme analysis of DNA
This is to announce the availability of 'tacg', a command line tool for the restriction enzyme analysis of DNA for unix- like operating systems. Binaries currently exist for IRIX (5.3), SunOS (5.3), OSF/1 (V3.0/347), and Linux(1.2.8); others will be made available as I find systems on which to compile them, or as others contribute binaries. For the impatient, here's an example of how to use it:
tail +44 seq.file | tacg - n 6 - o 5 - F 2 - l ladder.map - w 90 >seq.file.map
Translation: chop off the top 44 lines of seq.file and pipe the resulting sequence to tacg, returning info on all 6+ cutters (- n 6) that generate 5' overlaps (- o 5), giving me the sorted fragment sizes of those enz's that match (- F 2) and a ladder map (- l ladder.map), along with the default linear restriction map w/ 1 letter, 1 frame translation and write the output 90 characters wide (- w 90) to a file called seq.file.map. If you're interested in using it, you can get it via anonymous ftp at:
ftp://mamba.bio.uci.edu/pub/tacg
The source code is freely available for instructional and nonprofit purposes, although since it is presently in beta release, I would suggest that anyone contemplating incorporating it would wait for the next release while more bugs are shaken out. Assuming it's used a fair bit, I'd like to have a chance to change it based on responses, document it more extensively and neaten it up before general release. This is citation- ware. If you use it, please allow it to spit back about 100 bytes of data so I can analyze its use and spread. You can check the source code (especially udping.xx.c) to see what it does and if it still makes you uneasy, you can disable it from the command- line or recompilation.
Harry J Mangalam, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UC Irvine,
Irvine, CA, 92717, (714) 824- 4824, fax (714) 824 8598
http://hornet.mmg.uci.edu/~hjm/hjm.html
FEBS
Since early 1996 it is possible to obtain information on the activities of FEBS via the World Wide Web. The FEBS homepage has the following URL:
http://ubeclu.unibe.ch/mci/febs/
Updated information is available on Febs Meetings, on Febs Advanced Courses, on Febs Fellowships and on the European Journal of Biochemistry and Febs Letters.
The pages are maintained on behalf of FEBS by Dr. Peter Ott , Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; B=FChlstr. 28; CH- 3012, Bern/Switzerland.
(e- mail:ott@mci.unibe.ch)
The HUM- MOLGEN (Human Molecular Genetics) mailing list
Another new milestone has been
reached! In somewhat over a year 3000 colleagues interested in genetics and molecular biology have gathered at this digital meeting place! Subscribers are clinicians, geneticists, molecular biologists, (medical or biological) students and other individuals interested in the field. HUM- MOLGEN is a moderated, interactive communication and information listserver in Human Genetics. It is available over the Internet. At this time (January '96), more than 3.000 subscribers and 10.000 WWW users from 56 countries participate at this forum. The Editors are Arthur A.B. Bergen, Carlo Gambacorti, Hans Goerl, Manuel B. Graeber, Kai Garlipp, Martin Kennedy, Ulrich Muller, Jurg Ott and Frank S. Zollmann. Subscription to HUM- MOLGEN is entirely free. Users connected to the Internet can subscribe to the list by sending E- Mail to: listserv@nic.surfnet.nl subscribe HUM- MOLGEN first_name last_name(bionet) For more information on HUM- MOLGEN please take a look at our WWW at http://www.informatik.uni- rostock.de/HUM- MOLGEN.
BioTech WWW Site
BioTech is an interactive educational resource and biotechnology reference site at http://biotech.chem.indiana.edu
It's absolutely free, and it features an ever- growing online bioscience dictionary, staff- written educational articles about various topics in genetics, and annotated links to a wide range of relevant resources around the Internet. Have a look, and use our feedback forms to give us any suggestions you might have. Lucy Snyder, BioTech technical writer
Clinical Trials
NCI- V95- 0758, UW- 24218- A/E: Phase IB study of outpatient subcutaneous interleukin- 2 for stage III/IV Mycosis Fungoides. Contact: Dr. Philip Gold, Univ. of Washington Medical Center, TEL# 206- 548- 4647
T95- 0088: A phase II trial of interleukin- 2 in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Contact: Dr. Michael S. Gordon, Indiana University Medical Center, TEL# 317- 274- 3545
T95- 0104: Phase I study of adoptive cellular therapy of solid tumor malignancies with tumor- draining lymph node cells activated and expanded in vitro with bryostatin- 1, ionomycin, and interleukin- 2. Contact: Dr. Harry D. Bear, Medical College of Virginia, TEL# 804- 828- 9325
NIAID: To determine the effects of intravenously administered IL- 10 on immune function and viral replication and load in HIV- 1- infected patients. Contact: Kim Roche, NIAID, TEL# 301- 496- 1471
T95- 0039: Study of the immunological effects of interleukin- 12 administered with a MART- 1 human melanoma peptide vaccine in incomplete Freund's adjuvant. Contact: Dr. Steven Rosenberg, NCI, TEL# 301- 496- 4164
T95- 0027: Phase II trial of topotecan and cyclophosphamide, with G- CSF (Neupogen) in high- risk small- cell lung cancer. Contact: Dr. John Murren, Yale University, TEL# 203- 785- 6222
NCI- V95- 0770, MSKCC- 95956: Phase I/II study of TXT/VNB with G- CSF for stage IIIB/IV nonsmall cell lung cancer. Contact: Dr. Vincent A. Miller, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, TEL# 212- 639- 7722
Reviews of Interest
The following reviews are listed for those ISICR members who may have missed them.
Alcami, A. and G.L. Smith: Cytokine receptors encoded by poxviruses: a lesson in cytokine biology. Immunology Today 16: 474- 478, 1995.
Benveniste, E.N. and D.J. Benos: TNF- [[alpha]] and IFN- [[gamma]]- mediated signal transduction pathways: effects on glial cell gene expression and function. FASEB J. 9:1577- 1585, 1995.
Dinarello, C.A.: Biologic basis for interleukin- 1 in disease. Blood 87: 2095- 2147, 1996.
Drazen, J.M., Arm, J.P. and K. F. Austen: Sorting out the cytokines of asthma. J. Exp. Med. 183: 1- 6, 1996.
Gianani, R. and N. Sarvetnick: Viruses, cytokines, antigens, and autoimmunity. PNAS 93: 2257- 2259, 1996.
Gilat, D., Cahalon, L., Hershkoviz, R. and O. Lider: Interplay of T cells and cytokines in the context of enzymatically modified extracellular matrix. Immunology Today 17:16- 20, 1996.
Heaney, M.L. and D.W. Golde: Soluble cytokine receptors. Blood 87:847- 857, 1996.
Ihle, J.N.: STATs: Signal transducers and activators. Cell 84:331- 334, 1996.
Slavin, J.: The role of cytokines in wound healing. J. of Pathology 178: 5- 10, 1996.
Trinchieri, G.: Interleukin- 12 and interferon- [[gamma]] ; Do they always go together? Amer. J. of Pathology 147:1534- 1538, 1995.
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Send correspondence to:
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NCI- FCRDC, 560/31- 23
Frederick, MD 21702- 1201
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e- mail: youngh@ncifcrf.gov
Gerald Sonnenfeld
Div. of Research Immunology
Carolinas Medical Center
PO. Box 32861
Charlotte, NC 28232- 2862
FAX# 704- 355- 7203
Address e- mail to:
sonnenfe@med.unc.edu
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Medical Faculty
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Slovenia
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NEW MEMBERS
The following is a ist of those new members of the society who have joined since the directory was published. Contact the ISICR office for address information.
Syed Mohd Akramuzzaman - Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Klara Berencsi - Philadelphia, PA
Asa Berglund - Umea, Sewden
Ruorong Cai - Cleveland, OH
Paul Chaplin - Berkshire,United Kingdom
Frances Clay - Abingdom,United Kingdom
Jeffrey Cohen - Cleveland, OH
Daniele D'Ambrosio - Milano, Italy
Bansidhar Datta - New Haven, CT
Linda Diou - Westbrook, ME
Stephen Feldman - Hialeah, FL
Bernadotte Folke - Stockholm, Sweden
Lallan Giri - West Greenwich, RI
P.J. Guillou - Leeds, United Kingdom
Peter Heinrich - Aacjem, Germany
Yuan Sen Jiang - Guangzhou Shidai, China
Wendy Jones - Cambridge, MA
Motoo Kitagawa - New Haven, CT
Peter Kontsek - Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Nitza Lahat - Haifa, israel
Emer Lawlor - Dublin, ireland
Chien- kuo Lee - New York, NY
Stewart Leung - Cleveland, OH
Hilton Levy - Bethesda, MD
Xiaoxia Li - Cleveland, OH
Mary Lokuta - Madison, WI
Michael Lotze - Pittsburgh, PA
Hong- tao Lu - Cleveland, OH
Josip Lukac - Zagreb, Croatia
Kouji Matsushima - Ishikawa, Japan
Renata Mazuran - Zagreb, Croatia
Hakan Mellstedt - Stockholm, Sweden
Judy Mikovits - Frederick, MD
Soren Mogensen - Aarhus C, Denmark
Walid Mourad - Quebec, Canada
Kazushige Nagai - Hakkaido, Japan
Sobha Pisharody - New York, NY
Gunnar Pohl - Umea, Sweden
Zhongtian Qi - Shanghai, China
LeRoy Rabbani - New York, NY
Mauricio Seigelchifer - Buenos Aires, Argentina
David Shapiro - Glasgow, Scotland
Sarah Shapiro - Haifa, Israel
Alan Shenkin - Liverpool,United Kingdom
Wu- Chou Su - New Haven, CT
Seng- Lai Tan - Seattle, WA
Akio Uemura - Tokyo, Japan
Timofeyer Vasiljevich - Koltsovo, Russia
Takashi Yokota - Tokyo, Japan
Naiming Zhou - Leuven, belgium
Sniezana Zidovec - Zagreb, Croatia
MOVING AND FORGOT TO TELL US OR RENEW?
Send the ISICR office your new address
FAX: 301- 530- 7049
Email: ISICR@faseb.org
NAME:
New Address: _____________________
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1996
ISICR MEETING
IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE
INTL. CYTOKINE
SOCIETY
OCT. 6- 10
PALEXPO, GENEVA,
SWITZERLAND