From btiwari at ceh.ac.uk Tue Aug 17 11:04:07 2004 From: btiwari at ceh.ac.uk (Bela Tiwari) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:04:07 +0100 Subject: [Bio-Linux] Please support the EMBOSS developers by filling in survey Message-ID: Dear Bio-Linux administrator, This message was sent to us today from the people who develop the EMBOSS package, which is included as part of the Bio-Linux distribution. We hope you can take the time to fill in the survey form mentioned in the letter below. Please feel free to circulate this letter to anyone you know who uses any of the programs within EMBOSS, or the EMBOSS libraries for software development. best wishes, Bela Dear EMBOSS Administrator, I'm writing to raise awareness, feedback and support for the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, EMBOSS (http://www.rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk/Software/EMBOSS/), support for which is currently under threat (see below). If you've already received this message then please accept my apologies for the interruption. The UK Medical Research Council is to close the Research and Bioinformatics Divisions of the Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research (RFCGR) in mid-2005. RFCGR is the current home of the EMBOSS. The closure will more than halve the current EMBOSS development team and will therefore adversely affect the development and support of EMBOSS. We hope that alternative sources of funding can be found. It would help EMBOSS tremendously if you complete our on-line survey http://www.rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk/Software/EMBOSS/emboss_survey.html and provide a link to our survey on your website where you provide EMBOSS. The replies will help us gain support for EMBOSS and steer the future development of the project down lines suggested by you. The other ways you can help are to distribute this message to any colleagues and students who might be interested and write a letter of support (please see survey for address). Many thanks for your consideration. Jon Ison (RFCGR), on behalf of the EMBOSS developers Alan Bleasby (RFCGR) Peter Rice (EBI) ************************* Dr. Bela Tiwari Lead Bioinformatician CEH Oxford Mansfield Road Oxford, OX1 3SR 01865 281975 ************************* From btiwari at ceh.ac.uk Tue Aug 17 11:43:57 2004 From: btiwari at ceh.ac.uk (Bela Tiwari) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:43:57 +0100 Subject: [Bio-Linux] more on EMBOSS survey - new online form! Message-ID: Hello, Sorry to hit you with two emails in such close succession about this, but I've just been informed that there is now an online form that can be filled in for the EMBOSS survey. http://www.rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk/Software/EMBOSS/emboss_survey.html cheers Bela ************************* Dr. Bela Tiwari Lead Bioinformatician CEH Oxford Mansfield Road Oxford, OX1 3SR 01865 281975 *************************