Table of Contents

Part I. Title Page
Part II. Description of Program Activities

ILA. Scientific Subprojects
Il.A.1. Collaborative Research and Service
I].A.2. Core Research and Development
IL.A.3. Training

II.B. Books, Papers, Abstracts

I1.C. Resource Summary Table

Part OI. Narrative Description

Tii.A. Summary of Research Progress
TIL.A.1. Service
II].A.1.a. Scientific Consulting: Class I, I and IV Support
II.A.1.b. Service
IJ.A.1.c. Scientific Case Studies Using BIONET
II.A.1.d. Comments from the Community
Ii.A.1.e. PC/BIONET Communications - Distribution of the Resource
I.A.1.f. System Help Utilities
Il.A.2. Collaborative Research
HT.A.2.a. DEC-2060 Software Contributors
IlI.A.2.b. PC-Based Software
IlJ.A.2.c. Liaison with Other Resources
Ill.A.2.d. Bulletin Boards
I.A.3. Core Research
II].A.3.a. Multiple Sequence Alignment
Ill.A.3.b. BIONET Satellite Program
II.A.3.c. Hardware Text Searching Machines
II].A.4. BIONET Training Program
IlI.A.5. Resource Facilities
Il.A.5.a. Computer and Telecommunication Networks
HI.A.5.b. Summary Statistics on Machine Use
III.A.5.c. Computer Software - Core Library
IIl.A.5.d. Computer Software - System Library
HII.A.5.e. Computer Software - Contributed Library
IIl.A.5.f. Database Library
IH.B. Highlights
IlI.C. Administrative Changes
III.D. Resource Advisory Committee and Allocation of Resources
III.E. Dissemination of Information of Resource’s Capabilities
Il].E.1. Community Interactions and Awareness
IH.E.2. Electronic Communications
Il.E.2.a. Bulletin Boards
III.F. Suggestions and Comments

I. BIONET RESOURCES REAPPLICATION

IJ. ON-LINE HELP MENUS

Il. XMULTAN ALIGNMENT

IV. PROGRAMS CONTAINED ON THE IBM AND MAC DIRECTORIES
V. DISPLAY BY THOMPSON’S MOLECULE PROGRAM

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VI. MAILER FOR BIONET TRAINING SESSIONS 72
VII. TRAINING SCHEDULES 73
VUI. BIONET APPLICATION 82
IX. ADVERTISMENT FOR BIONET TRAINING SESSION 91
X. RENEWAL NEWSLETTER 92

XI. BULLETIN BOARD LEADER AD 100
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List of Figures

Pieslice Allocations of the DEC-2060 Computer

Actual use of the DEC-2060 for the Month of October, 1986
BIONET’s Percentage Use of the DEC-2060, 12/85 - 11/86
BIONET’s Prime Time Use of the DEC-2060 12/85 - 11/86
BIONET’s Non-Prime Time Use of the DEC-2060, 12/85 - 11/86
BIONET’s Total Use of the DEC-2060, 12/85 - 11/86

Total Telenet and UNINET Network Use, 12/85-11/86

Size and Release Dates of the NIH GenBank Database

Size and Release Dates of the EMBL DNA Sequence Database

Figure III-10: Size and Release Dates of the PIR Protein Database

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List of Tables

Table -1: Summary of the BIONET User Community 3
Table III-1: Summary of Monthly Rates of Inquiries 15
Table III-2: Summary of Monthly Rates of Questions for Programs and Databases. 16
Table II-3: BIONET Prime Time CPU Minutes 42
Table II-4: BIONET Prime Time Connect Hours 42
Table II-5: BIONET Non-Prime Time CPU Minutes 44
Table 01-6: BIONET Non-Prime Time Connect Hours 44
Table II-7: BIONET Total CPU Minutes 46

Table DI-8: BIONET Total Connect Hours 46