RE: Micro-people [Microbial]

Caroline Kohler wrote:

>Before anyone gets offended, this is not directed at individuals of 
>the lower elevation persuasion. Micro, as pertaining to those in the 
>fields of bacteriology, virology and parasitological. I am 
>interested in forming connections with individuals who use flow 
>cytometry as a tool in researching the small and squirmy, or, 
>not-so-squirmy, as some organisms can be quite dull and just roll up 
>into a little ball until you go away. If this can be accomplished as 
>a sub-list of this group, that would be wonderful!

This may have been an offshoot of a conversation I had with Caroline 
at last week's meeting of the Northwest Regional Users' Group. Some 
years ago, I founded The Center for Microbial Cytometry, and 
organization currently in a spore form, in hopes of coordinating the 
efforts of the minority of us who do cytometry on bacteria, fungi, 
parasites, and viruses. I suggested that, instead of forming our own 
microbial cytometry mailing list, we use the Purdue List and insert 
"[Microbial]" in the subject line of postings related to cytometry of 
microorganisms - as I have done in the subject line of this one. Paul 
Robinson saw no objection to this when I asked him about it, and, if 
you are reading this on the Purdue List, it is evidence that he 
hasn't changed his mind. Let's see if it catches on.

-Howard