






                                      PROPHET


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation
            10 Moulton St.
            Cambridge, MA 02138
            ATTN: K. McCarthy, MS 6/4C

            _E-_m_a_i_l: prophet-help@bbn.com

            _P_h_o_n_e: (617) 873-2669


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            PROPHET is an NIH sponsored graphics-oriented software pack-
            age  designed to give biomedical researchers a wide range of
            computing capabilities which can increase  productivity  and
            expand  computational  options.   Tools for data management,
            analysis, and scientific visualization  include:  comprehen-
            sive  capabilities  in statistics and mathematical modeling,
            molecular modeling and display,  nucleic  acid  and  protein
            sequence   manipulation,   and   a  high  level  programming
            language.  Some of the other services  PROPHET  offers  are:
            access to databases of biomedical interest, such as the Pro-
            tein Data Bank from Brookhaven National Laboratory, GenBank,
            the Cambridge Crystallographic Database, and the PIR protein
            sequence database, user support via electronic mail, a tele-
            phone   hotline,   an  online  help  system,  an  electronic
            newsletter, and an organized user group, extensive  documen-
            tation, and numerous research application-specific programs.
            Software created by biomedical investigators, such as  MBIR,
            and commercial software, such as SAS, can be utilized within
            PROPHET.  Users are also connected via  the  Internet  to  a
            broad  community  of life science researchers.  Capabilities
            exist for establishing both moderated and  unmoderated  bul-
            letin  boards  in  various  scientific  domains of interest.
            PROPHET's open architecture  design  and  advanced  software
            engineering  results in a highly portable and well supported
            package.  The  Biomedical  Research  Technology  Program  of
            NIH's Division of Research Resources provides PROPHET at low
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            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.




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            cost to ensure that easy availability and wide  distribution
            will  foster  use  of  distributed  network  workstations in
            research and lead to increased productivity.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s

            PROPHET is on the  Internet.   The  databases  can  also  be
            reached via the Internet or direct-dial telephone links.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _P_R_O_P_H_E_T

            NIH grantees and their co-workers

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

            Further information may also be obtained by calling or writ-
            ing:

            Dr. Richard DuBois, Biomedical Research Technology  Program,
            Division  of  Research Resources, Westwood Bldg., Rm. 8A-15,
            National Institutes of Health, 5333 Westbard Ave,  Bethesda,
            MD 20892.  (301) 496-5411 or rbe@nihcu.bitnet

            _o_r

            Dr.  Howard  Bilofsky,  Intelligent  Systems  Research   and
            Development  Department,  BBN  Systems and Technologies Cor-
            poration, 10 Moulton St, Cambridge MA 02138.  (617) 873-3553
            or bilofsky@bbn.com






















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