Dhaka, March 14, 2015. It’s uncommon that an advocate opposing vehemently the introduction of GM crops joins its opposition group and now pleads strongly in its favor. Patrick Moore, a Canadian ecologist was a diehard Green Peace campaigner at one time, now leaves his group and join hands with the global campaign called – “Allow Golden Rice Now”. The campaign
Read MoreMarch 11, 2015, The GNOBB community always feel very happy when its members publish their papers/reviews in prestigious journals. We give below the information about two latest publications of Professor Dr. Haseena Khan at the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Dhaka University. • Comparative and Functional Genomics: High Throughput Sequencing reveals divers
Read MoreDear members, This is an aide memoire that the deadline for “Get-a-member” campaign at a reduced fee will be ending in a week from now, 15th March, 2015. After that the Life and Premium membership fees will be charged at regular prices. We hope that the members will take this campaign opportunity and become a Life/ Premium member within the camp
Read MoreAs a wheat breeder, Dr. Mujeeb Kazi, who recently retired from CIMMYT, rose to a great height and was awarded the title of Distinguished Scientist by the organization where he worked for several years. He is an early riser and after his Fajr prayer early morning enjoys a hearty breakfast. Thereafter, he starts his day according to a schedule which he prepares
Read MoreDhaka, March 5, 2015. GNOBB will be interested to know about wrangling retrotransposons. The 1st March 2015 issue of The Scientist contains an article of the above title. The three authors of this article are: Michael Van Meter, Andrei Seluanov, and Vera Gorbunova. Wrangling retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that can wreak havoc on the gen
Read MoreFebruary, 26, 2015. GNOBB always feels exceedingly elated to communicate any outstanding achievement of any of its members. It now reports of a coveted assignment of one of its dynamic members, Professor Dr. M. Tofazzal Islam at the Department of Biotechnology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur. He will
Read MoreDear GNOBB members, During the current “Get-a-member” campaign, some members pointed out a technical issue of the absence of a membership form in the web page. It was a technical glitch and we tried to fix it. It took a little while to solve the problem. We sincerely apologize for that. We would like to let you know that the problem is fixed. You can see a rede
Read MoreFebruary 22, 2015. It’s with a good deal of pleasure and satisfaction that GNOBB announces that one of its dynamic members, Mr Asraful Alam has been awarded Ph. D. by Dalian University of Technology, China and thereafter appointed as a postdoctoral researcher in Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Science, China. The results of h
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2015. The February issue of South Asia Biosfety Program has just been published. Among many articles published there, the one on the recently held on the International Conference in Biotechbnology in Health and Agriculture held in Dhaka in the Senate deserves special mention as it covered in detail all the salient points of the Conference. The interested readers will su
Read MoreDear members, Prior to the commencement of the International Conference, the Founder members decided to launch a vigorous campaign and appeal to the Bangladeshi Biotech Community to enlist themselves as members of this web-based organization which has now nearly 400 members. You can check the actual number by browsing the front page of
Read MoreThe deposition of first SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing results of a Bangladeshi patient by Dr. Senjuti Shaha, Dr. Samir Kumar Shaha along with their team from Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) opened a new do Read More
GNOBB wishes all its well wishers and readers a heartiest greetings for Eid-ul-fitr. May this special day brings peace, happiness and prosperity to everyone. Eid Mubarak! Read More
Dr. Haseena Khan, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has been awarded the Independence award 2019 by the Honorable Prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the award giving ceremony at Bangabandhu Read More