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

March 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

Dear 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

As 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

Dhaka, 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

February, 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

Dear 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

February 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

February 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

Dear 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