July 6, 2014. Rhizobium vitis cause the crown gall disease of grapevines resulting in considerable economic losses. Recent reports have revealed that the water-based crude extracts from hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) and ryegrass (Lolium perenne) act as a deterrent to antimicrobial activity against R. vitis. Researchers now have shown that in a gree
Read MoreJuly 7, 2014. GNOBB members who want to do Ph.D. in in the field of Drug design/development in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) may be interested to apply for a Ph.D. fellowship. Interested candidates, are requested to send a short CV, together with a short account of their previous work/study experiences and publication (if any) to tghsasongko@gmail.com. The study wi
Read MoreIn a short communication published in the 2nd July issue of Crop Biotech Update, the authors have reported that they have discovered heavy metal P1B-ATPase (CsHMA3) genes in Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz, popularly known as false flax. This transgenic crop is tolerant to heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and zinc and can be grown in harsh environments. Cam
Read MoreIn an article entitled, “Introgression of a 4D chromosomal fragment into durum wheat confers aluminium tolerance,” published in the July issue of Annals of Botany, Chang Han1, Peter R. Ryan1, ZeHong Yan and Emmanuel Delhaize reported enhanced Al3+ tolerance in sister lines derived from the third backcross. They sho
Read MoreIn an article, Isolation and functional characterization of JcFT, a FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) homologous gene from the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas published in BMC Plant Biology 2014, 14:125, Chaoqiong Li, Li Luo, Qiantang Fu, Longjian Niu and Zeng-Fu Xu reported that they have isolated an FT homolog from Jatroph
Read MoreJune 27, 2014. A number of calorie free sweeteners are available in the market. Erythritol is one of them. According to a news item by the Vienna University of Technology (VUT), the university has developed a method to produce erythritol from ordinary straw through genetically modifying the fungus Trichoderma reesei. Previously, t
Read More20th June, 2014. To spice-up GNOBB readers with the current advances going on with Genetically Modified crops, GNOBB would like to focus on the recent announcement of GM bananas human trial. Prof. James Dale from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia, the lead scientist of the research team gave a stat that every year due to pro vitamin A deficiency about 650,000 to 7
Read MoreThe 2014 June issue of the Journal of of Plant tissue Culture and Biotechnology (vol. 24, June issue) has just been published. The issue contains 14 articles, including two short communications. Of the 12 full articles six, one is about cloning and characterization of alcohol dehydrogenase region one is on Metabolic Profile Study&nb
Read MoreAlexander A. Myburg, and 79 of his associates have sequenced and assembled the 640-megabase genome of Eucalyptus grandis and published their resultsonline 11th June, 2014 in Nature. Of 36,376 predicted protein-coding genes, the investigation revealed, 34%, the largest reported so far, occurs in tandem duplications. This is the largest proportion
Read MoreIn an article published online June 8, 2014, in the journal Nature Genetics, a team of researchers affiliated to four different well-known Organizations reported that they have sequenced and assembled a 473-million base pair genome of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Their study also revealed that the common bean was domesticated separately at two
Read MoreGNOBB is pleased to open the application call for Abdur Rahman Memorial Fellowship. Bangladeshi students who are GNOBB members, and pursuing MS/ MSc degree with research projects for partial fulfillment of their Read More
The 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