Feb., 5, ’14. In an article titled, “Speciation of two desert poplar species triggered by Pleistocene climatic oscillations,” published in the current issue of Heredity (112:156-164), J. Wang and six of his associates  affiliated to well-known laboratories in China and T Källman at the Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dhaka 4th Feb.,’14. In an article titled, “Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and plant regeneration of the hardwood tree species Fraxinus profunda  (pumpkin ash), ” published in the February issue of Plant Cell Reports, the authors Micah E. Stevens and Paula M. Pijut describe the protocol, they have employed  for succe

Dhaka 3rd Feb, ’14. In an article titled, “Aberrant phenotype and transcriptome expression during fiber cell wall thickening caused by the mutation of the Im gene in immature fiber (im) mutantin Gossypium hirsutum L., published in the current issue of BMC Genomics, Cheng Wang and four of his associates claimed that the to

In an article titled,, “Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding a Mn-containing superoxide dismutase  in Eutrema halophilum the authors deduced that the  polypeptide had a putative Mn-binding site. Recombinant ThMSD protein was expressed in Escherichia coli and characterized. Thestudy furtherconfirmed that ThMSD is an Mn-SOD

Dhaka, the 31st Jan., 14. Unlike higher plants, an animal biologist may tend to think that it requires a lot of manipulation and strenuous effort to make an adult cell turn into a pluripotent one. On the 29th January issue ofNature, the science correspondent, David Cyranoskireports that  Obokata, a celebrated Japanese researcher demonstrated that by just squ

Dhaka 31st Jan.,’14. Organized by Eureka Science Ltd., the “3rd Biotechnology World Congress” (3rd BWC) will be held 10th – 12th February 2014 at Dubai Women’ s College. GNOBB suggests that a copy of the abstracts be procured by the members to view topics of the papers to be presented at the Congress and be in touch with any biotechnologist of thei

Dhaka 30th Jan.’14. In an article titled, “Molecular analysis for genetic structure of biotic and abiotic stress resistant genotypes in chickpea (Cicer arietinum  L.)” published in the December issue of Indian J. Biotechnology, seven researchers of a team headed by Rajendra Kumar carried out molecular characterization of  biotic a

Dhaka 29th Jan.,14. In an article, titled, “Metabolic engineering of Nicotiana benthamiana for the increased production of taxadiene,” published in the January ’14 issue of Plant Cell Reports, Kwang-Kwang-Hyun Baek and seven of his associates report the production of taxadiene by transformation of N. benthamiana with a taxadiene syntha

28 Jan., 2014. In  an article titled, “The genome of the recently domesticated crop plant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)” published in the current issue  (23 January 2014) of Nature  vol 505:546–549,  the lead authorHeinz Himmelbauer heading a team of 18 researchersbelonging to various research group

Dhaka the 28th January, ’14.  GNOBB deeply appreciate the  admirable Initiative taken by the University of California at Davis aimed at improving the nutritional status of the African populations. The project was launched by the  African Plant Breeding Academy in Nairobi, Kenya to help reduce hunger and malnutrition among the 600 million Afri