In an article entitled, “Stem cells make muscles stronger, published online in the 20th February issue of Nature (506: 268-269), the author Bradley Olwin and his associates at the University of Colorado, Boulder, demonstrated that the protein called p38 prevents stem cells in old muscles from renewing. When the authors took muscle stem cells from
Read MoreDhaka 21st Feb., ’14. We are delighted to inform the members and well-wishers of GNOBB that Ahmad Kabirat Rajshahi University along with his two colleagues published online a review paper titled, Zinc-deficiency resistance and biofortification in plants,” in the J. Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. The senior author has himself s
Read MoreDhaka, 12 Feb., ’14. In an article titled, “Re-sequencing Data Indicate a Modest Effect of Domestication on Diversity in Barley: A Cultigen With Multiple Origins,” published in the current issue of Journal of Heredity (vol.105: 253-264), the lead author Peter I. Morrell and three of his associates at the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
Read MoreIn an article titled, “Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition,” published inNature (506: 8-55) on its online edition of 22nd January, ’14 the lead author Robert Bagchi and his seven associates affiliated with well-known European and UK laboratories reported that the processes that maintain the dive
Read MoreDhaka, 10th Feb.,’14. In an article titled, “Antidiabetic activity of a triterpenoid saponin isolated from Momordica cymbalaria Fenzl” of the family Cucurbitaceae, published in the February, ‘14 issue of the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, (Vol. 52, , pp. 46-52), Raju B. Konen and two of his associates report that they h
Read MoreDhaka the 9th of Feb.,’14. According to a piece of news published in the last February issue of “Current Science”, Bangalore, India, three out of the sixty marine bacteria species, namely, Kocuria palustris, Bacillus pumilus andBacillus subtilis demonstrated their ability to help degrade polyethylene. The efficiency of the bacter
Read MoreDhaka the 8th Feb. ’14. In an article titled, “The Role of Target of Rapamycin Signaling Networks in Plant Growth and Metabolism.” published in the February, ’14 issue of Plant Physiology, Yan Xiong and Jen Sheen describe the target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase. It is a master regulator conserved among yeasts&n
Read MoreDhaka 7th Feb.,’14. In an article titled, “Towards the discovery of the novel genetic component involved in stress resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana,” published in the February issue of New Phytologist (201:810-824) M. Juraniec and nine of his associates at the Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Ge
Read MoreFeb., 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
Read MoreDhaka 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
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