Dear GNOBB members, One of our dynamic members, Professor Tanvir Rahman at BAU inquired as to whether there is  any agency in Bangladesh through which biological samples could be sent abroad using cold pack or dry ice? He contacted DHL, UPS and FedEx, but without any luck – they do not provide this kind of se

28th November, ’13. Frederick Sanger,  one of the most celebrated scientists for discovering the genome sequencing technique  passed away  the 20th of November at the age of 95.  He twice won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. He was one of just four individuals to have been awarded two Nobel Prizes, the other three being  Marie Curie, Linus Pauli

24th Nov., 2013.  In an article titled, “Generation, functional annotation and comparative analysis of black spruce (Picea mariana) ESTs: an important conifer genomic resource,” published in BMC genomics,  Ishminder K Mann, Jill L Wegrzynand Om P Rajora  have reported the first high quality EST resource for black spruce and identified 493 no

Dhaka the 20th Nov., ’13. The 11th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics takes place 20-23 November in New Delhi. The number of paper presentations is 62 in nine concurrent sessions, while the total number of posters in eight sections is 208. The concurrent sessions are: a) abiotic stress, b) architecture and development, c) comparative and ev

Dhaka, Nov. 19, 2013, In an article titled, “The formation and function of plant cuticles,” published in the September issue of Plant Physiology,” Trevor H. Yeats and Jocelyn K.C. Rose at the Department of Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca discussed at the outset of the article about the considerable progress that has been made in bringing together

Dhaka Nov. 18, ’13, In an article titled, “Efficacy of ascorbate-glutathione cycle for scavenging H2O2 in two contrasting rice genotypes during salinity stress,” published in the November issue of Australian J. Crop Science the lead author Ashrafuzzaman at BAU and four other associates one of whom is affiliated with the Institute

Dhaka 16th Nov. ‘13. In an article titled, “Efficient Isolation of ion beam-induced mutants for homologous loci in common wheat and comparison of the contributions of Glu–1 loci to gluten functionality,” published in the November issue of Theoretical and Applied Genetics,”  Yushuang  Yang and 11 o

Dhaka the 15th of Nov., ’13. In the May 22 issue of Nature, a report on the sequencing of the 30 meter tall Norway Spruce, Picea abies popularly known as Christmas tree in Europe has been published. Its genome study by as many as 55 scientists belonging mostly to Swedish, Italian and Belgian institutes has revealed that it consists of 20 billio

Dhaka the 9th November, 13. In an article titled, “Cytogenetic and molecular characterization of an intergeneric hybrid between Oryza sativa L. cultivar IR56 and Porteresia coarctata (Roxb.) Tateoka published recently in the IRRI  Oryza sativa  (2n = 24) and Poteresia coarctata (2n = 4x = 48) through em

Dhaka, Nov. 8, ’13. Under the auspices of ACI Agribusiness a seminar titled, “Future Plant Varieties through Molecular Breeding” was held in  the Conference Room at the ACI Center 245, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1. It may be recalled that ACI Agribusiness is the leading agricultural integrator of the country and is signif