Dhaka, Jan. 23, 2014. The genome of the hot pepper, Capsicum annuum the world’s most widely grown spice crop, has been sequenced by a large international team of researchers, including scientists at the University of California, Davis. The study also reveals new information crucial for improving the horticultural, nutritional and medicinal qualities of these pepper
Read MoreDhaka, the 7th of January, ’14. GNOBB offer their heartiest congratulations and felicitations to Anowarul Amin, a former student of DMB, DU, now a Ph.D. student at the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas for being one of the six authors of a paper
Read MoreDear members, One of the objectives of GNOBB has been to help Bangladeshi Biotechnologists. I am reproducing below a letter received from Dr. Sarder Uddin employed until recently at Montana State University as a postdoctoral fellow. He urgently needs to be employed in a job suitable to his qualifications and experience. I reproduce below a letter received from Dr. Sarder Uddin whos
Read More2nd January 2014. In a review article entitled, “The place of asymmetric somatic hybridization in wheat breeding,” published in the December issue of Plant Cell Reports, Shuwei Liu and Guangmin Xia have described the method of production of asymmetric hybrids and how such somatic hybrids gave rise to desirable cultivars with respect of drought and salt tolerance ou
Read MoreDhaka December 27, 2013. GNOBB wishes to convey its heartiest greetings and a very Happy New Year to all of its members, contributors, readers and well wishers. The year 2013 was very significant in generating to the scientific world many great ideas that have been hailed all around the globe. Some of the outstanding contributions are: false memory formation idea, progress of HIV tr
Read MoreDhaka, 21st January. In the January, 14 issue of The PlantJournal, Charlotte F. Nellist and nine of her associates affiliated respectively, with the School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK,Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, ChinaandSyngenta Seeds, the Netherlandshave publish
Read MoreDhaka, the 19th Jan., ’14. In an article titled, “UvrD facilitates DNA repair by pulling RNA polymerase backwards,” published on the 16thJanuary issue of Nature (505:372-377), the lead author Evgeny Nudler and five of his associates at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York and two at the Russian Academy of Science
Read MoreDhaka the 18th Jan., ’14. Those of you specializing in stress physiology may like to refer to the following two articles: 1) “Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier Protein SUMO enables plant to control growth independently of the phytohormone gibberellins, “published in the current issue of “The Cell” and 2) “The Ubiquitin-Proteasome sys
Read MoreJanuary 18, ’14. In an article, “Transcriptome in vivo analysis of spatially defined single cells in live tissue,” published on the 16th January issue of Nature, (vol.505:264), Ditte Lovatt and 17 of his associates have described a unique technique to retrieve RNA from intact tissue revealing the expression of the genes resident in that cell. T
Read MoreJanuary 16, ’41. An improved genome sequence for bread wheat, with more than 100,000 genes has been released in Ensembl Plants. The data will provide valuable tools to wheat researchers and plant breeders to improve yield of the world’s vital crops in different environments. Whole-genome dataset for bread wheat is now available in Ensembl Plants
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