Dhaka October 7, ’13. Jointly organized by CARES and BCSIR, a seminar on, “Impact of R&D on Nation Development,” will be held 8th October in the IFST Auditorium, BCSIR. The renowned molecular biophysicist, Professor Dr. Samir K. Brahmachari, DG, CSIR India and Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research will deliver the keynote sp

22nd September, ’13. GNOBB already published that Prof. Z. Seraj at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, DU has received a  prestigious peer grant (Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research) to advance her research project, Validation of salt tolerance determinants in rice (Oryza sativa L. indica) landrace&nb

September 22, 2013. In an article entitled, ‘Immune clearance of highly pathogenic SIV infection’ published in September 11, 2013, issue of Nature (doi:10.1038/nature12519), the lead author Scott G Hansen with twenty five other associates from the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center of Oregon Health & Science Unive

 Some GNOBB members are keen to read South Asia Biosafety Program (SABP) Newsletter. Here is the link to the latest Newsletter published in September i..e., Volume 10, No. 9.

In an article entitled, ‘Bio-inspired synthesis yields a tricyclic indoline that selectively resensitizes methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to β-lactam antibiotics’ published in September 9, 2013, issue of PNAS  (doi:10.1073/pnas.1310459110), the lead author Jessica D. Podol with four other associates from the Departmen

GNOBB like to congratulate the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, DU for arranging a seminar in the last week of the current month on Industry-Academia Linkage focusing biotechnology.  Mr, Mahbub Rashid, a staff member at the above Department has prepared a write-up. The report which emphasized on the urgent necessity of building up a firm bridge between

 Salimullah, CSO, Plant Biotechnology, NIB Dhaka, the13th of Sept.,’13. . GNOBB is pleased to inform its members that it played a significant role in the recruitment of two Chief Scientific Officers (CSO) by advertising last year inter alia these vital  posts in two of its major divisions,  J. Alam. CSO, Animal Biotechnology namely,

Co-organized by a) South Asia Biosafety Program; b) Biotech Consortium India Limited and c) Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, a three-day South East Asia Biosafety conference will be held 18-20 September, 2013 in New Delhi. A large contingent of Bangladeshi delegates including three, namely, Professor M. Imdadul Hoque, Prof. Rakha Hari Sarker and Prof. Zeba I Seraj from Dhaka Universi

On behalf of GNOBB we offer our heartiest congratulations and felicitations  to one of the Founder members of GNOBB, Dr. Abidur Rahman  at the Cryobiofrontier  Research Center, Iwate University, Japan and his associates affiliated to Samuel Roberts Foundation, Oklahoma, USA and Reproduction et Developpment des Plantes, Geraland –Lyon Sud, France for their most r

In an article entitled, ‘A reversible gene trap collection empowers haploid genetics in human cells’ published in August 25, 2013, issue of Nature Methods  (DOI:10.1038/nMeth.2609), the lead author Tilmann Bürckstümmer with thirty four other associates from  Austrian biotechnology company Haplogen and the Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM)