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Comparison between Agrobacterium-mediated and Direct Gene Transfer using the Gene Gun

Comparison between Agrobacterium-mediated and Direct Gene Transfer using the Gene Gun

Dec. 3, 2013. In an article titled, “Comparison between Agrobacterium-mediated and Direct Gene Transfer Using the Gene Gun,” published in  the November issue of Plant Cell Reports (vol. 940 (3-16), Caixia Gao and Klaus K. Nielsen have described efficient protocols for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation for grasses. Like dicotyledons they have

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Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar

Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar

29th Nov., 2013. In an article titled, “Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar,”  published in the November issue of Nature Communications, the two lead authors, Jun Wang and Liu Jianquan along with 41 associates report the genome sequence of the desert poplar, Populus euphratica. This species exhibits a

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It’s one of the best things that has ever happened to GNOBB

It’s one of the best things that has ever happened to GNOBB

Nov. 28, 2013. As the Coordinator I feel so happy that within less than three hours, GNOBB has been able to provide a very important piece of information to Dr. Tanvir Rahman  who desperately needed to know how he could transship material which requires refrigeration. Mr AKM Faizur Rahman, Managing Director  of M/S RIFA Enterprise has replied that his compan

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Is there any agency in Bangladesh through which biological samples could be sent abroad using cold pack or dry ice?

Is there any agency in Bangladesh through which biological samples could be sent abroad using cold  pack or dry ice?

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

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As GNOBB readers we pay a rich tribute to Frederick Sanger – the discoverer of DNA sequencing

As GNOBB readers we pay a rich tribute to Frederick Sanger – the discoverer of DNA sequencing

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

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Generation, functional annotation and comparative analysis of black spruce

Generation, functional annotation and comparative analysis of black spruce

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

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The 11th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics 20-23 Nov, at New Delhi

The 11th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics 20-23 Nov, at New Delhi

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

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Recent advances on the formation and function of plant cuticles

Recent advances on the formation and function of plant cuticles

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

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Efficacy of ascorbate-glutathione cycle in Pokkali and salt sensitive BRRI dhan 29

Efficacy of ascorbate-glutathione cycle in Pokkali and salt sensitive BRRI dhan 29

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

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High ion beam induced bread wheat mutants

High ion beam induced bread wheat mutants

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

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Dr. Haseena Khan received the Independence Award 2019

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