You are cordially invited to an Academy Lecture on "Saline Tolerant High Yielding Rice: Is the Way Forward through DNA Markers, Genetic Modification or Gene Editing?" to be presented by Prof. Dr. Zeba Islam Seraj, Fellow, BAS & Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, organized by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. It will be h

Dhaka, August, 2021. The normal activities in the whole world came to a pause, emerging the new normal, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Frequent mutation inducing nature of the SARS-Cov2 virus is making the vaccines difficult to confer full protection against this virus. The same reason is influencing the efficacy of the antiviral drugs against COVID-19. However, Prof Hemayet Ul

What if I tell you that subtle curry traits are not only meant to make people laugh via Facebook memes but utilize science to make the world a better place? Sadia Khanom,26 from Cheshire, England is a strong-willed scientist of Bangladeshi origin who developed a revolutionary spray acknowledged as ‘Voltique’. This innovative spray magnetizes and annihilates all pathog

June, 2021, Dhaka. GNOBB expresses heartiest Congratulations to Prof Enamul Huq's research team at the University of Texas at Austin. Their work on the identification of 2 tissue-specific transcription factors that regulate thermomorphogenesis has been published in the Nature Communication Journal, GNOBB followers might recall that he presented a part of this study in his s

Applications are now open for the 2021 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Women. The application deadline is 19th July, 2021   TWAS is also working to support sustainable prosperity in the developing world through research, education, policy and diplomacy. This year's edition is open only to women scientists from IsDB least de

Dhaka, 2021. Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Haseena Khan, Prof Aftab Uddin, Prof Mohammad Riazul Islam and their enthusiastic researcher team at University of Dhaka and BCSIR for the identification of a novel lantibiotics produced  by a jute endophyte. The study has been conducted in Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (DU) in collaboation with Department of Ge

Heartiest congratulations to GNOBB member Dr. Talat Nasim and his team at the University of Bradford,  UK. for their recent publication in the prestigious journal "Trends in Pharmacological Sciences" (Impact Factor 13.5). The article entitled Targeting the TGF-β signaling pathway for resolution of pulmonary arterial hypertension is now available online in Trends in Pharmacolo

Dhaka, March 2021. Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists (GNOBB) is profoundly appreciative to Dr. Monzur Hossain for his dedication to Science and Society. We honor Professor Monzur and his team for taking the initiative to bestow and restore our National pride and boon in the form of the famed Muslin for Bangladesh. Enjoy a glimpse of his works in the words

Heartiest Congratulations to GNOBB founder member Dr. Abidur Rahman and his team for identifying the long-sought potassium-independent cesium transporters in plants. The team from Iwate University, Japan in collaboration with the National University corporation Shimane University and The University of Tokyo has conducted the experiment. This cesium transporter has the ability t

American Society of Plant Biology is accepting the application for the Undergraduate Research Fellowship. International students or students following non-traditional academic calendars are also welcome to apply. This is a great opportunity for the undergraduates to access world class research facilities. GNOBB encourage the undergraduate students enrolled in Bangladeshi instit