The current online issue of Nature (14th June, 2013) publishes an article entitled “Pan Genome of the phytoplankton, Emilianahuxleyi, underpins its global distribution.” These phytoplankton account for 20% of the total carbon fixation in some system. Coccolithophores have influenced the global climate over 200 million years. They form blooms that can

In an article entitled, ‘A Cytokinin-Activating Enzyme Promotes Tuber Formation in Tomato,’ published online in June 6, 2013, issue of Current Biology (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.061), the lead author Tamar Eviatar-Ribak with five other associates from two different institutes have reported on, A cytokinin-activating enzyme that induces d

The updated GNOBB website was launched at a considerable cost to make it interactive. However, there are hardly any comments on any news posted therein. We are pledged to improve the website but that is only possible if there are sufficient feedback from the members. As already mentioned that it’s on the suggestion of two GNOBB members, namely, Professor Maqsudul Alam and Dr.

GNOBB member, Dr. Talat Nasim, Head, Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Group Bradford School of Pharmacy, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK has requested that the following advertisement be posted at the GNOBB website. The ad runs as follows:  there are a number of academic opportunities at the ranks of Lecturer, Reader and

Some staff members and graduate students of the Faculty of Biological Sciences, DU, who are interested to introduce online Bioinformatcs course are conducting a survey in order to estimate the expected number who would like to enrol in such a course. Will you please take part in the survey by filling in the form attached herewith?

In the 6th June, 2013  issue of Nature vol. 498 ; 8 an article entitled,  “Spruce shotgun sequencing ” has been published.  Multiple technologies have allowed researchers to piece together the highly repetitive genome of the white spruce (Picea glauca), one of the biggest assembled. Like that of the Norway spruce (Picea abies), the draft

GNOBB feels delighted to inform its members that a e-book company has been recently  launched by  Mr.  Iqbal Mahmud and his associates. It has published the e-book entitled, “Promotion of Biotechnology in Bangladesh: National and International Perspective.” Thanks to two GNOBB members Professor Maqsudul Alam and Dr. Parvez Haris for suggesti

In an article entitled, ‘Differential methylation in glucoregulatory genes of offspring born before vs. after maternal gastrointestinal bypass surgery,’ published in May 28, 2013, issue of PNAS ( doi:10.1073/pnas.1216959110 ), the lead author Frédéric Guénard with five other associates from four different institutes have repo

GNOBB feel very happy to announce  that with the support of the US Embassy, Dhaka (BYEI ) is organizing the 2nd National Earth Olympiad (NEO)across the seven divisional headquarters of Bangladesh. The main purpose of NEO is to istimulate students’ interest on cross-connected environmental issues so that some of them get interested to pursue study and career in t

In an article entitled, ‘Mature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics,’ published in May 29, 2013, issue of Nature (doi:10.1038/nature12162), the lead author Gongpu Zhao with nine other associates from six different institutes have used a supercomputer to map the structure of the protein that makes up the HIV ca