In an article entitled, “Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres,” published in the 20th December, 2012 issue of Nature (492:423-427), Andrew H. Paterson and 73 authors affiliated to leading world institutions working in cotton, investigated into the role of polyploidy leading to

When given proper environment and  adequate opportunity, a young scientist may rise to an exceptionally high level.  Dr. Khadem is a  glaring example. He became a GNOBB member since the early days of its creation. Next four years saw him as a Ph.D. student under the joint  Dr. Khademul Islam supervision of  Professor Dr. &

In the Dean election of Dhaka University held on the 12th of December, Professor Dr. M. Imdadul Hoque at the Department of Botany, has been elected the Dean of Biological Faculty of Biological Sciences,  for the next term defeating his rival, Prof. Dr. Md. Abul Bashar by a difference of 10 votes – a comfortable margin considering that it was a micro-election.  Dr.

In an article entitled, “Revealing genetic diversity of tree peonies at micro-evolution level with hyper-variable chloroplast markers and floral traits” published in the 2012,  December issue of Plant Cell Reports (vol. 31 (12): 2199-2213), Suo Zhili with six associates affiliated to seven research institutes in China described  a novel method by whic

In an article, “A soybean cyst nematode resistance gene points to a new mechanism of plant resistance to pathogens,” published on the 13th December issue of Nature (Nature: 492, 256–260, Shiming Liu and 16 of his associates affiliated to five universities in the USA, report of a resistant gene at the Rhg4 (for resistance to a nematode,

It’s with a good deal of pleasure that GNOBB announce that the next Annual Conference of the Bangladesh Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference will be held in Chittagong University 12-13 January, 2013 in the picturesque and historic city of Chittagong. According to the information that reached the GNOBB office a little while ago, the conference will meet in the followin

In a recent article entitled, “Gene duplication as a mechanism of genomic adaptation to a changing environment” published online in Oct. 12 issue of PNAS, Fyodor A. Kondrashov at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) describes the results of an extensive study on the evolutionary theory  on the maintenance of redundant copies of a gene in a genome  over

The keynote speech on “Application of Biotechnology in  Achieving Food Security in Bangladesh was delivered by Prof. Rakha Hari Sarker, Vice President of the Orgnization at Annual Conference of BAPTC&B  held at Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet is now available in PPT format. In order to read the address, please click here.

The first  International Conference in Bangladesh on “Biosafety & Biosecurity in Developing Countries” and the Pre-conference Workshop, was  organized by Bangladesh Biosafety and Biosecurity Association. The number of  organizations who participated in it were:  Bangladesh Live Research Institute, Institute of Epidemiology,  Disease

A seminar on novel prospects of rice genetics was held on 5thDecember 2012 at BRAC University. The speakers were: Dr. Ming Luo, Senior Scientist at CSIRO plant industry, Canberra, Australia and a pioneer in this fast developing area in genetics, Dr. Abed Chaudhury, a scientist in the area of Plant reproductive Biology and imprinting, and  an Adjunct Professor at BRAC Unive