It is with a good deal pleasure GNOBB inform the members that in the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) adjoining the National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB) six highly sensitive machines have been installed. Recently Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of the country in a simple ceremony presided over by the State Minister Yeafesh Osman inaugurated Tk 200 crores worth of
Read MoreThe master builders that cause tumor growth may provide insights in cancer treatment strategies. Published in the journals Nature and Science, recent studies conducted by three independent teams of researchers believe that the discovery of cancer stem cells may be a breakthrough in the field of cancer research. Unless the chemotherapy destroys all cancer st
Read MoreLatest Posts from Bitesize Bio: How the Ion Torrent Sequencer works Just before Life Technologies purchased the start-up company Ion Torrent, the fledgling company was dealing with a torrent of another kind—worldwide media interest in its new sequencing technology, which promised to bring the price of next-generation, massively parallel sequencing down to $1,000 per run.
Read MoreJust before Life Technologies purchased the start-up company Ion Torrent, the fledgling company was dealing with a torrent of another kind—worldwide media interest in its new sequencing technology, which promised to bring the price of next-generation, massively parallel sequencing down to $1,000 per run. Since that dramatic announcement in the summer of 2011, Life Technologies
Read MoreCraig Meisner Craig Meisner Country Director–South Asia (Bangladesh) at World Fish Center Cambodia Farming Previous Private, CAVAC, Cornell U Education Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Agronomy and Crop Science at The University of Georgia GNOBB members will be pleased to know that our old friend Dr. Craig Meisner attached to Bangladesh Agriculture R
Read MoreIn an article entitled, “Genetic mapping of two QTL from the wild tomato Solanum pimpinellifolium L. controlling resistance against two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) published online on the 17th August in the journal of “Theoretical and Applied Genetics,” Maria Salinas and her seven associates have reported that resistance agai
Read MoreRice geneticists have isolated a gene that facilitates rice plants to generate around 20% more grain by enhancing uptake of a vital essential element, namely, phosphorus. The gene designated PSTOL (Phosphorus Starvation Tolerance), can significantly increase rice yield grown in phosphorus-deficient soil and also helps regulate the early crown root development and root grow
Read MoreIn a report entitled ,“How the cucumber tendril coils over-winds, ” published in August 31( pp.1087-1091) issue of Science, SI Gerbode, JR Puzey, and L Mahadevan at Harvard University and McCormick AG at Harvey Mudd College have demonstrated that tendril coiling occurs via asymmetric contraction of an internal fiber ribbon of specialized cells. Using physical models of p
Read MoreScientists have identified 56 genes that are vital to cancer cell survival and may represent accessible targets for therapeutic development. In each case only one copy of the target gene is present in the cancer cell due to copy number loss resulting from genomic instability. This study represents a bringing-together of two approaches to understanding the basic mechanics of cancer.
Read MoreScientists have identified a gene that enables rice plants to produce around 20% more grain by increasing uptake of phosphorus, an important, but limited, plant nutrient. The discovery unlocks the potential to improve the food security of rice farmers with the lowest value phosphorus-deficient land allowing them to grow more rice grains to add to global rice production, a
Read MoreThe deposition of first SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing results of a Bangladeshi patient by Dr. Senjuti Shaha, Dr. Samir Kumar Shaha along with their team from Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) opened a new do Read More
GNOBB wishes all its well wishers and readers a heartiest greetings for Eid-ul-fitr. May this special day brings peace, happiness and prosperity to everyone. Eid Mubarak! Read More
GNOBB would like to express its heartiest congratulations to Dr. Hemayet Ullah for his recent publication on identification of functional inhibitor compounds of scaffold protein RACK1 that could inhibit the Herpe Read More