News prepared by Dr. Sabrina Elias The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has elected 35 new fellows in December 2020 among which three fellows are from Bangladesh. GNOBB is proud to convey its heartfelt greetings to Prof. Zeba Islam Seraj, from the University of Dhaka and the president of GNOBB. She was elected in the structural, cell, and molecular biology category. Prof. Zeba Sera

GNOBB wishes the members, readers, and its well-wishers a fresh start to the new year 2021. As every end marks a new beginning let's start the year with unshaken spirits and determination. As well as it's a time for reflection, so let's move forward carrying the take-home message from 2020 towards another ride around the sun. May the new year bring happiness, peace,

GNOBB congratulate A/Prof Akhter Hossain (GNOBB lifetime member) to secure the IDEAS Grant 2020 (~$1.2 million AUD) for 2021-2024 from National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia. The grant was awarded to Dr. Akhter to work on Developing novel peptide-based therapeutics and technologies to mitigate fibrosis. Fibrosis (tissue scarring) is an unmet medical p

Stanford University rsearchers have released a list containing the names of the top 2% scientists in the world. GNOBB members listed includes Dr. Abed Chaudhury, Professor Parvez Haris, Professor Enamul Huq, Dr. Firdausi Qadri and Professor Mohammed Rahmatullah.  Professor Parvez Haris and Professor Enamul Huq are also founding members of GNOBB. The strong academic impa

December 18, 2020- GNOBB is pleased to announce that the new executive committee (EXCO) had been formed under the leadership of Prof. Zeba Islam Seraj. The new EXCO took over the charge to run GNOBB for 3 years (2020-2023). GNOBB wish all the best to the new executive committee for their tenure. The new EXCO list can be found here. GNOBB also would like to take this 

GNOBB is very happy to congratulate GNOBB president Dr. Zeba Islam Seraj, Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka and her research team for coming up with the small scale optimization and validation of a rapid and inexpensive 40 minute colorimetric test for SARS-COV2 virus detection in Bangladesh.  Using the open source information available

GNOBB is wishing heartiest Eid greetings to all its followers and readers. During this Corona Pandemic the eid day will be different from the other Eids. Lets celebrate this day maintaiing social distance but keeping the friendships and loves in heart.

The 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 door for comparative analysis of the Bangladeshi SARS-CoV-2 genome with other  SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences deposited in the public database. Dr. ABMM Khademul Islam and his t

GNOBB readers can follow the link to read a very timely article published in the Daily New nation by Dr. Talat Nasim.  http://thedailynewnation.com/news/250850/coronavirus--our-duties-to-prevent-and-halt-the-outbreak.html/ Dr.. Nasim is a translational medicine researcher currently working in University of Bradford, UK. In the article he discussed our responsibilities and how

A very timely article by Dr. Talat Nasim, University of Bradford England for GNOBB readers on how to stay away from the Covid-19 caused by Corona virus.                                             করোনা ভাইরাস রোগ কি এবং কার�