Biovision Alexandria 2012 was successfully held from 22nd to 25th April in Alexandria, Egypt. This year the theme of the conference was “New life sciences: linking science to society” . The conference was inaugurated by the Director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina Dr. Ismail Serageldin, followed by a session with illuminating talks from Nobel Laureates Richard Ernst, John Mar

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from an autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing β cells. Currently, the only curative therapy for late-stage T1D is islet transplantation. Even under chronic immunosuppression the beneficial effect is temporary. Apart from a severe shortage of donor islets, there is chronic graft rejection. Recent researches have revealed that autoimmunity of i

In the May 19 ScienceNews, partial success in the restoration of vision is reported in experimental rats through retinal implants. This experiment successfully carried out in rats may in the future lead to partial sight restoration for some blind people. With the help of a video camera fitted on to a specialized pair of goggles, computer images will be formed and processed. Lasers i

With profound pleasure and pride GNOBB wish to felicitate Professor Dr. Kamal Chowdhury for the two recent awards he has been honored with for the academic year 2011 – 2012. The two awards are:The James Hunter Award for Excellence in Teaching (Professor of the year) and the other Attorney William H and Annette B. Johnson Endowed Faculty Award for Innovative Scientific Research

The 12th International Symposium on Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms will be held 16-20 September, 2012 at the Millennium Hotel, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Bangladesh is expected to be represented by Dr. Imdadul Hoque, Country Director, SABP and Dr. Zeba I. Seraj at the Department of Biochemistry, DU, Professor Dr. Naiyyum Choudhury at BRAC University and Mr. Solaiman Haide

The third congress of Young Bangladeshi Biotechnologists (YoungBB) was held on Friday, the 23rd March, 2012 at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet. The theme of the Congress was, “Business Career and option”. The event was hosted by the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Department of the University along with YounggBB organizers. The spontaneous pa

    The members of Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists offer their heartiest congratulations to Dr Firdausi Qadri, Director Vaccine Sciences at the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) on her outstanding achievement in being rewarded Christophe Mérieux Prize. As a Bangladeshi we feel extremely proud and happy

Nobel Laureate H. G. Khorana Dr. H. Gobind Khorana, the Nobel Laureate died of natural causes in Concord, Massachusetts last month on November 9 at the age of 89. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley. For the first time he and his team succeeded in synthesizing a synthetic gene consisting of 77 nitrogenous

A recent paper published in the March 6, ’12 issue of Current Biology by Christin et al. at the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Brown University, USA and seven other authors have adduced strong evidence of Lateral Gene Transfer (LGT) in eukaryotes. The researchers studied the ancestry of the two genes encoding enzymes, namely, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylas

  1st October,2011, Dhaka. As announced earlier, the launching ceremony of the much awaited book, entitled,”Bogshogatir Mulkatha O Gene Prokaushal” was lauched this afternoon, the Ist of October at 3 p.m. in the Hall of the Center of Excellence Building, Dhaka University. Professor AAM Arefin Siddique, the VC DU. was the Chief Guest. Special guests were