Sponsored by Sloan Foundation Conference on South Asian Science Engagement a two-day workshop organized by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Safety, National University of Singapore will be held in 18-19 October. The workshop will be divided into the following sessions: • Varieties Development of Rice • Crop Technologies and Innovations • Water & Irri

For years cow’s milk has supplanted mother’s milk. Several studies have shown  that 2-3% of children in the developed countries and an unknown number in developing countries are allergic to milk proteins and it is evident from several studies that β-lactoglobulin (BLG), one major milk protein component of ruminant animal milk, lacking in human milk accounts for

This is the second time that within a short span of time Lambert Academy Publishing has published  two books written by our graduate students, Aubhishek Zaman at the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology  and Samsad Razzaque at the the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, DU. GNOBB already congratulated Aubhishek  for authoring the book

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012 to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka for their studies on G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). The molecules (GPCRs) are embedded in the membrane of cells and cause significant chemical cascades when a target molecule attaches to them. That target could be anything from a hormone such as ad

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 jointly to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for demonstrating the potential of a mature cell to be reprogrammed to become pluripotent stem cells. It may be mentioned here that it’s a different story with plants. Through manipulation of the proportion of kinetin and auxin, m

In an article entitled, “Vitamin D accelerates resolution of inflammatory responses during tuberculosis treatment”, published in September 18, 2012, issue of PNAS 109:39; 15449–15454, the lead author Anna K. Coussens with twenty one other associates from thirteen research groups investigated the effects of vitamin D on the immune responses of patients receiving tre

Prof. Haseena Khan at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dhaka University has been offered a visiting Professorship for one year extendable by another year at the Department of life Science and Biotechnology  at South Asian University located in New Delhi.  Prof. Haseena Khan During this time she will be on sabbatical leave from Dhak

GNOBB feel it a privilege to announce the launching of a new  half-yearly journal entitled, “Microbes and Health”.  The journal is the official organ of the Bangladesh Society for Veterinary Microbiology and Public Health (BSVMPH). The No# 1 of vol. 1 was published in June in the current year and the second issue is due at the end of the year. It has

Thirty-four rice geneticists under the guidance Bin Han at the Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other Research Institutes  including one in Japan published a research article entitled, “A map of rice genomic variation reveals the origin of cultivated rice,” in the 3rd October online issue of Nature. This publication

In an article entitled, “Epidermal growth factor receptor” (EGFR)  is a preferred target for treating amyloid-β–induced memory loss”, published online in September 27, 2012, issue of PNAS 1-6, the lead author Lei Wang with eight other associates from seven research groups suggested that a class of presently used anti-cancer drugs as well