On the occasion of the 43rd birth day of BRRI (formerly EPRRI ), Dr Mohammad Abdul Mannan, the DG of disclosed the Institute granted an interview to a correspondent of Prothom Alo  In that interview the DG disclosed that BRRI released recently five varieties, the latest being BRRI 58 which was marketed in 2012. The details of the five recent varieties are as follows: BRRI dhan5

DNA sequencing has had a profound impact on life science research and medicine. The reductions in cost and time for generating DNA sequencing are expected to lead to a new era of personalized medicine opening new approaches for treating cancers and other serious diseases. Molecular biologists believe that the cost of sequencing will further drop at an exponential rate consisten

In an article entitled, “Molecular mapping of vernalization requirement and fertility   restoration genes in carrot,” published in Sept. 26, 2012 issue of TAG Theoretical  and Applied Genetics (vol 125, 2012) MS Alessandro and three of her associates reported the genes responsible for vernalization. Carrot (Daucus carota 2n = 18) is characterized

Dear GNOBB members, Only a couple of days back a news item was posted in our website. That posting was an invitation jointly from USAID and NSF under their PEER Program to GNOBB members to submit a suitable joint  project. involving a Bangladeshi University/research institution and a USA University/research organization. In response to this call a GNOBB member, a US based

There are a number of pressing problems to understand in depth the various mechanisms underlying evolutionary processes of both animal and plant species. For instance, there are instances in which chromosomal rearrangements are not reflected in the morphology of a species. Holocarpha virgata of the Asteraceae family is a glaring example of this type.  In a special iss

The Director General Islamic Academy of Sciences  (IAS) has requested its fellows  to circulate the following notice issued by  PEER (The Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research) for distribution among the researchers in their respective country. PEER is a program sponsored by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to meet the world&rs

The 12th International Symposium of Biosafety on GMO concluded successfully at St. Louis, Missouri. As already announced Bangladesh was represented at the Symposium by Prof. M. Imdadul Hoque Country Coordinator SABP, Prof. Zeba Seraj and Dr. Chowdhury Member Director Crops, BARC. A brief account of the conference is presented in the attached ISBGMO.

In the September 21 issue of  Science, Jocelin Kaiser  reports that a good deal of  interest was generated in the late 1970s that regular uptake of a low dose of aspirin prevents the occurrence of intestinal tumors. However in the next 40 years or so, the enthusiasm to block colon cancer with aspirin declined. Again within the last two years a series of

The reply the GNOBB coordinator received from Dr. Maqsudul Alam is reproduced below. Hope GnOBB readers will enjoy the contents of the letter. “We are very excited to handle the Snow White* issue. The metabolic reconstruction pathway is giving us an edge to address the pathogenic issue and host-pathogen interaction. The good thing that we do have both genomes at our hand, so

In the most recent issue (Sept. 19) BMC Genomics 2012, 13:493) Maqsudul Alam and 14 of his associates  mostly at BJRI published an article entitled, “Tools to kill: Genome of one of the most destructive plant pathogenic fungi Macrophomina phaseolina unraveled the base sequence of  Prof. Dr. Maqsudul Alam this extremely harmful pathogen affecting