Bangladesh Bioinformatics Society: Launching Proposed
25th March, '09. A meeting has been  convened by Prof. S. Saleheen Qadri at the 

the Centre of Excellence, Dhaka University  on 9th April at 4.00 p.m.  to consider the launching of the Bangladesh Bioinformatics Society.. All those interested in bioinformatics are cordially invited to attend said meeting. GNOBB join hands with Prof. Qadri and wish all round success for the laudable effort he and his associates have initiated. Read Professor Qadri's original letter.

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Further Progress toward Promoting Bioinformatics Facility in Bangladesh

Dhaka 18^th July, ’08. Dr. A.R. Sikder is here in Dhaka toward promoting Bioinformatics Facility in Bangladesh.  He has already met  Prof. A. F. M. Yusuf Haider (Pro-VC, DU), Dr. Yousuf  M. Islam (Computer Science and Engineering,  Daffodil International University), Prof.  Syed Saleheen Qadri (Director, Centre of Excellence DU), Dr Lutfar Rahman (Executive Director, Bangladesh Institute Health Science, Hospital at Dar-es Salaam), Mr. M Fazlur Rahman (MD, Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital), Prof. Haseena Khan (Department of Biochemistry & Mol. Biol. DU), Dr. Jesmin (Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, DU), and Dr. Nasimul Noman (DU) in the last couple of weeks and had fruitful discussion on the issue. There was a positive response wherever  Dr. Sikder visited to explore the possibility of establishing an Institute of Bioinformatics. His future schedule includes meeting with High Officials at BIRDEM and ICDDR,B and Professor Shamsher Ali, President of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. Read More.....


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The Future of Bioinformatics  in Bangladesh: Opinion  by Dr. Haris
Dhaka, the 30^th of May, ’08. We are at crossroads trying our best to decide whether the proposed  Bioinformatics Institute should  be (i)  an independent institute both resident and affiliating; (ii) a part of the National Institute of Biotechnology; or (ii) be established in a public or private university. GNOBB member Dr. Parvez Haris, currently at De Montfort University, UK and an expert in bioinformatics and proteomics has written a thought-provoking reply to Dr. Abdur Rahman Sikder, who can be credited to open once again the issue, initiated originally by Dr. Haris six years back (2002). Dr. Haris describes his sad experience that despite the initial enthusiasm shown by Prof. Jamilur Reza Choudhury and Prof. Zafar Iqbal, the future of bioinformatics is still uncertain in that courses in this discipline have not been launched neither in any public nor in any private university. Pl read the comments  and express yours by clicking here. Read more about what other members say about the Institute.

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An Institute of Bioinformatics Planned in Bangladesh
Austin May 8, 2008. Sometimes things move faster beyond expectation. Only yesterday morning, GNOBB member Dr. Abdur  Sikder, currently employed as a Visiting Scholar in the University of California at Berkeley sought GNOBB’s help to establish an Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangladesh with an independent existence but working closely with Universities and/or other educational and pharmaceutical institutions.  He has already registered a domain name Biobd.org and posted news on the proposed Institute outlining its objectives.  The letter was responded to promptly offering GNOBB’s support and it was also forwarded  to eight Forum members who are working in different areas of bioinformatics collected from GNOBB's database and a few others in BD and abroad. Dr. Sikder was requested to write an article on Bioinformatics and its importance in Bangladesh . In record time i.e., within 24 hours he submitted an article on the subject entitled, Bioinformatics in Bangladesh: an optimistic view. Pl. click here to read the interesting article. Pl. send your comments also. 
Comments: Dr. Jesmin (GEB, DU), Dr. Hasan Jamil, Associate Professor, Computer Science (CS), Wayne University, USA, Dr. Nasimul Noman, CS, DU., Professor Ahmed Azad and Azad-Sikder. Bioinformatics is a means to an end - Azad