On March 30, 2021, the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of ANAS held an entrance exam for doctoral study in the specialty "Molecular Biology" for the preparation of Doctor of Philosophy for 2020.

Chairman of the relevant committee for conducting the doctoral exam, director of the institute, academician Irada Huseynova, members of the commission on "Molecular Biology" are correspondent member of ANAS Ilham Shahmuradov, doctors of philosophy in biology Alamdar Mammadov, Samira Rustamova, and Zarifa Suleymanova. The examination committee evaluated the candidate Gulshad Muradova's exam result in "Molecular Biology" with 74 points “good” and "Sevina Khanizadeh" with 68 points “good”.