On July 14, the next meeting of the Scientific Council of IMBB was held. The meeting chaired by Academician Irada Huseynova discussed the report of scientific research carried out in the departments and laboratories of the Institute during the first 6 months of this year. The heads of 14 laboratories operating at the institute (including 5 international laboratories) provided detailed information on the scientific and scientific-pedagogical activities of the laboratories, staff training, publishing, scientific trips and monitoring. The work carried out and the existing problems were discussed in detail.