On May 10, 2022, a preliminary discussion of the dissertation on " Study of oil-contaminated soils in Azerbaijan for the detection of new antibacterial compounds at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of ANAS submitted by the former doctoral student of the institute, senior researcher of the International Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology Ayten Gabil Agayeva was held for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 2415.01 - "Molecular Biology". The dissertation work was carried out at the Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology under the supervision of prof. Vidadi Yusibov and academician Irada Huseynova at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of ANAS in 2014-2018. A.Agayeva commented on the main provisions of the dissertation and gave detailed information about the relevance, purpose, content of the work, and the results obtained. It was noted that for the first time, a collection was created on the basis of 578 strains of bacteria isolated from soil samples taken from oil-contaminated soils in Azerbaijan, their screening for antimicrobial activity was carried out and AZ-130 strain was selected as an active producer. It was noted that for the first time, a collection was created on the basis of 578 strains of bacteria isolated from soil samples taken from oil-contaminated soils in Azerbaijan, their screening for antimicrobial activity was carried out and AZ-130 strain was selected as an active producer. This strain was found to synthesize a new compound with antimicrobial activity unknown in the literature. Then the dissertation was widely discussed. The doctoral student answered the questions of the reviewers and members of the Scientific Council and expressed his views on the comments and suggestions. At the end of the meeting, it was decided to allow the dissertation to the next stage of defense.