On January 30, the regular meeting of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies was held. Director General of the institute academician Irada Huseynova opened the meeting and spoke about the need to further enrich the legacy of Jalal Aliyev by working more seriously, expanding scientific research, and increasing attention to personnel training.  The individual work plans of the institute's employees for 2025 were discussed. Academician Irada Huseynova provided information about the awarding of researchers based on the number of articles included in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, according to the letter No. 3-29-68/2-118/25 dated January 21, 2025, from the Director of the State Agency for Science and Higher Education, Ulkar Sattarova, as well as about the competition organized at the institute among young researchers under the age of 29 on the occasion of February 2 – Youth Day.