On April 25, a meeting of the ED 1.25 Dissertation Council of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held. At the meeting, a presentation was held on the admission to final defense of the dissertation submitted by the Institute's former doctoral student Naima Niyazova for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, specializing in Biochemistry (2406.02), titled “Investigation of the response reactions of tomato varieties (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to drought stress, rehydration, and the effects of potential biostimulators.” The date of the defense and official opponents were also appointed.