On September 22, a training course on Biostatistics was launched at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan within the framework of cooperation with ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas). The course aims to familiarize young researchers with the R programming language and the basic concepts of plant genetics. The training, conducted by Tamara Ortiz, a representative of ICARDA’s Bioinformatics Unit and a specialist in bioinformatics and bioengineering, will continue until September 26.