On December 11, 2019, the meeting of Scientific Council No.16 was held at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies. At the meeting along with a number of organizational issues, the issue was discussed about the doctoral student on Molecular Biology Gunay Zekiyeva’s (supervisor: correspondent member of ANAS Tarlan Mammadov) being sent to the Akdeniz University, Turkey for 2 months. In addition, the head of the International Laboratory Proteomics, Ph.D. Ismail Zulfugarov was presented the honorary decree of the Institute on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his birth.