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An online meeting of the Scientific Council was held + Photo Jun 30, 2020 | 17:05 / Conferences, assemblies

On June 30 an online meeting of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies was held. Opening the meeting director of the institute academician Irada Huseynova acquainted the members of the Scientific Council with the issues on the agenda. She noted that today’s meeting devoted to the 92nd anniversary of the great scientist, socio-political figure academician Jalal Aliyev’s birth. Academician I. Huseynova regretted that due to the pandemic, it was not possible to celebrate Jalal Aliyev's birthday with an event of the defending the scientific works of his students, as it does every year. Academician Jalal Aliyev laid the foundation of new directions of biological science in Azerbaijan in the 70s of the last century, including molecular biology, molecular genetics, gene, and cell biotechnology, mathematical biology, computational biology, and bioinformatics, identified the main directions of their development and formed a rich scientific school. She noted that the voice of students of the scientific school came from well-known universities, research institutions, and international centers in the United States, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Russia, and other countries. Later, students of the great scientist-correspondent members of ANAS Novruz Guliyev, Ibrahim Azizov, Tarlan Mammadov, Ismail Zulfugarov currently works at Busan University in South Korea spoke about the memories of their teacher, they expressed the feeling of pride for being a student of the great scientist, and they noted his exceptional role in the development of biological science in Azerbaijan. Speaking on behalf of the young specialists of the institute, the chairman of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists Ulduza Gurbanova emphasized the scientific and public activity of the prominent academician is an example for them and promised to protect and continue the scientific heritage of J.Aliyev. A number of decisions and orders given by the Presidium of ANAS were brought to the attention of the members of the Scientific Council at the meeting. Thus, the regular meeting of the Scientific Council ended its work.