On December 20-21, 2024, the 1st International Scientific and Methodological Conference of the Abkhaz Regional Academy of Sciences "Geopolitics, Natural Sciences, Health and Sports" was held at Sukhumi State University in Georgia.

The 2-day international event, which was attended by scientists from different countries of the world, was attended by the Director General of the Institute of Microbiology, corresponding member of ANAS Panah Muradov, Head of the Laboratory of "Biologically Active Substances", PhD in Biology, Professor Elman Isgandar, Head of the Laboratory of "Microbiological Biotechnology", PhD in Biology, Professor Konul Bakhshaliyeva, and the Institute's researcher, PhD in Biology Sabina Jafarzadeh. 

The article dubbed “EFFECT OF TRICHODERMA ON THE QUANTITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS OF COMMON WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.)”, co-authored by Panah Muradov and Konul Bakhshaliyeva, who spoke at the conference, was published in the conference proceedings. The article dubbed “BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM EXTRMOPHILES: ECOLOGICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INSIGHTS”, co-authored by Elman Iskander, Konul Bakhshaliyeva and Sabina Jafarzadeh, was also included in the conference proceedings.