The first online meeting of the Scientific Council of the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (DBMS) of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in 2021 was held on February 15.
The meeting was attended by the vice-president of ANAS, academician Irada Huseynova, directors of scientific organizations of the department, members of the Scientific Council of DBMS, and relevant employees.
The event was opened by the Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Academician Irada Huseynova, who greeted the participants and acquainted them with the issues on the agenda. First of all, academician Irada Huseynova has congratulated the director of the Institute of Botany of ANAS, academician Valida Ali-zade, corresponding members of ANAS Elshad Gurbanov on the occasion of 70th jubilee, including Ibrahim Jafarov on the occasion of 65th anniversary, and a senior researcher of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Doctor of biological sciences, Associate Professor Hasan Babayev on the occasion of 60th jubilee and stated about their granting with the Honorary Order of DBMS. Then the vice-president informed the participants that the director-general of the National Oncology Center, academician Jamil Aliyev will turn 75 on March 30, spoke about the fertile scientific and organizational activity of the scientist and stressed that a relevant presentation was made to the ANAS leadership on this issue.
Academician Irada Huseynova informed about the decision of the Presidium of ANAS "On the plans of scientific research work to be carried out at ANAS in 2021-2025" dated January 8, 2021. The speaker noted that the scientific research plans of the institutes were reviewed in advance in the section and widely discussed and the necessary adjustments were made, now the plans can be submitted to the Presidium of ANAS.
In addition, the proposals of the scientific organizations of DBMS on the plan of admission to doctoral and dissertation programs for the 2021/2022 academic year were discussed in detail.
Then other issues on the agenda - discussions on partial changes in the composition of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Dendrology, the structure of the Institute of Botany, Soil Science and Agrochemistry were implemented and relevant decisions were made.
Finally, the issue of human resources was brought to the attention of the members of the Scientific Council of DBMS, and Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Zumrud Mammadova was approved as the head of the Laboratory of Essential Plants of the Institute of Dendrology.
