A regular meeting of the Dissertation Council was held at the Institute of Microbiology of ANAS. During the meeting chaired by Academician M.A.Salmanov, Vusala Haji gizi Musayeva successfully has defended her issertation on the topic "Biotechnological foundations of oil production waste disposal", presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, specialty 2414.01 - "Microbiology", and Muhammad Shoaibi - dissertation "Antimicrobial activity of compounds of functionally substituted cyclohexane series", presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, specialty 2414.01- "Microbiology".
Both research works were positively assessed by the members of the Dissertation Council, and an application was submitted to the Supreme Attestation Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to award the degrees of PhD in biology to Vusala Bayramova and Mohammed Shoaib.