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On December 29, 2025, a general meeting of the staff of the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology was held, dedicated to celebrating the New Year and summing up the results of the Institute’s activities for 2025.
At the meeting, Director General Zhambakin Kabyl Zhaparovych summarized the results of 2025, congratulated the staff on the upcoming New Year, and thanked them for achieving high quantitative and qualitative scientific indicators. The heads of the laboratories also expressed their congratulations, noting the laboratory’s contribution to the Institute’s achievements. During the event, awards were presented to scientists who have made
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 annual «Best Scientist» competition of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan!
The results of the 2025 annual «Best Scientist» award have been announced. Following the competitive selection process, 50 scientists representing research institutes, higher education institutions, and research departments of various organizations were named laureates. The award was established in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 1, 2024, No. 103-VIII ZRK «On Science and Technology Policy»
STATE SCIENTIFIC SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
Staff from the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology actively participate in the State Scientific Scholarship Competition every year. This year, Dilyara Aleksandrovna Gritsenko, Head of the Molecular Biology Laboratory, PhD, and Associate Professor, was named the winner (Order of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 596 dated December 29, 2025, «On the Awarding of
Results of the IBBR-2025 Young Scientists Conference December 22–23, 2025, Almaty
The Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology held a Young Scientists Conference, «Current State and Prospects of Plant Biotechnology,» dedicated to the Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Twenty-five young researchers from the Institute—PhD, doctoral, master’s, and young scientists under 40—participated in the event. Over the course of two days, participants presented the results of fundamental and applied research
On November 12, 2025, the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology welcomed a delegation from the Zigong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (People’s Republic of China).
The delegation included: Zhu Yun – Deputy Secretary of the Zigong Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China; Ji Fei – Director of Zigong Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Xiao Xiaogang – Deputy Secretary of Fushun County Committee; Chen Yonghang – Deputy Secretary of Yantan District Committee; Li Jianming – Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office
The Oxford Nanopore WYMM MEAI Summit 2025
Dilyara Gritsenko, PhD, Associate Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology took part in the Oxford Nanopore WYMM MEAI Summit 2025, held on 13–14 October 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya. The summit brought together leading researchers from the Middle East, Africa, and India within the framework of the global “One Health”
On September 24, representatives of ICARDA and the Islamic Organization for Food Security visited the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology
The Secretariat of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) organized a visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan on September 23-26, 2025 by Dr. Zakaria Kehel, head of the Genbank of the International Center for Agricultural Research in Drylands (ICARDA) in Morocco and Lebanon. As part of this trip, on September 24, IPBB visited Dr. Zakaria Kekhel, Dr. Akmal Akramkhanov,
A delegation of scientists from China visited the Institute
In order to develop scientific cooperation, a group of scientists from the Crop research Institute of the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences visited the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology оn September 10, 2025. The composition of the delegation from the Chinese side was represented by leading scientists: Zhang Yan, Associate researcher/Deputy chief; Gao Qiang, Associate researcher; Zhou Yuanhang, Associate
On August 26, 2025, the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology received a delegation from Tarim University (PRC) headed by the rector, Doctor of Sciences, Professor Yan Xianglin.
The delegation also included: The purpose of the meeting is to develop scientific cooperation and deepen interaction between the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology (IPBB) and Tarim University. The main areas are the exchange of advanced innovative technologies, joint scientific research, and training of scientific personnel. Particular attention is paid to creating a basis for a joint laboratory within
Based on the results of scientific research, amendments were made to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Social Protection of Citizens Affected by the Environmental Disaster in the Aral Sea Region”
In 2019–2020, under the order of Ecoservice-S, research was carried out at the Institute under the supervision of Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor A.A. Nurzhanova (executors: сbs Mursaliyeva V.K., Nurmangambetova A.S., Zhumasheva Zh.N., Mukhanov T.M.) within the framework of the project “Comprehensive Assessment of the State of the Environment and Public Health in the City of Kentau and Adjacent Settlements.”
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