
At the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Alzhanuly Bakhytzhan will defend his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: «Development of a cell therapy approach for diabetes by engineering tunable insulin production in β-cells» in the specialty "6D060700 - Biology".
The dissertation was completed at the laboratory of structural and functional genomics of the M.A.Aitkhozhin Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
Form of Defense - Dissertation work.
Language of the defense: English.
Official reviewers:
1. Yerezhepov Dauren Adilovich – PhD, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Center for Life Sciences, National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan). Specialty: 03.00.03 – Molecular biology;
2. Akanov Zhanay Aikanovich – Candidate of Medical Sciences, President of the Kazakhstan Society for the Study of Diabetes, member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Specialty: 14.00.03 - Endocrinology.
Scientific supervisors:
Sharipov Kamaliddin Orynbayevich - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Director General of the M.A.Aitkhozhin Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
Panzhinskiy Evgeniy Aleksandrovich - Phd, Postdoctoral researcher at Diabetes Research Group, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
- Akhmetollaev Ilyas Amirkhanovich – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Head of the Laboratory for the Development of Molecular Diagnostics Tools, National Center for Biotechnology (Astana, Kazakhstan);
- Zhunussova Gulnur Sagindykovna – PhD, associate professor, leading scientific researcher, Institute of Genetics and Physiology (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
- Kaiyrzhanov Rauan Bogdanovich – PhD, Associate researcher, University College London, (London, United Kingdom).
The defense will be held on a hybrid format (online/offline) on 16 June 2025, at 15:00 at the dissertation Council at al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the group of specialty/educational program «6D060700, 8D05101 - Biology», «6D070100, 8D05105 - Biotechnology», «8D05104 – Genetics».
Connect to the Zoom Conference:
https://zoom.us/j/93272878050?pwd=Qta4mRmeiDSvuGh4JzgbjdEA8ZHVVM.1
Идентификатор конференции: 932 7287 8050
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