At the al-Farabi Kazakh National University Khaidarov Saken Zharkynovich will defend his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: “Study of antiviral activity of drugs against the SARS-COV-2 virus in vitro” by the educational program “8D05110 - Virology". The dissertation was completed at the Department of Biotechnology and Biology of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and “the Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems” LLP.
Form of defense - Dissertation work.
Language of the defense: English
Official reviewers:
1. Kairat Kazybaevich Tabynov - PhD, Associate Professor, Leading Researcher, International Center for Vaccinology, Kazakh National Agar Research University (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Specialty: 6D120100 – Veterinary Medicine.
2. Nailya Akhtamovna Ibragimova, PhD, Head of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Laboratory, Scientific Center for Anti-Infectious Drugs (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Specialty: 03.00.25 – Cytology, Histology, and Cell Biology.
Scientific supervisors:
1. Burashev Yerbol Dosanovich - PhD, Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Head of the Laboratory "Monitoring of Infectious Diseases" (Gvardeysky settlement, Zhambyl region, Kazakhstan).
2. Tulman Edan-Robert - PhD, Associate Professor, Lead Specialist, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut (Connecticut, USA).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Bogoyavlensky Andrey Pavlinovich - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Antiviral Defense, Scientific and Production Center of Microbiology and Virology (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
2. Seidakhmetova Roza Battalovna – Candidate of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Evidence-Based Medicine, Karaganda Medical University (Karaganda, Kazakhstan).
3. Buzitskaya Zhanna – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Vector Vaccines of the Research Institute of Influenza named after A.A. Smorodintsev (St. Petersburg, Russia).
The defense will be held in a hybrid format (online/offline) on January 12, 2026, at 11:00 in the Dissertation Council at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the educational program «8D05110 – Virology».
Connect to the Zoom Conference:
https://zoom.us/j/91938229776?pwd=4kN8e9244CcKCFixUBbg2qhPo2M7dS.1
Conference ID: 919 3822 9776