At the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Abekova Assima Ospanovna will defend her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the specialty 6D070100 – “Biotechnology” on the topic: “The study of antitumor activity of coordinated compound of iodine for new drug development”.
The dissertation work was carried out at the Joint Stock Company “Scientific Center for Anti-Infectious Drugs”, a subsidiary of the Joint Stock Company “QazBioPharm National Holding”.
Form of defense – Dissertation work.
Language of defense – Russian.
Official reviewers:
1. Tatyana Georgievna Goncharova – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Scientific Secretary of the Academic Council of the Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Specialty: 14.00.14 – Oncology.
2. Karlygash Altynbekkyzy Zhaparkulova –PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Biotechnology and General Chemical Engineering at the Kazakh National Medical University named after S. D. Asfendiyarov (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Specialty: 6D074800 – Pharmaceutical Production Technology.
Scientific supervisors:
1. Rinat Alimzhanovich Islamov – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Preclinical Research Laboratory with Vivarium, Masgut Aikimbayev National Research Center for Particularly Dangerous Infections (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
2. Armen Konstantinovich Nersesyan – PhD, DSc, Professor, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Dinara Aitbayevna Begimbetova – PhD, Associate Professor, Leading Researcher at ЧУ «National Laboratory Astana», Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan). Specialization: Molecular and Cellular Biology;
2. Ekaterina Olegovna Ostapchuk – PhD, Associate Professor, Acting Director of the Almaty Branch of the «National Center for Biotechnology» LLP (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
3. Serikbay Karimovich Abilev – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher at the N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia).
The dissertation defense will be held in offline / online format on October 23, 2026, at 14:30 at the Dissertation Council of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University for the group of specialties / educational programs: “6D060700, 8D05101 – Biology”, “6D070100, 8D05105 – Biotechnology”, “8D05104 – Genetics”, “6D061300, 8D05108 – Geobotany”, “8D08401 – Fisheries and Industrial Fishing”, and “8D05102 – Biomedicine”.
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Conference ID: 966 5614 2599