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Our Botanical garden is the pride of the botanical science of Kazakhstan!

6/15/2020

Today, on June 15, the Main Botanical garden of Almaty was opened to the public after restoration. How many citizens came to support and thank the botanists of the Institute of botany and phytointroduction of the MES RK! It is felt that our colleagues have put all their heart into this matter. Our Botanical garden is the pride of the botanical science of Kazakhstan. We are well aware of many expositions! These are expositions: «Medicinal plants», «Rare and endangered plants», «Dendrology of the north and south America», «East Asia», greenhouse, etc. Well-known scientists, florists and resource specialists, dendrologists and phytopathologists work in the garden. Colleagues, the botanists of al-Farabi KazNU congratulate you on this event.

            In the Botanical garden there is a rich material for theses and master's theses. In the shade of the majestic trees, I was able to check out my student's herbarium, which was collected this spring. At this time, we were approached by adult citizens and watched our work with interest. We were asked to give an interview by journalists and a bloggers of «Khabar». The day was very rich and memorable!


Professor Nazarbekova S.T.

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Al-Farabi KazNU ranks 165 among the best universities in the world!!!

6/10/2020

Just recently, the result of the rating of the best Universities in the world according to QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING was published. al-Farabi KazNU entered the top 200 and took the 165th place.

It was not easy to achieve this result. After all, under the guidance of doctor of technical Sciences, Professor and member of the world Academy of Arts and Science (the World Academy of Art and Science), academician Of the national Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mutanova Galimkair Mutanovicha the whole team and management worked on implementing new approaches and solving problems to achieve new results. The team of al-Farabi KazNU has developed its own methodology: use of new approaches-introduction of an effective system-take into account non-credits and disadvantages - identify and solve problems - achieve high results. The result was not long in coming. Now we are all proud of our common team victory!proud of our common team victory!

 

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The first ever ONLINE event dedicated to the Alumni Day of al-Farabi KazNU!

5/30/2020

In connection with the ongoing quarantine against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources in remote format held KazNU Alumni Day, dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of Abu Nasr al-Farabi.

The online event was attended by approximately 40 people, including graduates of the department and faculty of biology and biotechnology.

Dean of the faculty, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Zayadan B.K. personally congratulated all university graduates present at the event. The Dean noted that the professors of the department are the pride of our university and called for continued development of the Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources.

Event moderator and head of the Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources, Doctor of Biological Sciences Kurmanbayeva M.S. also expressed her congratulations and wished future graduates of the department all the best. Later, participants listened to the university’s anthem and congratulations from the rector of KazNU, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mutanov G.M. and from the Chairman of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the President of the Alumni Association of KazNU, Doctor of Law, Professor Mami K.A. During the event, participants watched the video “KazNU: University, directed to the future”, dedicated to the achievements of our university and vision of the future.

In the main part, a video was shown with the achievements of the department – Smart Green House, winter garden at the Zholdasbekov Palace of Students, “Aquaponics” (artificial pond on the territory of the university), SRC “Center for the cultivation of ornamental species of fish and plants”, landscape and other works carried out by the department. The video continued with speeches by prominent and promising graduates of the faculty and department. First of all, Dr. Biol.Sc. Shalakhmetova Tamara Minazhevna, Corresponding Member of the IAS VS, spoke and reminisced on the past and showed great expectations for the bright future of the university and its students. Next, Director of the Industrial Trout Farm of MG LLP Tursynuli Marlen made a speech, followed by the Head of the bioengineering laboratory of Nazarbayev University – Askarova Sholpan participating from the capital city of Nursultan. A doctoral candidate and holder of a grant from the World Bank Nurkenov Tulendi, who is currently undergoing a one-year internship at the University of Ilinois, United States of America, made a presentation from abroad. The video clip was completed with a speech by a doctoral student of the department, a grant recipient from Rufford Small Grants and young zoologist-enthusiast Bizhanova Nazerke.

In the final part, the distinguished graduates of the faculty spoke online: doctors of biological sciences, professors of the department Mukhitdinov N.M., Saparov K.A., Nurtazin S.T., Musabekov K.S., Shalakhmetova T.M., Skakova R.T. and

The final part of the online event was made by distinguished graduates of the faculty: Mukhitdinov N.M., Saparov K.A., Nurtazin S.T., Musabekov K.S., Shalakhmetova T.M. Skakova R. T. – Deputy Dean of the Dosmukhamedov School of Public Health at Asfendiyarov KazNMU, and Nurkenov T., who participated despite the difference in time between USA and Kazakhstan.

The organizers of the largest online event of the department were: Head of the Department Kurmanbayeva M.S. (moderator), Senior Lecturer Mankibayeva S.A. (Main organizer), tutor and doctoral student Bizhanova N. (Video cameraman), tutors Zorbekova A., Tleshova M. and specialist Pangereyev B. (organizers). The postgraduate student B. Berdikulov, as well as the tutors A. Zorbekova and M. Tleshova worked on editing and creating a video with the speeches of graduates.

 

Bizhanova N.,Tutor and doctoral student

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Alumni Day dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of al-Farabi

5/30/2020

Day of Graduation dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of al-Farabi

May 30, 2020


The meeting of graduates of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology was held in an online format on the ZOOM platform. The event was attended by the staff of the department, led by the head of the department Zhunusbayeva Zhazira Kabulovna, graduates of the older generation, as well as graduates of this 2020 academic year. The head of the department Zhazira Kabulovna made a welcoming speech about the 1150th anniversary of Al - Farabi, as well as a congratulatory speech - "Alumni Day". Further, the meeting participants were invited to watch a video appeal from the rector of the university Mutanov Galymkair Mutanovich. Also, a congratulatory speech to the graduates was addressed by the president of the Alumni Association, a graduate of KazNMU 1981 Kairat Abdirazauly Mami. Then at the event a video was shown about the development and prospects of the department, and a congratulatory line was handed over to the graduate of the department in 1975, candidate of biological sciences Kalimagambetov Aitkali Majitovich, graduates of 2000 Chunetova Zhanar Zhumabekovna, Altynova Nazym Kalikhanovna and other graduates who are currently achieving high results in science. The pride of the department, a 2007 graduate and deputy director of the Almaty city branch of the National Center for Biotechnology Yuri Skiba, who participated in the development of test systems in the fight against COVID-19, also shared a congratulatory speech and thanked the teachers. And also we received congratulatory videos of our graduates who improve their knowledge in different parts of the world and our country. Congratulatory procession was continued by the graduate of the 2020 academic year Konys Kamila.

Despite the fact that the annual festive event was held this year in an online format, our graduates expressed their good wishes to each other, shared tips with the young generation, gave instructions and had a great time.

At the end of the event, all participants together performed the song "Armandastar".

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Day of Alumni KazNU

5/27/2020

Dear alumni of KazSU/KazNU!!!

 

The Department of Biophysics and Biomedicine invites You on May 30, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. to participate in online Alumni Forum at KazNU dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of al-Farabi.

The meeting is held online on the Zoom platform.

 

 

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CONGRATULATIONS TU US ON GRADUATES DAY

5/25/2020

We are congratulated on Alumni Day. 

May 25, 2020

At Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Alumni Day has been celebrated since 2011, and it has become a tradition for many graduates of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology. This year, celebrations in honor of the Alumni Day of the Kazakh National University and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics are dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of al-Farabi. and will be held May 30 in online format. However, despite the various problems that arose with the covid-19 pandemic that swept the whole world, graduates of different years of the department did not forget about this significant day - Alumni Day, and send their congratulations and wishes to their native Alma mater:

Koyshybayeva Zoya Kashkinbaevna:

“I am a graduate of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology, KazNU named after Al-Farabi 2003. During the years of study at the first university of Kazakhstan, I received deep knowledge, in order to realize and improve them, I started working in the field of education. Thanks to my tireless work, I have achieved the best results such as the titles "Best Teacher of the Republic of Kazakhstan" and "Excellence in Education". Currently, I work as the director of one of the best educational institutions in Almaty, school-gymnasium No. 44. I believe that the main reason for such productive work is the great work of the teachers who taught us. In this regard, I would like to thank the head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Zhunusbayeva Zhazira Kabulovna and all the teachers. I especially want to mention my supervisor, doctor of biological sciences, academician, expert in his field, Bisenbaev Amangeldy Kuanbaevich, who taught me perseverance, endurance and continuous self-education. Thanks to the skills I have learned from you, I actively engage in research activities with my students and still maintain a close relationship with the university where I studied. I want to express my gratitude for the work invested in us, for the path that you have shown us and invaluable advice. Dear Colleagues! At the end of your speech, let me once again congratulate all of you on Alumni Day”.

Ryspekova Ayman Bokenovna:

 "Good afternoon! Teachers and graduates of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University! I sincerely congratulate you on Alumni Day. I wish you good health and success in your work. I am a graduate of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, 2005. As a result of my of deep education at the university, I was accepted to graduate school at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology and defended my dissertation under the supervision of Academician Palymbetova Fatima Abylkairovna and professor of the Department of Genetics Aytasheva Zaure Gainetdinovna and completed an internship in the field of molecular genetics in the USA under the Bolashak program. Professor of the Department of Agriculture and Plant Growing at the Agronomy Department of the Kazakh Agro-Technical University named after S. Seifullin in Nursultan. In addition, I conduct research with research projects as part of the grant financing program. For all these achievements, I want to “I would like to thank the university professors, including the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, who selflessly trained us and made a significant contribution to our formation as qualified specialists”.

Otarbayev Marat Kaldybaevich:

 “Dear graduates! I congratulate you on our common holiday with Al-Farabi Kazakh National University graduates Day!

I am also a graduate of our university’s faculty of biology and biotechnology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, as well as the Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources. Today, I am the director of the first in vitro fertilization center "Ecomed", which was founded by one of our graduates Baykoshkarova Saltanat Berdenovna.

With great gratitude and with a smile, we recall the times when we were still students of our university. We are very grateful to all the teachers who have put intolerable, huge work in us, so that we become highly qualified specialists. I would especially like to mention Shalakhmetova Tamara Minazhevna, Bisenbaev Amangeldy Kuanbaevich, Saugabaev Kalamkas Magzamovna. "

 Tokubayeva Anar Adilkhanovna:

 “I am PhD Doctor of Biological Sciences and a graduate of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Currently working as an embryologist-geneticist in vitro fertilization laboratory. I heartily congratulate the faculty of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics on Alumni Day and express my gratitude, especially to Shulembayev Kulziya Konuspaevna and Aytashev Zaura Gainetdinovna ".

 Rakhmetova Nurzhamal Ғalymzhanқyzy:

“I am PhD Doctor of Biological Sciences and a graduate of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Currently working as an embryologist in vitro fertilization laboratory. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the teacher Kalimagambetov Aitkali Mazhitovich, scientific adviser Bekmanov Bakytzhan Orakbayevich. Many thanks. Congratulations to all on Alumni Day".

Aibeck Mursalimov:

 “I’m a bachelor-graduate of 2012 and a graduate of the 2014 graduate student of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. In honor of this significant day, I congratulate with all my heart all the graduates of different years. I would also like to thank all the teachers, the department, and the molecular genetics laboratory where I studied, especially my supervisors Amangeldy Kuanbaevich and Nazgul Abdullaevna. Within the walls of the Kazakh National University, I got the opportunity to improve my knowledge of the academic mobility program at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. After graduation, I conducted research in the field of genome stability and DNA repair at Nazarbayev University and in collaboration with the Gustav Rossi Clinic in France. I am currently pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Arizona, USA, in order to continue my studies. I hope that we will be able to contribute to the development of the future of Kazakhstan, strengthening the knowledge that we received from KazNU and here”.

Askarbayeva Balzhan:

“I am a graduate of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in 2003. Thanks to the knowledge that I received within the walls of my native university to further conquer new heights, I continue to study in the 3rd year of doctoral studies at the University of Southern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. I take this opportunity to thank the department, the university, which was a beacon, a mentor in achieving such heights of my life. I also want to express my immense gratitude to the entire teaching staff of the department, my supervisors, candidate of biological sciences Zhunusbayeva Zhazira Kabulovna and professor Omirbekova Nargul Zhapparovna. In conclusion, I want to congratulate all graduates on Alumni Day, dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of Al-Farabi. I wish you good health and every success in your worthy service to the prosperity and growth of our independent country”.

Kuanbay Aigerim:

 “I am a 3rd year doctoral student at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. In 2018, I became the owner of the Abai Vern grant. According to which, I study at the University of Paris-Saclay on a double agreement between Kazakhstan and France. I do my scientific work at the Gustav Rossi Institute in the laboratory of genomic integration and carcinogenesis in the DNA repair group on the problem of genomic stability and DNA repair of plants and animals under the guidance of Dr. Murat Saparbayev. Kazakh National University gave me the opportunity to realize myself in science. I want to express my gratitude to all the teachers of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, especially to my supervisor Professor and Academician Binesbayev Amangeldy Kuanbaevich. I congratulate all the graduates of our Alma Mater on the day of graduates".

Umit Aliaskarova:

“I am a graduate of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, KazNU named after Al Farabi 2017. Kazakh National University annually celebrates Alumni Day on May 28. In this regard, I would like to thank all the university professors and teachers of the department, especially my supervisors Bisenbayev Amangeldy Kuanbaevich and Sabira Myktybekovna. Studying within the walls of the Kazakh National University, combining studies with teaching biology in English at the Republican Physics and Mathematics School and conducting scientific research of her dissertation work in the department’s laboratory, she gained great theoretical and practical experience. I also attended the summer school of gene therapy at the University of Utrecht in Utrecht of the Netherlands, and thanks to the support of the teachers in my department, I finished the second year of my graduate studies at the University of Paris-Saclay. This was carried out as part of the Abay-Vern scholarship program. During this time, I went through a 6-month internship at the Gustav Rossi Cancer Institute, where I won a grant from the French government. Currently, I have signed a three-year doctoral education contract and am conducting research in the field of oncology at the medical faculty of the University of Paris-Sud. I'm currently doing DNA repair".

Temirkhan Ayupov:

 “I am a graduate of the Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi. In 2018, I graduated from the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology. At the moment I am conducting my master's research at the University of Oxford. I would like to thank the entire teaching staff, as well as my supervisor Bisenbayev Amangeldy Kuanbaevich for the provided knowledge and experience that helped me open the way to the big scientific world”.


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DEAR ALUMNI OF KAZSU/KAZNU!!!

5/25/2020

Chair of biodiversity and bioresources invites you to participate in the Forum of alumni KazNU dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of al-Farabi on May 30, 2020 at 12.00.

The meeting is held online on the Zoom platform.

Date of the event is May 30, 2020.

Starts at 12:00.

The event will be held on the ZOOM platform.

Conference ID 551 893 5241

Password 1234

Contact phone: +7 771 409 3809


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We are proud of our graduates!

5/24/2020

Shalakhmetova Tamara doctor of biological Sciences, Professor, corresponding member of the IHEAS

Shalakhmetova Tamara doctor of biological Sciences, Professor. In 1970, she entered the biology Department Of the Kazakh state University named after S.M. Kirov, graduating in 1975.

In 1981, she defended her dissertation for the degree of candidate of biological Sciences in the specialty "Cytology"at the dissertation Council Of the Institute of Cytology of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

1981 to 1989-research assistant at the Kaznii cardiology of the Ministry of health of the Kazakh SSR (Almaty). Since 1985, she has been a part-time senior teacher at the Department of Cytology and histology of KazGU.

Worked as Deputy Director of the research Institute of biology and biotechnology (1993-1998), Director of the research Institute of ecology (2000-2008).

1995 to 1998 she studied for a doctorate and in 1999 she defended her dissertation for the degree of doctor of biological Sciences in the specialty "Histology, embryology, cell biology".

In 2001, she received the title of Professor in the field of biology.

From 2008 to 2015, she worked as the Dean of the faculty of biology and biotechnology of al-Farabi Kazakh national University, and from 2015 to the present – Professor of the Department of biodiversity and bioresources. Is the head of a number of scientific projects, the results of which have been published in more than 350 scientific papers, including articles in highly rated journals included in the Scopus and Web of Science database, monographs, author's certificates for inventions, patents.

Participates in training, under her leadership 12 candidates of science and PhD are protected. She was the chair of the Doctoral dissertation Council for three specialties from 2000 to 2010, and is currently a member of the dissertation Council for the PhD degree. Awarded two breastplates MES, Silver medal "Al-Farabi finday ASU damuna Osan for valorous labor Les ushin" was awarded the state scientific grant for scientists and experts who have made outstanding contributions to the development of science and technology of Kazakhstan (2005-2006; 2018-2019.) and grant "the Best teacher of the University" (2010).

Shalakhmetova Tamara prove that she is the best professional, unique leader and skilled organizer.

Congratulations to our teacher, colleague Shalakhmetova Tamara, we wish you good health, success and happiness!

 

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