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Successfully continues the project of Azerbaijani scientists in the program “Strengthening the capacity of biosafety and biosecurity in the South Caucasus and Central Asia”
10.03.2015 00:00
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Successfully continues the project of Azerbaijani scientists in the program “Strengthening the capacity of biosafety and biosecurity in the South Caucasus and Central Asia”

Successfully continues the two year project entitled “Molecular diagnosis of various diseases imported crops, seeds and foods with GMOs in Azerbaijan” implemented under the leadership of director of the Department of fundamental problems of biological productivity of the Institute of Botany of ANAS, academician Jalal Aliyev within the program “Strengthening the capacity of biosafety and biosecurity in the South Caucasus and Central Asia” Interregional Research Institute of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice (UNICRI).

For the purpose of reporting the financial results and the results of research carried out under the project for one year, the project participant PhD in Biology Alemdar Mammadov was invited to the head office UNICRI, located in Turin (Italy 2-5 March 2015). In the head office, scientist met with the Chief of the monitoring and evaluation of projects Iziar Arizpe, chief consultant on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials (CBRN) Dr. Horst Stoebel and project leader Dr. James McCarthy Odhran.

Alamdar Mammadov gave detailed information on completed works within one year of this project, instruments and chemicals purchased with the financial support of the project, two scientific workshops dedicated to molecular diagnosis of virus and phytoplasma diseases of plants, monitoring carried out in different regions of Azerbaijan, collected plant samples and the results obtained.

Meanwhile, financial part of the project was discussed with program manager James McCarthy, determined amount and terms of financing for the project in the second year. Then scheduled work plan for the second year.

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