On 21 October 2026, the defense of the dissertation submitted by Narmin Natig Sadikhzadeh, a doctoral candidate at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Lankaran State University, was held at the Genetic Resources Institute of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The dissertation was presented at a meeting of the FD 1.37 Dissertation Council. The candidate presented the main findings of her research entitled “Investigation of the Cardiological and Genetic Aspects of Fabry Disease in the Population of the Lankaran-Astara Region”, in the specialty of Genetics, to the members of the Council and other participants.

During the defense, the reviews of the official opponents were heard, and the candidate responded to questions from the Council members and participants. Discussions focused on the scientific significance of the dissertation, the findings obtained, and the principal conclusions of the research.

Based on the results of the secret ballot, the Council decided to petition the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology to Narmin Natig Sadikhzadeh.