Academician Abdulla Garayev’s 110th anniversary of birth

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14.01.2020 / Interesting information Academician Abdulla Garayev’s 110th anniversary of birth

Today marks 110th anniversary of birth of the prominent scientist and public figure, active member of ANAS, Honored Scientist and Honored Doctor Abdulla Garayev, who has a great contribution to the development of physiology in Azerbaijan.

Academician A.Garayev's research objects were mainly related to the dependence of muscle and nerve tissue potentials on metabolism and water carbohydrate metabolism, physiology and neurochemistry of its self-regulation mechanism including, usage of natural balneological resources of Azerbaijan in medicine.

He was Professor of the Department of Normal Physiology of the Azerbaijan State Medical Institute and Head of the Department of Human and Animal Physiology at Azerbaijan State University (1940-1942), vice-rector for scientific work of Azerbaijan State University, and in 1942-1944, rector and head Department of the University (1944-1950). He worked as academician-secretary of the Division of Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences (1952-1956). He was chairman of the Committee for Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic (1961-1963).

Academician A.Garayev is the author of 7 monographs and over 300 articles. Under his leadership were trained more than 20 doctors of science and PhD.

A.Garayev was a deputy of the Baku Council (1948), deputy chairman of the Knowledge Society of the Azerbaijan Republic (1948-1968), chairman of the Azerbaijan branch of the All-Union Society of Physiologists (1951-1968).

A.Garayev received the honorary title "Honored Doctor of Azerbaijan" (1940), "Honored Scientist" (1943), awarded the “Red Star Order” (1944), the “Red Banner of Labor" (1946, 1954, 1967) and medals "For the Defense of the Caucasus" (1946), "Honorary Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", as well as the honorary medal after IM Sechenov. For the first time among Azerbaijani physiologists, he was elected as a member of the International Brain Research Organization.

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