Prof. Nelly Datukishvili – speaker
Dr. Nelly Datukishvili obtained the doctoral degree in Biology in 1997 from the I.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Georgia). She worked in the area of molecular biology and biotechnology at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biological Physics (Tbilisi), Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (Moscow, Russia), Agricultural Biotechnology Center (Godollo, Hungary), Gent Agricultural Research Centre (IVLO, Belgium). Since 2004 Dr. Datukishvili has initiated molecular study and analysis of genetically modified plants and foods in Georgia. Currently, she is an associate professor at Ilia State University and she leads the GMO group at Ivane Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine. She has more than 50 publications and conference presentations.