Yagut Yusifova and Khadija Apbayeva, employees of the Department of Mycology of the Institute of Botany of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, participated in the "VII international scientific conference of young researchers" devoted to the 100th anniversary of the  national leader Heydar Aliyev, held at the Baku Engineering University. At the event, junior researcher Yagut Yusifova delivered a presentation on the topic “Basidiomycetes of Goygol and surrounding areas” and senior laboratory assistant Khadija Apbayeva on the topic “Preliminary investigation of fungi of the genus Ascochyta Lib. on woody plants in Azerbaijan”. They were awarded with a certificate.