The history of the Department of Microbiology, Virology, Immunology of KSMA is inextricably linked with the history of the university itself, which was organized thanks to the resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kyrgyz SSR dated September 1, 1939, and the enormous organizational abilities of the first director of the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute, Honored Scientist, laureate of the USSR State Prize, Professor Boris Yakovlevich Elbert. In 1940, he also founded the Department of Microbiology, thanks to which the department has been operating almost from the first days of the founding of the university. A graduate of Kyiv University, who later headed the Belarusian Sanitary and Bacteriological Research Institute, B.Y. Elbert was a man with enormous scientific potential, he, together with a group of scientists, managed to do a lot in the study of zoonotic, especially dangerous diseases, including obtaining live anti-tularemia vaccine, named after the developers: Irkutsk scientist N.A. Gaisky and B.Y. Elbert. Today, the vaccine obtained in those years is considered the best vaccine in terms of its protective properties in comparison with analogues obtained later.

B.Y. Elbert

From 1945 to 1960, the Department of Microbiology was headed by Professor S.I. Gelberg. He trained 7 candidates of science. All scientific research was devoted to the study of tuberculosis. He is the author of a nutrient medium that is intended for the cultivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is called “Gelberg’s Medium”.

S.I. Gelberg

From 1960-1982, the head of the department was Honored Doctor of the Republic, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Sh.Yu. Aldzhambaev. After graduating from medical school in 1938, he entered the 1st year of KSMI. From 1939-1941 he served in the Red Army after the spring conscription. From 1941-1946 he participated in the Great Patriotic War as a division paramedic, regimental medical center, all the time on the front line.

Sh.Yu. Aldzhambaev

He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, medals “For the Capture of Berlin”, "Liberation of Prague". In 1946, having returned from the front, he returned to the 1st year of KSMI and graduated from the university in 1951. He worked at the Department of Microbiology as an assistant, then defended his PhD thesis and from 1959 to 1982 worked as the head of the department. In 1970, in Omsk, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Study of the vaccine properties of mycobacteria 115 and H37 Ra.” During this period, under the leadership of Professor Aldzhambaev Sh.Yu. 9 candidates of medical sciences were trained. All their knowledge and professionalism were devoted to the development of the department and the training of specialists. The main areas of scientific activity of the department were the study of tuberculosis, fungal infections, and severe bacterial infections.

From 1983 to 1989 The department was headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor V.L. Morozov. An immunologist by profession, he brought a new spirit to the scientific direction of the department, new ideas. The main studies were devoted to the study of immunity: the mechanisms of formation of the body's protective properties during various infections, methods of correcting disorders of the immune response. Under his leadership, 1 doctor and 7 candidates of science were trained.

Since 1989, the department has been headed by Honored Scientist of the Kyrgyz Republic, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor D.A. Adambekov. He is the author of more than 285 scientific works, including 5 manuals for doctors, 15 copyright certificates for inventions and patents, USSR, RF and KR. In 1999, he was elected a full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences as a foreign member in the biotechnology department. For his significant contribution to the development of biomedical sciences, in 2005 he was elected honorary doctor of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. 2003-2004 he was deputy chairman - chief scientific secretary of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic. Under the leadership of D.A. Adambekov trained 3 doctors and 14 candidates of sciences. From 1995-2000 he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education and Social Affairs. In the period from 2004-2008 – Adambekov D.A. was elected rector of KSMA named after I.K. Akhunbaev. During this period, many different connections were established with foreign medical universities in near and far abroad countries: First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov, Central Research Institute of Tuberculosis of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, KazNMU named after. S.Zh. Asfendiyarov, Bashkir State Medical University, Belarusian State Medical University, where, with the personal assistance of the rector, the specialization of employees of the KSMA named after I.K. Akhunbaev was carried out.

Funds were found to revise the level of wages and reward university employees for their work, pay 13 salaries, and pay for an academic degree. Repair work was carried out in the premises of the main and morphological buildings, premises occupied by clinical departments, which significantly improved the working conditions of department employees. With the participation of D.A. Adambekov, a system of accreditation of universities of the Republic was developed. Currently Adambekov D.A. continues his activities as head of the department.

D.A. Adambekov

Department of Microbiology KSMA named after. I.K. Akhunbaev is one of the leading departments of the university. The main backbone of the department are specialists with extensive teaching experience, scientific degrees and titles, who are actively engaged in scientific activities.

The main attention of the department's teachers is paid to the educational process, methodological support for the educational process is being prepared, educational work programs, syllabuses and educational and methodological complexes have been developed and approved. In connection with the widespread introduction of computer testing, test items have been prepared and approved for each faculty in all disciplines, which are constantly being edited.

Students at the Faculty of General Medicine are taught in 3 languages: Russian, Kyrgyz and English. In this connection, the staff of the department textbooks on the subject were prepared and published in the Kyrgyz language - “Microbiology” D.A. Adambekov, A.A. Vorobiev, T.A. Abdykerimova. Together with the staff of the Department of Microbiology of Osh State University, the textbook “Microbiology, Virology, Immunology and Epidemiology” was published.

Taychiev I.T., Toygombaeva V.S., Niyazalieva M.S., Aldzhambaeva I.Sh. under the stamp of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Employees of the department organized international olympiads in microbiology, where students from the Bashkir State Medical University, KazNMU named after S.Zh. Asfendiyarov, KRSU named after B.N. Yeltsin were invited. In addition, 2nd and 3rd year students participated in international competitions organized by KazNMU S.Zh. Asfendiyarov, where they won prizes. For foreign students studying in English, an Olympiad was held jointly with the International Higher School of Medicine “Tuberculosis New Challenges and Prospects”, where students of KSMA named after I.K. Akhunbaev took the first place.

International Olympiad in microbiology

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International Olympiad “Tuberculosis New Challenges and Prospects”, PhD Niyazalieva M.S. with 4-year students

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International Olympiad in fundamental disciplines

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KazNMU named after S.Zh. Asfendiyarov international olympiads in microbiology, department assistant Djumaev A.M.

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KazNMU named after S.Zh. Asfendiyarov international olympiads in microbiology, department assistant Djumaev A.M. with 2-year students

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The department participates in the training of residents in the following specialties: “Doctor – bacteriologist”, “Doctor – virologist” and “Teacher of theoretical disciplines”.

The department has a Dissertation Council for the defense of doctoral and candidate dissertations for the academic degrees of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences in the specialties: microbiology, clinical immunology and allergology, where not only domestic applicants, but also applicants from Kazakhstan and other CIS countries have the opportunity to defend their dissertations. For several years, employees of the department have participated in scientific research in projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic: grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic 2017, topic “Monitoring the quality of organization and implementation of planned preventive vaccinations in the Kyrgyz Republic”, grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic 2017-2019 research topic “Monitoring the antibiotic resistance of actual microorganisms responsible for the development of purulent-inflammatory diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic”, grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic 2020-2022 research topic “Development of an algorithm for the accelerated isolation of microorganisms responsible for the development of purulent-inflammatory diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic.”

Round table on the topic “ Fighting tuberculosis”

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Biological research method

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Department assistants Bakirova A.A., Mukhamedzhanova A.A.

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Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor I.Sh. Aldzhambaeva, has been working at the Department of Microbiology since 1983. In 1991 she defended her Ph.D. thesis “Immunological mechanisms of aspergillosis in pulmonary tuberculosis.” "Excellence in Health Care" In 2014, he was awarded the title of associate professor. Together with the staff of the Department of Dermatovenereology, she took an active part in the creation and further work of the serological laboratory in the medical center at the KSMA named after I.K. Akhunbaev, organized on the initiative of the rector, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor I.K. Akylbekov. The medical center at the KSMA named after I.K. Akhunbaev currently operates as the clinical base of the medical academy, where classes are conducted with students and residents of the departments. She specialized in the methods of accelerated diagnosis of infectious diseases at the Litech Research and Production Company (Moscow): “Molecular genetic methods for diagnosing infections.” She took part in scientific and practical conferences “Topical issues of laboratory diagnostics in medicine.” Actively engaged in scientific activities. He has more than 50 scientific publications, including 3 monographs.

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor A. D. Adambekova, Ph.D. since 2007. She worked as an assistant, then a senior lecturer, and since 2009, an associate professor of the department of medical and preventive disciplines at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. B.N. Yeltsin. In 2018, she defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic: “The effectiveness of using modern molecular genetic methods for diagnosing tuberculosis and resistant forms in conditions of high prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Kyrgyz Republic.” Since 2019 in the position of acting Professor of the Department of Microbiology of KSMA named after I.K. Akhunbaev. She took part in the international scientific and practical conference “Clinical Immunology, Allergology, Correctology”, the 6th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Current Issues of Immunology”, the X International Conference “Youth and Science. New trends in independence.”

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor M.S. Niyazalieva, teaches the subject in English for foreign students. In connection with this, she completed training: “Diploma in Medical Microbiology” (D.M.M.)” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ITEC “Certificate Course in English Fluency” program courses in New Delhi, India, “Translator in the field of professional activity. Medicine", 12-month course on the basis of KRSU named after. B.N. Yeltsin, with the provision of a diploma. Improving in the professional field: participation in the training cycle in the specialty “Bacteriology” at the Research Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy of the State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education of the Smolensk State Medical Academy of the Russian Federation. Smolensk, Russia; participation in a seminar organized by the American-Austrian Foundation on the topic: “Pediatric Allergy/Immunology”, Salzburg, Austria; participation in the project “Academic exchange of research results at the Hochschule Geisenheim Univercity”, Center for Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology. DAAD grant. Geisenheim, Germany. She is a member of the Scientific and Technical Group of Experts on Immunoprophylaxis in the Kyrgyz Republic under the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, in connection with which she took part in the seminars: “Fundamentals of evidence-based medicine and methodology for the development and implementation of clinical guidelines”, Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan; “Building capacity for healthcare workers to improve knowledge of COVID 19 during vaccine development.” 2020, Türkiye.

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor A.Zh. Myrzakulova, 1988 -1992 – worked in the microbiology laboratory of the Kyrgyz Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Biochemistry. From 1992-2006 worked at the National Center for Phthisiology as a leading researcher. Since 2002, Candidate of Medical Sciences, specializing in microbiology. Since 2006, he has been working at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology of the I.K. Akhunbaev KSMA, since 2011 - Associate Professor of the Department. She is improving in the professional field: she participated in a project organized by the International Public Organization “Euro-Asian Society for Infectious Diseases” – cycle "Allergology and clinical immunology for medical practitioners" participated in the online scientific-practical school-conference “Clinical Immunology, Allergology and Infectology”, participated in the 1st visiting scientific-practical school-conference of the RNOI in the Kyrgyz Republic “Issues of Clinical Immunology” and “Current Issues of Immunodeficiency States in Pediatrics”, “Current issues of immunology”, organized by the Russian Scientific Society of Immunologists. Author of 30 published works, 6 methodological manuals, including one of the authors of the “Atlas on the Fundamentals of Clinical Bacteriology for Practicing Bacteriologists.”

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Acting Associate Professor A.M. Umuralieva. After graduating from the institute, she worked at the KNII of Epidemiology and Hygiene as a senior researcher in the laboratory of clinical immunology. Since 2004 he has been working at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology of KSMA named after. I.K. Akhunbaev. In 2010 she defended her PhD thesis on the topic: “Immunotoxic effect of antimony compounds.” “Excellence in Health Care”, was awarded a Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, one of the authors of the “Atlas on the basics of clinical bacteriology for practicing bacteriologists”, author of 20 scientific articles. Every year she participates in preparing students to participate in the scientific and practical conference of young scientists and students “Science Days of KSMA”, where the students she prepared take prizes. Participated in the 21st annual final international scientific and practical conference of young scientists and students of Faculty of Medicine of the KRSU named after B.N. Yeltsin “Youth scientific creativity is an effective way to train medical and biological personnel”. She took part in the seminar “Microbiological monitoring in the production of food products, beverages, and pharmaceuticals”, organized by the Biomonitoring Department of Merck Life Science in the CIS countries. She took part in the scientific and practical conference “Topical Issues of Immunology”, organized by the Russian Scientific Society of Immunologists. She took part in organizing a seminar for the 9th service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic “Providing first medical aid in emergency situations.” She headed the center for continuous and distance learning of KSMA named after. I.K. Akhunbaev. 

Senior lecturer of the department Abdykerimova N.A., she has been working at the department since 1913. He is the head teacher of the department. Every year he participates in preparing students to participate in the scientific and practical conference of young scientists and students “Science Days of KSMA”. She is improving in the professional field: she participated in the seminar “An integrated approach to the treatment of wounds of various etiologies in the hospital”, organized by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic., participated in the 1st visiting scientific and practical school-conference of the RNOI in the Kyrgyz Republic “Issues of clinical immunology” and “Current issues of immunodeficiency conditions in pediatrics”, “Current issues of immunology”, organized by the Russian Scientific Society of Immunologists. Participated in the scientific and practical conference “Modern problems of infectious diseases”, organized by KSMA named after I.K. Akhunbaev.

Senior lecturer of the department Kenenbaeva R.M. has been working at the department since 2006, from 2016 -2019 a full-time graduate student at the NPO “Preventive Medicine” with a specialty in epidemiology. The dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences “Medical and social aspects of the prevention of viral hepatitis B, C in young people and adolescents in the Kyrgyz Republic” is at the completion stage. For her contribution to the development of the healthcare sector, she was awarded a Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic. Participated in the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Problems of Infectious Diseases”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Department of Infectious Diseases of KSMA named after I.K. Akhunbaev. Actively participates in preparing students to participate in Olympiads. 

Department assistant A.M Dzhumaev, has been working at the department since 2013. Every year he participates in preparing students to participate in the scientific and practical conference of young scientists and students “Days of Science of KSMA”, where the students prepared by them with reports take prizes. Organizes and conducts events for the organization of student Olympiads related to the departure of students (Ufa, Bashkir State Medical University, Almaty, KazNMU named after S.Zh. Asfendiyarov). Performs the duties of a senior curator of the department, annually organizes charity events with students visiting the “Children's Home”, “Bishkek City General Boarding House for the Elderly and People with Disabilities”. He is the creative organizer of all performances by students and department staff at festive events.