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Education
| 1982-1984 | Post-graduate student. All-Union Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms (VNIIgenetika) of the USSR Ministry of Medical and Microbiological Industry. Moscow, USSR |
| 1976-1981 | Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia |
| Degrees and Qualifications | |
| 1987 | Ph.D. in Genetics, awarded by VNIIgenetika. Moscow, USSR. Dissertation "Structural Organization of the Riboflavin Biosynthesis Operon of Bacillus subtilis". Scientific supervisor - Prof. Dr. A.I. Stepanov |
| 1981 | Honors Degree (B. Sc. and M.Sc.) in Genetics (cum laude), awarded by the Yerevan State University. Yerevan, Republic of Armenia |