INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO ACADEMICIAN NORAYR SISAKIAN’S
100th ANNIVERSARY BEING HELD IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, APRIL 2, NOYAN TAPAN. International conference on the subject
"Problems of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Radiobiology and
Genetics" being held on April 2-4 in Yerevan and Ashtarak is dedicated
to the 100th birth anniversary of academician Norayr Sisakian. The
conference was organized on the initiative of a number of leading
scientific centers of Armenia and Russia with the support of UNESCO.

As Chairman of RA National Academy of Sciences Radik Martirosian said
at the opening of the conference, N. Sisakian is one of the prominent
scientists of 20th century, whose activity includes many spheres: "The
academician is one of the founders of a number of new directions of
science, including functional biochemistry of sub-cellular structures,
molecular biology," R. Martirosian said.

In the words of Hambartsum Minasian, Secretary General of Armenian
National Commission on UNESCO’s affairs, the international scientific
community highly estimated N. Sisakian’s contribution in the sphere of
development of science. He also said that N. Sisakian was also known
as organizer of science and international scientific cooperation. "He
was member of international and foreign academies and scientific
centers, was elected as Chairman of UNESCO’s 13th session’s General
Conference," H. Minasian said.

Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Astrovski informed
the participants of conference that N. Sisakian’s jubilee was also
marked in Russia: third international conference "Problems of
Biochemistry, Radial and Space Biovariety" dedicated to the
academician’s 100th birth anniversary was held on January 24-28 in
Moscow and Dubna.