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Tbilisi State University has opened a state-of-the-art interuniversity translational neuroscience research laboratory (“Hub”), which will allow interested researchers and students to explore various aspects of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the nervous system.
The laboratory was established as part of the CIF grant project “Development and Implementation of a Modern Translational Neuroscience Program in Georgian Universities for the Improvement of Higher Medical Education.” The interuniversity hub includes three universities: Tbilisi State University, Caucasus International University, and Grigol Robakidze University.
As part of the project, an interuniversity structured doctoral program in Translational Neuroscience was prepared for the consortium member universities with the support of foreign experts. After accreditation, PhD students will work under the supervision of Georgian and foreign co-supervisors.
The opening ceremony of the laboratory was attended by Nino Gvenetadze, TSU’s Deputy Rector; Maia Bitskinashvili, Dean of the TSU Faculty of Medicine; Tamar Sanikidze, Executive Director of the Innovation, Inclusion and Quality Project – Georgia I2Q (WB); as well as representatives of partner universities, professors, and students.
Professor Dimitri Kordzaia, head of the TSU Institute of Morphology, said that the Translational Neuroscience Research and Training Laboratory at TSU will offer training to students from TSU and partner universities. “The project’s goal is to develop an educational program that integrates digital tools into the learning process. As part of the project, an interuniversity doctoral program in neurosciences was created with the active participation of foreign experts. With their involvement, this program may become an international doctoral program,” Dimitri Kordzaia noted.
Tamar Sanikidze, the Executive Director of the Innovation, Inclusion and Quality Project - Georgia I2Q (WB), said that the project is being implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia with the support of the World Bank. “This project is a visible example of how a higher education institution can improve learning quality, make research more interesting and use the latest technologies in the process,” said Sanikidze.
The event was organized by the Faculty of Medicine of Tbilisi State University and the Aleksandre Natishvili Institute of Morphology of TSU.
