On April 11-12, 2024, from the Department of Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics named after Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan T.K. Raissov, a student of the 1213 group of the 1st year of the specialty “Medicine” N.N. Asabaev took part in the LIX international scientific conference of young scientists “Science: yesterday, today, tomorrow” of the Marat Ospanov West Kazakhstan Medical University (Aktobe), and won the honorable II place with the topic “The role of dermatoglyphics in genetics. The importance and effectiveness of the dermatoglyphics method in the study of Down syndrome”. Scientific supervisor: lecturer of the Department of Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics named after Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan T.K. Yelkenova B.Z.