On December 12, 2022 at 15.00 at the Astana International University, a guest lecture was held by Zhabagin Maksat, Candidate of Biological Sciences, PhD, Head of the Laboratory of Human Genetics of the National Center for Biotechnology, on the topic “The tribal structure of the Kazakhs in the prism of genetics”. Students of biology and ecologists took an active part in the lecture. It should be noted that in October of this year a cooperation agreement was signed with the National Center for Biotechnology. The practical scientists of the Center are involved not only in educational activities, but also work on the implementation of a joint scientific project with our university.