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Guranda Gvaladze (born June 23, 1932) is a distinguished Georgian botanist, one of the founders of the Georgian scientific school of Plant Embryology , Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor.
In 1956 she graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the Tbilisi State University (TSU).
In 1956- 1959 Gvaladze was a Post-Graduate Student of the N.Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), in 1959- 2003 Research Fellow (1959-1966), Senior Research Fellow (1966-1982), Head of the Department of Cultural Plants (1982-1990), Founder and Head of the Department of Plant Embryology (now Laboratory of Plant Reproduction) (1990-2003) of this Institute. Since 2003 she is a Chief Research Fellow of the Department of Plant Reproduction. In 1962 she received a PhD degree in Biology, in 1973 a degree of the Doctor of Biological Sciences, in 1991 scientific title of Professor.
In 1998 Guranda Gvaladze was elected as Academician of the Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences (based in TbilisiTbilisi ( Georgian or sometimes Tiflis is the capital city of country called Georgia, located on the Kura (Mtkvari) river. The city has more than 1. 345 mln inhabitants, with area of 350 sq. Tbilisi was founded in the 5th century by the King of Georgia Va).
In 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo she received the International S. Navashin Medal "For outstanding contribution in Plant Embryology". She is listed in the Encyclopedic work "Embryology of Flowering Plants: Terminology and Concepts" (in 3 volumes, St.Petersburg, 1994-2000) as a Classic of Plant Embryology. Gvaladze is a member of: the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research/IASPRR ( The Netherlands), the International Organization of Plant Information/IOPI ( USA), the European Association on promotion of Science and Technologies/EUROSCIENCE ( FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.), the Council of the Georgian National Section of EUROSCIENCE ( Tbilisi), the Governing Board of the Georgian Botanical Society (Tbilisi), etc.
Main fields of scientific activity of Guranda Gvaladze are: Double Fertilization of Angiosperms and other important questions of Plant Embryology, Plant Cytology and Apomixis, etc. She is author of the well-known Hypothesis about the role of the Chalazal Polar Nucleus in the Double Fertilization and Consideration about the biological nature of polarization of the Embryo Sac ( 1976). She is author of 180 scientific-research works (among them 3 monographs and 1 textbook).