Congratulations to Viktor Abazov on his 80th birthday!

Today, on 19 March 2026, marks the 80th birthday of Viktor Mukhamedovich Abazov, a researcher of the Department of Colliding Beams of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

Scientists speak about the advantages of the Baikal deep underwater telescope

On March 16, 2026, the TV channel "Zvezda" published a report about one of the largest scientific construction projects of the last decade — the construction of the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope — which has united the efforts of more than 80 specialists from five countries.

Metagenomic study has revealed a unique transitional ecosystem in an underground spring of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory

In late February 2026, the journal Microbiology Spectrum published an article "Metagenomic analysis of the biofilm community at the oxic-anoxic interface of a deep-underground saline spring at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory". The team of authors includes our colleagues from the DLNP Sector of Molecular Genetics of the Cell (Kirill Tarasov, Mikhail Zarubin, Alena Yakhnenko, and Elena Kravchenko) and from the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of INR RAS (Albert Gangapshev).

Congratulations to Pavel Tereshko on successful defence of the candidate dissertation!

Last week, on 27 February 2026, at the B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Minsk), a successful defenсe of the dissertation by researcher Pavel Vladimirovich Tereshko from the DLNP Department of Multiple Hadron Processes took place at a meeting of the Dissertation Defence Council D 01.05.02.

Working meeting "The Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope 2026" underway on Lake Baikal

Working meeting "The Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope 2026" has began on Lake Baikal, in the village of Listvyanka (Irkutsk region). It will be held 25-28 February 2026.

Winner of 2025 Bruno Pontecorvo Prize announced

By the decision of the International Jury, approved by the JINR Scientific Council, the 2025 Bruno Pontecorvo Prize was awarded to Mikhail Shaposhnikov, Professor at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), for the development of theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the neutrino Minimal Standard Model stimulating its further experimental tests.

Laureates of the 2026 JINR Prize announced

At the 139th session of the JINR Scientific Council, held in the House of International Meetings on 19–20 February 2025, it was decided to award the annual JINR prizes for theoretical research results, experimental research results, methodology, research and technology results, and for applied research and technology results. The staff members of our laboratory were awarded three second prizes.

Ayagoz Baimukhanova became DLNP Deputy Director for Science

At the 139th session of the JINR Scientific Council,on 19 February 2026, elections were held for a new DLNP Deputy Director for Sciences. Ayagoz Baimukhanova, Assistant Director for International Cooperation, Innovation and Education Programmes, was elected to the post.

Another expedition to deploy Baikal Neutrino Telescope began

On February 17, 2026, another expedition started on Lake Baikal to construct the Baikal-GVD deep-water neutrino telescope of cubic kilometer scale.

Congratulations to Ivan Suslov on successful defence of the candidate dissertation!

Today, on 17 February 2026, Ivan Andreevich has successfully defended his dissertation at the meeting of the Dissertation Council of DLNP JINR. The topic of his work was “Tellurium-loaded organic scintillators for experiments searching for rare processes”.

Congratulations to Zoya Marlenovna Karpova on her birthday!

Today, on 12 February 2026, Zoya Marlenovna Karpova, Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) and Senior Researcher at Sector No. 6 of Hadron Structure and Hadron Spectroscopy of the Department of Colliding Beams at the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, celebrates her birthday.

Liudmila Kolupaeva: If you have chosen physics as your life work, congratulations, it will be difficult, but interesting

For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the website "Women of Russia" published an interview with Liudmila Kolupaeva, Deputy Head of the Department of Particle Physics at the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems.