Two Research Projects of Our Laboratory Supported by the Russian Science Foundation

The Russian Science Foundation has announced the results of the competition of small separate scientific groups. A large number of participants were involved in the competition. Experts decided to support 1822 projects, among them there are two projects of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems: “Development and Studies of Detectors and Background Suppression Methods for Low-Background Experiments” headed by the DLNP senior researcher K. N. Gusev; “Development of the Programme of Participation in the DUNE Experiment for Precision Measurements of Neutrino Oscillations” led by the Head of the DLNP Sector of Accelerator Neutrinos.

Survey of JINR Staff Social Satisfaction

The JINR Science Management Department in cooperation with the Subfaculty of Sociology and Humanities of the Dubna State University is surveying social satisfaction of JINR staff with working and living conditions, science activity management and also opportunities to rest. We welcome you to take part in the survey from 1 to 6 December 2021 inclusive. Anonymity is guaranteed. Sincerity and completeness of your answers are the keys to the objectivity of the results. They will allow us to create a real picture of the state of affairs and to influence many decisions on current problems in the lives of JINR staff.

Working Visit of Design Engineers to the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

From 22 to 26 November 2021, the group of engineers of the DLNP Design Department (DLNP DD) led by the head Nikolay Vasilevich Kirichkov visited the Laboratory of Short-Lived Nuclei of the Department of High-Energy Physics of the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI) of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” (NRC KI) (Gatchina).

JINR Youth Grant 2021: Dmitry Fedoseev

We are completing the series of interviews with the winners of the 2021 JINR Youth Grant and hope that it encouraged DLNP researchers to submit their applications for the 2022 Competition. Dmitry Fedoseev, an electronic engineer of the Sector of Research Methodology of the DLNP Department of Particle Physics, is talking about his work and projects to be done under the grant.

JINR Youth Grants 2021: Artem Vasyukov

There are 18 staff members of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems among the winners of the 2021 JINR Youth Grants 2021. The Group of Scientific Communication talks with the winners about their career in science, research interests and plans, and also about activities to be done under grants. Our interviewee is Artem Vasyukov, an engineer of the Sector of Theoretical Support of Experiments in High-Energy Physics of the DLNP Department of Colliding Beams.

Photograph of Bair Shaybonov Recognized as One of the Best in the Competition “Understanding Infinity”

The photograph by Bair Shaybonov submitted to the Open Russian−German Popular Science Photography Competition “Understanding Infinity” is recognized by the joint decision of the Russian and German Parties as one of the best competition works.

“The Artist and the Town”. Personal Exhibition of Yu. I. Sosin at the Museum of Dubna

Last week, the personal exhibition of Yuri Ivanovich Sosin (1930 – 2015) “The Artist and the Town” was opened at the Museum of Dubna. Yuri Ivanovich was an Honoured Worker of Culture of the RF, member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, honourary member of the Russian Academy of Arts, holder of the Honourary Badge “For Merit to Dubna” and of the Public Order “Honourary Citizen of Russia”.

Como sobrevivir en Chile

You are invited to the next meeting of the Spanish Club “Ñ” at the JINR Blokhintsev Universal Library tomorrow, on 18 November, at 19:00! Anastasia and Yury Malyshkin (DLNP) are going to tell you como sobrevivir en Chile (how to survive in Chile). The club hosts and facilitators, Katherin Shtejer Díaz and Marina Mishchenko, are also employees of our Laboratory.

JINR Youth Grants 2021: Andrey Maltsev

We go on with the series of interviews about the DLNP researchers, the winners of the 2021 JINR Youth Grant Competition. Andrey Maltsev, a junior researcher of the Sector of Proton−Proton Interactions of the DLNP Department of Colliding Beams, is talking about how the activities listed in the 2021 grant application are proceeding.

Along the Meridian: from the White Sea to Southern Africa

Tomorrow, on 15 November 2021, at 16:00, the first international JINR webinar “Along the Meridian: from the White Sea to Southern Africa” will be held for several JINR Information Centres and the institutions which plan to open such centres. Dmitry Naumov, Head of the JINR Neutrino Programme, DLNP Deputy Director, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, will give a talk “The Universe through the Baikal Neutrino Telescope”.

Mark Shirchenko Shortlisted for the Award “For Commitment to Science”

The shortlist of the nominees in 14 categories was announced at the session of the Expert Council of the 7th All-Russian Award “For Commitment to Science”. The winners will be declared during the official ceremony on awarding laureates scheduled for the end of November. Our colleague Mark Shirchenko, a DLNP senior researcher, Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, is among those shortlisted for the award in the category “Special Award for Contribution to Popularization of Science and Technologies amid Scientists, Journalists, Teachers and Public Leaders”.

Participants in the JEMS International Training Programme for Decision-Makers in Science Visited our Laboratory

Today, on 12 November 2021, the participants of the International Training Programme for Decision-Makers “JINR Expertise for the Member States and Partner Countries” visited our Laboratory. This time, heads and specialists from research and education institutions of Bulgaria and Serbia came to attend the training programme.⠀