Lipnya-2026: brought together by science
To the sound of birches, on the shores of the Moscow Sea, where sapboards glide along the water surface in the morning and a guitar sounds loudly around the fire in the evening, they were talking about fundamental and applied research, innovative projects and about the future of scientific Dubna. On 17–19 July 2026, the anniversary 30th Lipnya Summer Scientific School of Young Scientists and Specialists took place at the JINR Lipnya Tourist Resort. Representatives of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, as well as Russian universities and scientific centres, took part in the event organized by the Association of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS) of JINR.
To help participants get into the swing of things from the first day, the organizers prepared a team-building programme. In the “icebreaker bingo” activity, the participants searched for peers who are fluent in several languages, who skydived or visited the Govorun Supercomputer at the Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR. The simple yet effective format set the tone for the entire school and helped bring everyone closer together.
The scientific programme started with a lecture series dedicated to innovative R&D projects being implemented at the Joint Institute. Head of the Innovations and Intellectual Property Department Igor Lensky discussed JINR’s initiative to support promising developments. Then, talks on R&D projects were delivered by:
Alexey Kuznetsov (Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems) — “DSTAR (Detection System for Tracking Angular Radiation) Muon Telescope”;
Inga Zinicovscaia (Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics) – “Testing neurotoxicity and evaluating the accumulation of contrast agents, nanoparticles, and other compounds on animal models in the TaaS (Testing as a Service) format”;
School Organizing Committee,
Photos by Olesya CHEPURCHENKO