founding states in 1956, however has been suspended from participating in JINR since 2015. Structure of research The main fields of the institute's research are: Theoretical physics Elementary particle physics Relativistic nuclear physics Heavy ion physics Low and intermediate energy physics Nuclear physics with neutrons Condensed matter physics Radiobiology Computer networking, computing and computational physics Educational programme The JINR possess eight laboratories and University Centre. Superheavy Element Factory The Superheavy Element Factory (SHE factory) at the JINR, opened in 2019, is a new experimental complex dedicated to superheavy element research. Its facilities enable a tenfold increase in beam intensity; such an increase in sensitivity enables the study of reactions with lower cross sections that would otherwise be inaccessible. Sergey Dmitriev, director of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, believes that the SHE factory will enable closer examination of nuclei near the limits of stability, as well as experiments aimed at the synthesis of elements 119 and 120. Scientific achievements More than 40 major achievements in particle physics have been made through experiments at JINR. Including 1957 - prediction of Neutrino oscillation in published on JETP by Bruno Pontecorvo 1959 – nonradiative transitions in mesoatoms 1960 – antisigma-minus hyperon 1966 – element 102 (nobelium) 1972 – postradiative regeneration of cells 1973 – quark counting rule 1975 – phenomenon of slow neutron confinement 1976 - element 107 (bohrium) 1988 – regularity of resonant formation of muonic molecules in deuterium 1999 - element 114 (flerovium) 2000 - element 116 (livermorium) 2002 - element 118 (oganesson) 2003 - element 115 (moscovium) and element 113 (nihonium) 2006 – chemical identification of element 112 (copernicium) 2010 – successful synthesis of element 117 (tennessine) Prizes and awards JINR has instituted awards to honour and encourage high-level research in the fields of physics and mathematics since 1961. The Bogolyubov Prize – The Bogoliubov Prize is an award offered to young researchers in theoretical physics. The Bogolyubov Prize – an international award to scientists with outstanding contribution to theoretical physics and applied mathematics. The Bruno Pontecorvo Prize – is an award to scientists with contribution to elementary particle physics. The first award was dedicated to Wang Ganchang, deputy director from 1958 to 1960 and the Soviet Professor Vladimir Veksler for the discovery of antisigma-minus hyperon. The experimental group led by Professor Wang Ganchang, analysed more than 40,000 photographs which recorded tens of thousands of nuclear interactions taken in the