1 September marks a national holiday, the Independence Day, or Mustaqillik, of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a Member State of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

The Joint Institute cooperates with Uzbek research institutes and universities on 14 topics of the JINR Topical Plan. Scientific centres of Uzbekistan are the members of the BM@N and ARIADNA collaborations of the NICA Megascience Project. Educational cooperation is evolving actively. Researchers from Uzbekistan take part in internships held at the Joint Institute.

The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates colleagues and partners from Uzbekistan, as well as their relatives, on the Independence Day and wishes them good health, well-being, happiness, and new professional successes for the benefits of science and progress!