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PANOSC consortium signs Memorandum of Understanding with the European Open Science Cloud

PANOSC consortium signs Memorandum of Understanding with the European Open Science Cloud

The Director General of the ESRF, Jean Daillant, representing the 11 partners of the Photon and Neutron Open Science Cloud (PaNOSC) , has signed the EOSC Federation  Memorandum of Understanding with the EOSC Association today, in presence of ILL representatives.

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation aims to create a seamless system where researchers across the continent can easily find, access, and use data and services to drive innovation. By linking hundreds of data repositories and tools, EOSC will make it simpler for scientists to find, share, analyze, and reuse FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) research outputs.

PaNOSC as the EOSC Node of the Photon and Neutron Open Science Cluster (PaNOSC), which includes all synchrotron and neutron sources in Europe, aims to connect the Photon and Neutron European research infrastructures to EOSC. Currently 11 Photon and Neutron Research Institutes have committed to providing data and services to the EOSC Federation through the PaNOSC EOSC Node – these are ESRF (as host institute), ALBA, DESY, ELETTRA, ESS, European XFEL, HZDR, ILL, MAX IV Laboratory, PSI, and SOLEIL.

Read more on the ESRF website

Image: The signature took place in December at the ESRF. The DG of the ESRF, Jean Daillant, signed on behalf of PaNOSC. Mark Johnson (first left) represented the ILL in the event.

Credit: Alexia Daurat

MAX IV and BESSY II initiate new collaboration to advance materials science

MAX IV and BESSY II initiate new collaboration to advance materials science

Swedish national synchrotron laboratory MAX IV and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) BESSY II light source announce the signing of a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The new MoU establishes a framework to strengthen cooperation for operational and technological development in the highlighted fields of accelerator research and development, beamlines and optics, endstations and sample environments as well as digitalisation and data science.

The new agreement increases accessibility and overall opportunities for users to conduct advanced materials science investigations at MAX IV and BESSY II in a smooth, integrated manner. Facility collaboration through project-based initiatives may include, among others, reciprocal exchange of knowledge, instrumentation development and usage, data handling, scientific and technical staff, research initiatives, and PhD programme activities.

“Decades of collaboration between Sweden and HZB—rooted in, for example, shared work on energy-relevant materials and enabling methods and technologies—have continually advanced our field. The MoU we sign today gives MAX IV and HZB a solid platform to keep advancing synchrotron science into the 2030s and beyond,” says Olof Karis, Director of MAX IV.

Read more on MAX IV website

Image: MAX IV and HZB after signing the MoU. From left Olof Karis, Director at MAX IV, Antje Hasselberg, authorized signatory at HZB and Bernd Rech, Scientific Director at HZB.

Credit: HZB / Ronja Gründke