![Sylvie Jacquemot Takes Over as the New Laserlab-Europe Coordinator Sylvie Jacquemot Takes Over as the New Laserlab-Europe Coordinator](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/sylvie-jacquemot-takes-over-as-the-new-laserlab-europe-coordinator/@@images/23f17fd9-d7f3-4009-9562-2ee2572cd8df.png)
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![Sylvie Jacquemot Takes Over as the New Laserlab-Europe Coordinator Sylvie Jacquemot Takes Over as the New Laserlab-Europe Coordinator](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/sylvie-jacquemot-takes-over-as-the-new-laserlab-europe-coordinator/@@images/23f17fd9-d7f3-4009-9562-2ee2572cd8df.png)
![ERF's Review of Working Practices of Analytical Facilities During the Pandemic ERF's Review of Working Practices of Analytical Facilities During the Pandemic](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/erfs-review-of-working-practices-of-analytical-facilities-during-the-pandemic/@@images/746a0e6a-6a17-45e1-abdd-a4ec85c903f8.png)
![The Prague Asterix Laser System (PALS) provided first kJ pulses in Prague 20 years ago The Prague Asterix Laser System (PALS) provided first kJ pulses in Prague 20 years ago](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/the-prague-asterix-laser-system-pals-provided-first-kj-pulses-in-prague-20-years-ago/@@images/8ce4e63b-81c9-420f-9be2-a9061093b12d.jpeg)
![ZEUS User Group announced ZEUS User Group announced](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/zeus-user-group-announced/@@images/4feabe3f-415b-4766-a5f3-19c17ced3250.png)
![Access to the Laserlab-Europe facilities: Changes and actions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic Access to the Laserlab-Europe facilities: Changes and actions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/access-to-the-laserlab-europe-facilities-changes-and-actions-in-view-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/@@images/6a1036e6-93b5-4d68-925a-b27a24d7b16d.png)
![Fast track access to research infrastructures (RIs) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Fast track access to research infrastructures (RIs) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/fast-track-access-to-research-infrastructures-ris-in-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/@@images/2f88e7c2-5336-4dc1-94f8-cc0f7e34ba66.png)
![Issue 28 of the Laserlab Newsletter published Issue 28 of the Laserlab Newsletter published](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/issue-28/@@images/f800d077-7fe6-4a54-8efc-1089485cacdf.jpeg)
![Laserlab-Europe to receive EC funding for the next four years Laserlab-Europe to receive EC funding for the next four years](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/laserlab-europe-to-receive-ec-funding-for-the-next-four-years/@@images/906e7b47-fe2c-4e70-be45-0d06c7cd9305.jpeg)
![Announcement: Laserlab User Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, 27-29 October 2019 Announcement: Laserlab User Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal, 27-29 October 2019](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/announcement-laserlab-user-meeting-coimbra-portugal-27-29-october-2019/@@images/b5ac2038-a77f-4e1d-9fc7-48d6dad3d44f.jpeg)
![Laserlab Conference, Florence, Italy, 11 October 2019 Laserlab Conference, Florence, Italy, 11 October 2019](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/laserlab-conference-florence-italy/@@images/be757b4a-b892-4041-b24d-5c568ab2eb85.jpeg)
![Issue 27 of the Laserlab Newsletter published Issue 27 of the Laserlab Newsletter published](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/issue-27/@@images/8e8e6279-7e41-44a3-9313-1470265d305e.jpeg)
![Wayforlight: The Catalogue of European Light Sources Wayforlight: The Catalogue of European Light Sources](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/wayforlight-the-catalogue-of-european-light-sources/@@images/01517709-887c-48c1-be31-372d0bc0c2ca.jpeg)
![Introducing the African Physics Newsletter Introducing the African Physics Newsletter](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/introducing-the-african-physics-newsletter/@@images/da3b04db-03ef-464a-976e-fb99f3517f7e.jpeg)
![Issue 26 of the Laserlab Newsletter published Issue 26 of the Laserlab Newsletter published](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/issue-26/@@images/d64811e5-b0da-4fd5-b3ac-9bdced834c96.jpeg)
![Laserlab-Europe Workshop on Data Handling and Open Data, 7 December 2018 - Documentation Laserlab-Europe Workshop on Data Handling and Open Data, 7 December 2018 - Documentation](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/laserlab-europe-workshop-on-data-handling-and-open-data-7-december-2018-documentation/@@images/d85d2c7d-3cec-4a07-8d10-0f501d1438f8.jpeg)
Data management and open data are core concepts within Horizon 2020. Initiatives such as the Open Science concept and the adoption of the European Open Science Cloud Implementation Roadmap earlier this year imply that EU researchers will very soon have to work in an environment where data sharing, access and reuse are the norm. With the increasing amount, size and complexity of the data generated at laser research facilities, it becomes necessary for individual infrastructures to become proficient and invest more resources in data management. Simultaneously, there is a need for streamlining and standardising these procedures across the European facilities in order to enhance the services to the user community.
![Laserlab-Europe AISBL was inaugurated and held its first General Assembly meeting in Salamanca, Spain Laserlab-Europe AISBL was inaugurated and held its first General Assembly meeting in Salamanca, Spain](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/AISBL-inauguration/@@images/375e015a-e8bc-45ed-ad6a-647876446504.jpeg)
Laserlab-Europe AISBL was inaugurated and held its first General Assembly meeting with 38 Full Members and 3 Associate Members on 29 October 2018 in Salamanca, Spain. The meeting venue was the Old Chapel for Studies within the University of Salamanca, an historic room used as the Council Chamber of the University, and was part of the 800th anniversary celebrations of the University of Salamanca, the third oldest university in the world.
![2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for key inventions in the field of laser physics 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for key inventions in the field of laser physics](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/2018-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-key-inventions-in-the-field-of-laser-physics/@@images/a02c1d1a-ab0c-4af8-96ac-f420dc4376b3.jpeg)
![Workshop "Visions on Future Laser-based X-ray Science and Technology", Barcelona, Spain, 19-20 November 2018 Workshop "Visions on Future Laser-based X-ray Science and Technology", Barcelona, Spain, 19-20 November 2018](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/workshop-visions-on-future-laser-based-x-ray-science-and-technology-barcelona-spain-19-20-november-2018/@@images/6c02034a-3f76-4c38-8756-aaaf76a07bae.jpeg)
We are currently witnessing spectacular advances in laboratory and facility-based x-ray sources which enable a wide range of investigations with unprecedented time resolution and element specificity. The aim of this Laserlab-Europe foresight workshop is to assess the state of the art and to discuss visions for future opportunities in laser-based x-ray science through technological developments and novel methods for scientific investigations.
![Announcement: Laserlab User Meeting, Paris, France, 29-30 November 2018 Announcement: Laserlab User Meeting, Paris, France, 29-30 November 2018](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/announcement-laserlab-user-meeting-paris-france-29-30-november-2018/@@images/083531ae-091d-4a2b-a061-483b773ae61e.png)
![EUCALL achievements and future prospects EUCALL achievements and future prospects](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/eucall-achievements-and-future-prospects/@@images/a2c3aafb-eb11-4055-8e86-dce3dc58304a.jpeg)
![Issue 25 of the Laserlab Newsletter published Issue 25 of the Laserlab Newsletter published](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/issue-25/@@images/db084181-57f2-4855-bc97-8a4082be5109.jpeg)
![Young Researcher Travel Bursaries for PhotonDiag 2018, Hamburg, Germany, 17-19 September 2018 Young Researcher Travel Bursaries for PhotonDiag 2018, Hamburg, Germany, 17-19 September 2018](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/young-researcher-travel-bursaries-for-photondiag-2018/@@images/6f158eca-9970-43b3-aed9-859e1d1d1c51.jpeg)
![Summer School Lasers in Medicine and Life Sciences - LAMELIS 2018, 11-20 July 2018, Szeged, Hungary Summer School Lasers in Medicine and Life Sciences - LAMELIS 2018, 11-20 July 2018, Szeged, Hungary](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/summer-school-lasers-in-medicine-and-life-sciences-lamelis-2018-11-20-july-2018-szeged-hungary/@@images/26812562-bb85-4102-88fb-0a0f4c24dcf9.png)
Advanced summer school and workshop for undergraduate and postgraduate students of medicine and physics - co-funded by Laserlab-Europe
![Laserlab User Training Workshop on Time-Resolved Technologies, Vestec, Czech Republic, 20 - 22 June 2018 Laserlab User Training Workshop on Time-Resolved Technologies, Vestec, Czech Republic, 20 - 22 June 2018](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/TRT-workshop/@@images/ae6110f0-4492-4b0d-8115-32c597125e50.jpeg)
![Big Data in Imaging - Acquisition & Extraction of Knowledge, TOPIM-TECH 2018, Chania, Crete, Greece, 9-14 July 2018 Big Data in Imaging - Acquisition & Extraction of Knowledge, TOPIM-TECH 2018, Chania, Crete, Greece, 9-14 July 2018](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/big-data-in-imaging-acquisition-extraction-of-knowledge-topim-tech-2018-chania-crete-greece-9-14-july-2018/@@images/a454bcdc-0bc4-4fa0-bb42-51329a965ba2.png)
Summer workshop co-organised by Laserlab-Europe
![Passing of our colleague and friend Bertrand Carré Passing of our colleague and friend Bertrand Carré](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/passing-of-our-colleague-and-friend-bertrand-carre/@@images/3a951db7-1a1e-4e38-b6f1-eea428cdf767.jpeg)
![Young Researcher Travel Bursaries for the "School on Synchrotron and Free-Electron-Laser Methods for Multidisciplinary Applications", Trieste, Italy, 7-18 May 2018 Young Researcher Travel Bursaries for the "School on Synchrotron and Free-Electron-Laser Methods for Multidisciplinary Applications", Trieste, Italy, 7-18 May 2018](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/young-researcher-travel-bursaries-for-the-school-on-synchrotron-and-free-electron-laser-methods-for-multidisciplinary-applications-trieste-italy-7-18-may-2018/@@images/8ef37140-2530-4628-b35c-7c0dace11d9c.jpeg)
![Access Highlight at FELIX: Gold clusters - gentle bond breakers Access Highlight at FELIX: Gold clusters - gentle bond breakers](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/access-highlight-at-felix-gold-clusters-gentle-bond-breakers/@@images/42a1ddf1-2b31-4372-984d-8a6dfae7aa73.png)
Synthesis of large carbohydrates is an energy-consuming multi-step process. Therefore, scientists are looking for a catalyst enabling a direct chemical reaction from feedstock molecule methane to larger carbohydrates. Gold nanoclusters seem to be a promising candidate for such a catalyst. In a recent transnational access project performed at FELIX Laboratory (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) an international collaboration consisting of researchers from Radboud University in Nijmegen, Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, US, and Ulm University in Germany, used infrared radiation to show that tiny gold particles can be used to selectively break one single C-H bond in methane. The results of the project were published in the prestigious chemical journal Angewandte Chemie.
![Issue 24 of the Laserlab Newsletter published Issue 24 of the Laserlab Newsletter published](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/issue-24/@@images/4f83dcf5-fe76-42c6-9184-3de090d52c2e.png)
![EUCALL initiates a Staff Exchange Program EUCALL initiates a Staff Exchange Program](https://www.laserlab-europe.eu/news-and-press/eucall-initiates-a-staff-exchange-program/@@images/f84364c8-cd7d-42ea-9173-fb21372e7339.png)