From 21-22 October 2024, the kick-off meeting of the EU co-funded project Lasers4EU took place in Heraklion. Set on the beautiful island of Crete, the two-day event marked the launch of the initiative, bringing together all project partners from across Europe to outline the ambitious goals set for the next four years.
The launch of the EU co-funded project Lasers4EU on October 1, 2024, marks a new era in laser research. By bringing together 29 leading laser research institutions across Europe, the project offers a central platform with unprecedented access to cutting-edge laser technologies and services for external scientists from academia and industry. Beyond transnational access, the successor of the Laserlab-Europe project provides comprehensive training opportunities, equipping users with both theoretical knowledge and practical expertise in laser technologies and applications. The project will receive 5 million euros from the European Union.
On 21 September 2024, the community from the Laserlab-Europe Expert Group “Micro- and Nano-Structured Materials for Experiments with High-Power Lasers” gathered in Lisbon, Portugal.
The goal of this Laserlab-Europe event in collaboration with ICFO Frontiers Research Schools is to introduce various methods of data analysis and treatment, develop an understanding of when to use each method, and provide hands-on practice with examples. These methods are applicable to both spectroscopy and imaging.
From 27 to 29 May 2024, the Laserlab-Europe community gathered in Lisbon for the Laserlab-Europe Conference. During the conference, results and access highlights from the Laserlab-Europe V project were presented.
Laserlab-Europe organises a training event on laser-induced printing for microscale additive fabrication at the Laser Plasma and Photonic Processes laboratory (LP3 UMR 7341 CNRS AMU) on the Campus of Luminy, Marseille (France).
The General Assembly of Laserlab-Europe AISBL, the international not-for-profit association representing 47 leading laser research infrastructures in 22 European countries, has elected a new Management Board at its meeting on 29 May 2024.
The third round of proposal evaluations for the EURIZON Fellowship Programme for Ukraine has concluded, resulting in the selection of additional 34 groups of scientists in Ukraine. These successful applicants and their team members will all be granted individual funding for a period of up to 12 months.
Laserlab-Europe organizes a Summer School on Advanced Experimental Training in Laser Physics and Ultrashort Pulse Characterization held on August 19 to 23, 2024 at the Vilnius University Laser Research Center, Lithuania.
Laserlab-Europe organizes a Summer School on Hands-on Design of Metasurfaces for Ultrafast Lasers held on July 24 to 26, 2024 (Wednesday - Friday) at the Institute for Experimental Physics at Graz University of Technology, Austria.
More than 100 participants gathered on a hybrid meeting at DESY on 14-15 March to officially kick-off the new EU project RIANA. RIANA (standing for Research Infrastructure Access in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology) has officially been launched on 1 March to offer access to Europe’s leading facilities in nanoscience and nanotechnology that are at the heart of the development of new materials for prosperity and sustainability.
Are you motivated to develop materials for the #CircularEconomy? The 3rd ReMade-TNA call is now open until 10 April 2024.
After the success of the CARLA project, the European consortium, coordinated by ICFO, has launched the 360 CARLA project, a comprehensive career development initiative aimed at shaping the future of photonics professionals.
Are you motivated to develop materials for the Circular Economy? As a hub for materials research, ReMade@ARI provides scientists, SME’s and industries exploring the properties and structures of recyclable materials with coordinated access to more than 50 European analytical research infrastructures. Remade@ARI has now opened the second call for proposals from SMEs.
Laserlab-Europe organises a Training Course on Intense Lasers that will be held on 27-31 May 2024 at the PYLA-ALPHANOV Training Center in Talence (Bordeaux), France.
On 20 December, scientists from the Laserlab-Europe partners Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short-Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI, Berlin) and Helmholtz Institute Jena (HIJ) met together with colleagues from the Centre for Advanced Laser Applications (CALA, Munich) in Berlin to foster the collaboration of laser institutes within the TANGO community. The agenda included hardware infrastructure, integration of existing software components, and control-system design.
From 28-29 November, the Laserlab-Europe Annual Meeting 2023 was held in Croatia. Hosted by CALT at the Institute of Physics, 35 participants came together in the beautiful city of Zagreb, to report on the recent activities and engage in fruitful discussions and exchange. 10 more partners joined the hybrid event online.
Good news for continued services to the Laserlab-Europe user community: The project proposal of Lasers4EU has been approved by the European Union. The successor of the Laserlab-Europe project will start 1 October 2024, ensuring that users can apply for transnational access projects on a large variety of scientific topics during the next five years.
