A German-Swedish research collaboration
The Röntgen-Ångström Cluster (RÅC) is a Swedish-German research collaboration in the fields of materials science and structural biology that aims to strengthen research at synchrotron and neutron radiation sources. Enabled by an agreement between the Swedish and German governments in 2009, the RÅC helps initiating and developing cooperative projects between research groups from Germany and Sweden in the above-named fields. Several large-scale facilities from both countries are included in the cluster:
Photon sources
• PETRA III and FLASH at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg
• BESSY II at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie HZB, Berlin
• European XFEL, Hamburg
• MAX IV Laboratory, Lund
Neutron sources
• FRM II at the Technische Universität München
• HFR at the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble
• European Spallation Source ESS, Lund (under construction)
These institutes offer outstanding research possibilities to scientists exploring condensed matter in materials science as well as structural biology. The RÅC and its related calls for applications are handled by the Swedish Research Council and, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the project executing organisation Projektträger DESY.
NEWS
MATRAC 1 SCHOOL - REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! DEADLINE 20TH DECEMBER 2024.
The coming MATRAC 1 School will be held from 23rd to 28th March in Hamburg (Germany) and Lund (Sweden) with experiments at DESY and MAX IV.
MATRAC 2 School - REGISTRATION IS OPEN! THE FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 30. APRIL 2024.
The coming MATRAC 2 School will be held from 1st to 6th September 2024 in Herrsching (Ammersee) and Garching (Munich) with experiments at FRM II.