Wojciech Gawelda (ES) was elected to the ESUO Executive Board for FEL community during the 18th ESUO General Assembly held on 29-30th August 2022, hosted by the Soleil synchrotron. Congratulations! Wojciech is a distinguished “Beatriz Galindo” Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and an Associated Research Professor at IMDEA…

Group photo (on-site and online) participants The 18th ESUO General Assembly was held on 29-30th August 2022, hosted by the SOLEIL synchrotron. The meeting had participation of delegates from 27 (out of 31) ESUO member countries. In total 32 ESUO delegates joined the meeting, 21 in-person and 11 online. The…

The 18th ESUO General Assembly meeting – an in person and online meeting – will be held on 29-30th August 2022 and will be hosted by Soleil synchrotron. The Election of a new Executive Board member will take place. Registration is open until the 11th of August and attendance is by…

The virtual 17th General Assembly and virtual meeting on May 16th 2022 saw the participation of delegates from 25 (out of 30) member countries. In total 35 ESUO delegates joined the meeting. The topics of the meeting are listed here. ESUO Activities: The meeting began with a summary or recap…

The European Synchrotron and FEL Users Organisation will hold an online General Assembly – our 17th – on Monday may 16th 2022, to be followed later in the year by a face-to-face in-person General Assembly – our 18th – on 29th and 30th August at Synchrotron Soleil. Many thanks to…

The European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser Users Organisation (ESUO) unreservedly condemns the invasion by the Russian Federation of Ukraine, and the war of aggression against that sovereign independent country, its people and its institutions. These tragic events must stop. Our thoughts are for the safety of the Ukrainian people,…

Meeting The 16th ESUO General Assembly – a hybrid in person and online meeting – occurred on October 18th and 19th of 2021, with the host facilities being DESY and EU-XFEL. Elections of the new ESUO President and Executive Board took place during the meeting, ESUO has now become an…

As you may know, a general programme for Trans-National Access (TNA) to synchrotron and FEL facilities will no longer be funded by the European Commission when the H2020 CALIPSOplus project expires in October 2021 (http://www.calipsoplus.eu/trans-national-access/).  This may give rise to severe problems for many facility users. In order to address…

Happy International Day of Light 2021! We are very pleased to celebrate synchrotron and FEL light which enable fantastic scientific research, collaboration, knowledge transfer and much more. 

ESUO medium-term activities proposed as part of the H2020 European CALIPSOplus project and LEAPS, and recently elaborated by the ESUO executive committee, are presented here.