Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is a multidisciplinary international research center of excellence, specialized in generating high quality synchrotron and free-electron laser light and applying it in materials and life sciences. Its mission is to promote cultural, social and economic growth through:

• Basic and applied research
• Technology and know-how transfer
• Technical, scientific and management education
• Role of reference in the national and international scientific networks.

The main assets of the research centre are two advanced light sources, the electron storage ring Elettra and the Free-Electron Laser (FEL) FERMI, supplying light of the selected “colour” and characteristics to up to 34 experimental stations, where scientists from more than 50 different countries perform experiments.

www.elettra.trieste.it