2020同步年報

Facts and Figures 135 Visitors from National Museum of Natural Science had a discussion with NSRRC scientists for potential collaboration. Visitors from National Museum of Natural Science A group of 11 delegates from National Museum of Natural Science (NMNS) visited the NSRRC and discussed the possibilities for future scientific collaboration on November 17. Led by Prof. Wen-San Huang (Deputy Director of NMNS), the delegates had a bilateral discussion with the NSRRC researchers. The NSRRC researchers made presentations on the powerful tech- niques of transmission X-ray microscope, soft X-ray tomography, small-angle X-ray scattering, X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorp- tion spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and infrared-related techniques. The delegates from NMNS presented their research on paleontology, micro- and nano-minerals, insects and corals, fungi and microorganisms, cetacean tissue structures of cetacean animals, and body-color structures of lizards in return. The possibilities for future collaborative research were also discussed after the presentations, which provided the NSRRC and NMNS an access to understand further about each other. The delegates also visited the NSRRC experimental facilities at the TPS and the TLS. After the visit and discussion on November 17, details of the collaboration were progressively elaborated. An MOU was later signed between the NSRRC and NMNS to collaborate on research in ecology, archaeology, geology and palaeontology on January 19, 2021. MOUs and Collaboration Sharing new technologies and supporting scientific re- search activities has been a hallmark of the worldwide synchrotron light source community. The NSRRC has, from its foundation, sought local and international collaboration opportunities to build on previous success and to encour- age new partnerships that contribute to scientific progress. The NSRRC has formalized relationships with a number of institutions and universities by establishing bilateral col- laboration and signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MOU). These initiatives are an important vehicle to acceler- ate the pace of growth in research and development that is beneficial to all scientists and people around the world. In 2020, the NSRRC had the following valid MOUs and collaboration agreements in the four aspects: 1. Contract beamlines/endstations • TPS 02A Brain Imaging Beamline with Academia Sinica and National Tsing Hua University • TPS 13A Bio ‐ SAXS Beamline with Academia Sinica • TPS 27A STXM/Ptychography Endstation with Tamkang University • TPS 39A nanoARPES Endstation with National Tsing Hua University • TPS 45A NSRRC ‐ MPI Beamline with Max ‐ Planck ‐ Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids • TPS 45A TKU Endstation with Tamkang University 2. International collaboration on beamline/endstation operation andmaintenance • Two Taiwan contract beamlines—SP12B, SP12U at SPring ‐ 8, Japan • Cold neutron triple ‐ axis spectrometer—SIKA at ANSTO, Australia