The PaNOSC (Photon and Neutron Open Science Cloud) EOSC Node federates data and services from Europe’s photon and neutron research infrastructures.

It builds on the PaNOSC and ExPaNDS projects, integrating 11 facilities and their catalogues, AAI, VREs, training, and visualisation services. The Node will enhance FAIR data availability, enable AI/ML applications, and strengthen Open Science practices across domains. It connects with EOSC EU Node and other thematic/national nodes to maximise scientific and societal impact.

EOSC Node | PaNOSC homepage

Key objective: To provide FAIR, high-quality data and services from photon and neutron RIs into the EOSC Federation, increasing scientific impact, adoption of FAIR, and cross-node collaboration.

Science areas: Photon and neutron science, including X-ray crystallography, neutron scattering, CryoEM, spectroscopy, palaeontology, imaging, materials science, life sciences.

SCIENTIFIC IMPACT
STATUS & TIMELINE
CAPABILITIES & ACCESS

Interactions with other EOSC Nodes

The PaNOSC EOSC Node collaborates with the following EOSC Nodes via multi-node workflows and FAIR data linking.

How to access the Node

Rules of Participation

The PaNOSC RoP policy is aligned with

  • The EOSC Federation;
  • Open Data policies from LEAPS/LENS RIs;
  • FAIR data principles; and
  • GDPR and ISO security frameworks.

Federated AAI ensures EOSC User access.

Access points

Node capabilities

Federated services

  • AAI
  • federated search
  • metadata standards (NeXuS, PaNET)
  • training catalogues
  • visualisation tools

Data repositories

Nine PaN facility catalogues linked to LSRI databases (PDB, EMDB)

Compute and storage

  • PaN VREs
  • OpenStack clusters with CPU/GPU

VRE

  • VISA
  • Webknossos
  • Neuroglancer
  • Jupyter

File sync-and-share

EOSC EU Node integration planned

Other

  • CVMFS for software packaging
  • h5web for data visualisation
  • competence centres at RIs
COORDINATION