The Centre for Ion Beam Applications (CIBA), a multidisciplinary research centre managed by professors from NUS Physics, has been designated as an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Collaborating Centre for Research and Development of Accelerator Science and Multidisciplinary Applications. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by both parties recently to formalise the four-year collaboration.

The first Collaborating Centre in Singapore to be recognised by IAEA, CIBA joins a selected group of high standard technical centres with outstanding contributions in nuclear science and technology in the world. It is also leading an IAEA Coordinated Research Project on single-cell imaging and irradiation using accelerator-based techniques for applications in radiobiology and cancer treatment. The Collaborating Centre will focus on four thematic areas: ion beams for materials science application, microscopy and nanofabrication, forensics and heritage sciences as well as accelerators for radiology. Read here for more report: Centre for Ion Beam Applications at NUS designated as IAEA’s first Collaborating Centre in Singapore