and various instrumentation (incl. the new Materials Research Branch at the UNILAC) for applications of high and low energy heavy ion beams in materials research and modification (e. g. a heavy-ion microprobe [...] 2026 Horizon EU (Research infrastructure services to support health research, accelerate the green and digital transformation, and advance frontier knowledge) EC Funding for External Research Teams within [...] of nuclear physics, atomic physics and dense plasma research. At the same time, forefront application-oriented research is being performed in material science, biophysics and radiation medicine. The laboratory