Who we are: We are a FAIROS Research Coordination Network. Mirroring NSF’s “10 Big Ideas” of Convergence Research the Non-Clinical Tomography Users Research Network (NoCTURN) will leverage input from a broad community of tomography educators, researchers, and industry stakeholders to propose improvements to data handling that cut across scientific disciplines. Our primary goal is to develop practical recommendations that link today’s tomography data with tomorrow’s tomography discoveries. 

What we’re doing: NoCTURN will achieve this goal by providing a platform to: 1) engage the international scientific tomographic community via participant recruitment from imaging facilities, academic departments, and data repositories across the globe; 2) stimulate improvements for imaging datasets that focus on findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse; and 3) work directly with private companies that manufacture the hardware and software used by these cutting-edge imaging platforms to standardize data acquisition, handling, and sharing to better reflect the Open Science standards championed by federal funding agencies.

DEI Statement: As a National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network (NSF RCN), NoCTURN recognizes and supports broadening participation as defined by NSF. For more information, please visit: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/broadening-participation

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NoCTURN is broken up into the following subdivisions:

Committees
Conferences & Digital Coordination Committee
Open Science Committee

Working Groups
Findability Working Group
Accessibility Working Group
Interoperability Working Group
Reuse Working Group

Communities
Basic and Applied Research Community
Education and Outreach Community
Industry and Vendors Community