Astrocent’s Director at the 8th French‑Polish Forum for Science and Innovation and visit at APC
On Wednesday, 3 December 2025, Astrocent’s Director, Leszek Roszkowski, took part in the 8th French‑Polish Forum for Science and Innovation, held at the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space in Paris. This year’s edition focused on strengthening collaborations following the signing of the Nancy Treaty of Enhanced Cooperation and Friendship between France and Poland on 9 May 2025.
The Forum brought together high-level representatives of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research in France and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, highlighting the importance of aligning project timelines with market availability of key technologies, ensuring effective collaboration between academia, industry, and funding agencies.
In the afternoon, the delegation visited the AstroParticule & Cosmologie (APC) laboratory at Université Paris Cité.
Celebrating Dark Matter Day 2025 at Astrocent
On November 4, we joined the global celebration of Dark Matter Day 2025 with a public talk by Dr Sebastian Trojanowski, theoretical physicist at Astrocent and the National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCNR).
The lecture took the audience on a journey through one of the biggest mysteries in modern science — the nature of dark matter.
At Astrocent, we believe in sharing knowledge and inspiring curiosity — opening science to everyone, not just researchers. This event was part of that mission and fits perfectly within our Teaming for Excellence project, which builds bridges between science and society.
Astrocent Joins International DRD1 Collaboration Through New MoU with CERN
We are proud to announce that Astrocent (NCAC PAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CERN to become a participating institution in the Detector Research and Development 1 (DRD1) Collaboration, which focuses on advancing gaseous detector technologies.
The MoU was signed on 29 July 2025 by Prof. Rafał Moderski, Director of NCAC PAS, formalizing Astrocent’s involvement in this cutting-edge R&D initiative hosted by CERN. While the scientific proposal for DRD1 was reviewed and approved by CERN’s Research Board in late 2023, the signing of this MoU marks the official establishment of the collaboration.
