Nano Technology Center: Partners in research and teaching In the future, the SNI’s focus will be on the areas of nanoimaging and nanofabrication. A key part of this orientation is the Nano Technology Center, which was founded in 2022 and consists of the Nano Imaging Lab (NI Lab) and the Nano Fabrication Lab (NF Lab). These two groups are available both to partners from the network and to external custom- ers in order to provide services and engage in research partnerships. The teams continually expand and renew their infrastructure in order to meet the requirements of customers, to remain competitive and to keep up with the state of the art. Both groups are also engaged in teaching and outreach activities and make a key contribution to bringing insights into the micro and nanoworld to a wide audience. In 2024, the Nano Imaging Lab, with its six members of staff led by the nanoscientist Dr. Marcus Wyss, processed 180 orders from 130 differ- ent customers. Of these wide-ranging projects, which often lasted sev- eral days or weeks, 86% originated from within the SNI network or from external research institutions, while some 14% were commis- sioned by national and international industrial companies. The laboratories and clean rooms of the Nano Fabrication Lab were used by 73 different users in 2024. Led by physicist Dr. Gerard Gadea, the lab’s four-person team enabled researchers from a total of 10 re- search groups from the University of Basel and from two companies to carry out wide-ranging projects at the Nano Fabrication Lab. In 2024, the team also trained two new members of staff and focused on opti- mizing organizational procedures and improving communication with users. Nano Technology Center: https://nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/services/ 50 SNI Annual Report 2024