Thermo Scientific Athena Software

Thermo Scientific Athena Software is designed to simplify the management, traceability and sharing of data for core imaging facilities dedicated to materials science research. The product ensures that experiment data from multiple imaging instruments can be accessed at every step of a workflow, remotely and in the lab. This facilitates collaboration among researchers from multiple locations and organisations.

As advancements in scientific imaging enable more complex experiments, the growing volumes of data collected can be difficult to manage. Elaborate post-processing steps are often difficult to adjust or replicate for current and future experiments. By digitising scientific research projects and centralising data management, the software platform addresses findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable (FAIR) data principles, and allows researchers at core imaging facilities to store, reproduce and access experimental workflows.

The platform enables core imaging facilities to give materials scientists access to centralised imaging data via a secure, intuitive interface. Researchers can digitally plan and organise experiments, locate specific information via a search engine and quickly visualise large volumes of high-quality 2D and 3D data. Built-in collaboration tools, such as annotations, notes and instant message features, facilitate real-time communication between multiple users.