Braga, Portugal — May 13-15, 2025
Under the coordination of MIRRI-ERIC, MALDIBANK is a new 4-year project funded by the European
Commission’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme. Build on a deep understanding and by leveraging the power of microbes, whose impact ranges from Ecosystems dynamics to Human health, MALDIBANK unites 24 partners in a search for a more precise identification of microorganisms, while providing innovative solutions for the understanding in how the microbial diversity can be used for global problems-solving.
MALDIBANK’s main goal is to conceptualise a global, cloud-based, open MALDI spectra databank for this revolutionary research in order to promote identification of microorganisms. The project will ease processing, characterisation, epidemiological surveillance, among other vital research activities.
hrough the promotion of further collaborations, MALDIBANK will amplify collective knowledge by providing researchers with an integrated network of infrastructures.
The project’s consortium is composed by 24 partners, with valuable experience in a cross-border
collaborative and multidisciplinary approach in microbial studies: MIRRI-ERIC (Project Coordina-
tor, PT), INSTRUCT-ERIC (UK), EMBRC-ERIC (FR), ELIXIR (DE), UVEG-CECT (ES), ULPGC-BEA (ES),
Sciensano (BE), INRAE (FR), IP (FR), UL-MSCL (LV), UMinho-MUM (PT), CEITEC (CZ), NHRF (EL),
CIIMAR (PT), BioData.pt (PT), INESC-ID (PT), SU (FR), UNITO (IT), WI-KNAW (NL), BioAware (BE),
Clover BioSoft (ES), BioMérieux (FR), SPI (PT), SIB (CH).
The Kick-off Meeting will take place on the May 13-15, 2025, in the city of Braga, Portugal, hosted
by the Universidade do Minho. The project’s consortium will better define the action plan for the lifetime duration of MALDIBANK’s journey.
Join us on this first step of building a cooperative databank to serve everyone.
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