Pathogens Portal

Problem addressed

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of pathogen data sharing and the need for focused access to relevant datasets. The Pathogens Portal addresses this need by providing a centralised platform for sharing and accessing data on key pathogens, including those that can cause diseases in humans and animals, and on vectors and hosts. By bringing together data from multiple sources, and linking these data where possible, the portal enables researchers to better understand the biology and life cycles of pathogens.

In addition to facilitating data sharing and research, the Pathogens Portal plays a vital role in enabling preparedness for future pandemics. By providing access to open data on emerging and endemic pathogens, the Portal helps researchers, public health officials, policymakers, clinicians and other stakeholders to access a comprehensive range of information with which to arm themselves in tackling an array of questions.

The Pathogen Data Hubs form a component of the Pathogens Platform and are targetted at  public health agencies and other scientific groups responsible for generating pathogen sequencing data. Pathogen Data Hubs are in place offering a variety of configurations for upload tools and specific analysis workflows and visualisations.

Who can use the result

Any citizens, researchers, health care professionals and policy makers on thematic, national and European level.

Timeline

In July 2023, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) launched the Pathogens Portal – an online platform that enables researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to access the most comprehensive collection of biomolecular data about pathogens. The Pathogens Portal is built on the same framework as the European COVID-19 Data Portal and is supported by European Union funding through the RECODID (Horizon 2020 no. 825746), VEO (Horizon 2020 no. 874735) and BY-COVID (Horizon Europe no. 101046203) projects.