Thematic Meeting : Online Bioinformatic Platforms to support Metabarcoding and Metagenomic research.
This thematic meeting was organised by PORBIOTA/LifeWatch Portugal, DNAqua-Net and EnvMetaGen project at CIBIO-InBIO (26-28/02/2020). LifeWatch ERIC supported the organisation as part of its IJI (Internal Joint Initiative) on NIS (Non-indigenous and Invasive Species). More than 30 participants from nine EU countries with different backgrounds discussed their requirements for a shared metabarcoding database. All participants presented their expertise and engaged in discussion panels wherein all suggestions and ideas concerning the database were recorded. The next phase of development of this bioinformatic platform will aim to include the issues addressed during this meeting.