Microbial resources for a green, healthy and sustainable future
Launched in 2012, the pan-European Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) is part of the Biological and Medical Sciences Research Infrastructures (BMS RIs) ESFRI landscape. Currently, more than 40 public biorepositories and research institutes from 19 European countries collaborate to establish MIRRI as an European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) under EU law.
The vision of MIRRI is to be a unique pan-European high-performance platform adding value to known and yet unknown microbial biodiversity and exploiting novel sources and knowledge to discover and disclose for the bioeconomy and bioscience. MIRRI will generate solutions to societal challenges by stimulating interactions between academia and bioindustry.
- Web site: http://www.mirri.org/
- Catalogs web site: http://catalog.mirri.org/
Participation in EU projects
- IS_MIRRI21
IS_MIRRI21 is a Horizon 2020 funded project that aims to implement the pan‑European Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) as a fully functional entity and secure its long-term sustainability. MIRRI is soon to be established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).
Web site: https://ismirri21.mirri.org/ - RI-VIS
RI-VIS is a Horizon 2020 funded project designed to increase the visibility of European research infrastructures (RIs) to new communities in Europe and beyond.
Web site: https://ri-vis.eu/network/rivis/home - EOSC-Life
EOSC-Life brings together the 13 Life Science ‘ESFRI’ research infrastructures (LS RIs) to create an open, digital and collaborative space for biological and medical research.
Web site: https://www.eosc-life.eu/ - BY-COVID
The BY-COVID (BeYond COVID) project aims to make COVID-19 data accessible to scientists in laboratories but also to anyone who can use it, such as medical staff in hospitals or government officials. Going beyond SARS-CoV-2 data, the project will provide a framework for making data from other infectious diseases open and accessible to everyone.
Web site: https://by-covid.org/