ABRomics at ECCB 2026!

From August 31 to September 4, 2026, Julie Lao (Researcher at the ABRomics Project) and Claudine Médigue (Co-Principal Investigator of ABRomics) were in Geneva to attend the annual European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB; 25th European Conference on Computational Biology), organized by the SIB (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics). The scientific program centered on the theme “Biodiversity, AI, and Health: Computational Biology Addressing the Challenges of Our Time” and brought together nearly 1,500 scientists.

All of the features of the ABRomics platform in its genomic version were presented in a poster during the Wednesday morning session: “ABRomics: a platform for antibiotic resistance research and public health using an integrated ‘One Health’ approach.”

There were many visitors, even during the lunch break, which demonstrates the community’s interest in the innovative features now offered by the ABRomics platform.

In connection with the national platform developed in Switzerland (Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform), and more recently, the establishment of the Pathogen Bioinformatics Center (CBP), discussions between SIB stakeholders involved in these projects and the ABRomics team are expected to begin very soon. We have invited Eneida Hatcher, director of the CBP and the SPSP platform, to give a seminar at the Pasteur Institute on December 4, 2026.