Maturity Model for Pathogen Data Platforms: Swedish Pathogens Portal

This presentation was given at the 'Maturity Model for Pathogen Data Platforms' event held by the Horizon Europe project BY-COVID (beyond COVID). The event was held on 5th July 2024. A recording of the full event, including other talks, is available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sViY_DaXjVRHsiNSw8k32pq3U_ukM7kn/view.

The talk describes the work of the Swedish Pathogens Portal and the scores received when applying the maturity model for Pathogen Data Platforms (currently under development). The talk also describes how the findings from the maturity model will be used to improve the Swedish Pathogens Portal, and the next steps with the maturity model.

The Swedish Pathogens Portal is maintained by the SciLifeLab Data Centre. It was initially launched in June 2020 as the Swedish COVID-19 Data Portal. It was the first national node of the European COVID-19 Data Platform. The scope of the Portal was expanded in 2022, when it became part of the SciLifeLab Pandemic Preparedness Program. Specifically, the portal began to include data on pathogens other than SARS-CoV-2 and general pandemic preparedness topics (e.g. antibiotic resistance). The portal relaunched in 2023 as the Swedish Pathogens Portal in order to ensure that the scope of the portal was clear for users.

The Swedish Pathogens Portal accelerates research primarily by making research resources (e.g. data and tools) as Open and FAIR as possible. It includes general guidance on following best practices in research data management, databases of openly available research resources, a Helpdesk to provide direct support, articles related to Open science, and data dashboards that allow data to be visualised in near-real time.