After Claudio Sunkel welcomed the attendees and introduced the i3S, Bahne Stechmann presented the European Research Infrastructure initiative EU-OPENSCREEN. André Maia (IBMC-i3S, Porto), Miguel Mano (CNC, Coimbra), Rui Moreira (iMED, Lisboa) and Margarida Amaral (BioISI, Lisboa) highlighted ongoing screening activities in Portugal, followed by a presentation by António Pombinho on the PT-OPENSCREEN concept.

The future consortium will bring together in Portugal knowledge and efforts in the discovery of new molecules for basic science and medical applications. Furthermore, PT-OPENSCREEN aims to link the Portugese research community into the European Infrastructure EU-OPENSCREEN.