A new gateway to global antimicrobial resistance data

EMBL-EBI has launched a new global AMR data portal that integrates bacterial genome sequences, antimicrobial susceptibility data (including MICs), resistance gene annotations, and detailed sample metadata into one accessible resource. Built on EMBL-EBI’s existing infrastructure (ENA, BioSamples, UniProt, InterPro, MGnify, Ensembl), the portal’s first release incorporates high-quality genotype–phenotype datasets from Imperial College London’s CABBAGE project, enabling researchers to study how genetic variants drive antimicrobial resistance and to train machine-learning models for resistance prediction. The initiative aims to grow into a major global hub for AMR data by supporting community submissions and expanding annotation coverage, ultimately lowering barriers for data sharing and accelerating AMR research and innovation.