Developed by IFB, madbot is a tool designed to assist researchers in managing, describing and sharing their scientific data. With the continuous increase in the volume of research data, it is becoming increasingly complex to guarantee its accessibility, reusability and comprehension in the long term.

Madbot addresses these challenges by offering an automated, standardised and flexible solution that complies with international metadata standards. It enables data to be structured and described in a consistent manner, while saving considerable time at this stage.
Madbot also helps to ensure that data is described correctly and consistently, in line with established standards. This facilitates their retrieval and subsequent use. The tool connects to various international platforms such as Zenodo and ENA (European Nucleotide Archive), enabling researchers to submit their data directly to these repositories with ease. madbot’s intuitive interface enables users to interact with the system even without technical expertise. Behind the scenes, the tool ensures optimal organization, automatically checks for errors and helps researchers create accurate, high-quality metadata. madbot’s architecture is designed to be easily extensible, enabling integration with a variety of data storage solutions, data warehouses and metadata standards. This flexibility enables researchers to adapt the tool to their specific needs, guaranteeing seamless interoperability with different research infrastructures. By simplifying the process of submitting research data, madbot encourages researchers to embrace the principles of open science, making their work more accessible. Ultimately, madbot helps reduce the barriers to sharing research data, and makes it easier for scientists to contribute to the international scientific community.
Who is this tool for?
Available to all researchers, engineers and teams within the scientific community.
Pricing
madbot is free for academic users.
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News 2026
12 May: Version 1.5.0
5 May: presentations at two Data Spring events
- at the ‘Curathon – support tools at the crossroads of disciplines’ in Poitiers, featuring a presentation by Thomas Denecker
- at the Curathon in Nantes, featuring a presentation by Imane Messak and Baptiste Rousseau

20 April: madbot at the Printemps de la donnée in Clermont-Ferrand
Following a presentation by Thomas Denecker and Baptiste Rousseau from the madbot team, they led a workshop on the training set, available on Zenodo.
17 April: madbot is listed on Cat Opidor!
13 April: Version 1.4.0
1 April: Presentation of madbot at the Institut Pasteur (IFB website news)

13 March: Version 1.3.0
14 January: Presentation of the tool during the JeBiF Biostream, a live bioinformatics event. Replay available on YouTube
January: Launch to the community (news on the IFB website)
News 2025
December: Go-live and announcement of the launch at the IFB/ELIXIR-FR all-hands meeting
