2020 saw many historical events that will impact our society in the years to come. Among them the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic redefined the role of Science in the society. Despite many warnings over the last decades on pandemic risks, countries found themselves unprepared to face this new threat. The resulting emergency status, resulting in lockdowns of large segments of our societies, has pushed many scientists from all fields to come together and join their expertise to find new solutions in the shortest possible time. Around the world, multiple large consortia are combining computational and experimental methods and propose new potential drugs against the SARS-Cov-2. Their success proves the effectiveness of creating interdisciplinary teams of like-minded scientists to tackle the current pandemic.

In the Basque Country many scientists with a broad range of expertise, working in different research centers have answered the call to arms investing their experience and knowledge on key aspects of the fight against the pandemic. In May 2020 the time was ready to create a local community of scientists to consolidate the knowledge acquired and create a team that would combine such a knowledge and foster synergetic collaboration thinking ahead of future challenges.