The DeDNAed Kick-off meeting took place virtually due to the ongoing SARS-COV-2 pandemic, on March 18^th, 2021. The meeting allowed all partners of the consortium to start good relationships among them. All partners were provided with general information about the project and about the administrative and management procedures that will be followed during project execution. Additionally, the partners had fruitful discussions about the scientific work to be carried out in each work package. DeDNAed’s kick-off meeting was the first step for a successful execution of this FET OPEN project.