Unearth the mining microbiome.
M-MAP accelerates the creation and deployment of microbial solutions for mining.
Mining Microbiome Analytics Platform
Mining Microbiome Analytics Platform (M-MAP) is an online sample analysis platform that accelerates the creation and deployment of microbial solutions for mining. Solutions to mining’s biggest challenges are right underneath our feet. The world is teeming with microscopic organisms - microbes.
Using microbes to recover copper, uranium, and gold from tailings has already proven to be cost effective and efficient. Why stop there? One of the biggest obstacles in developing innovative microbial-based technologies is that microbes are complex. M-MAP addresses this complexity using genetic sequencing and state-of-the-art computational analyses that extract key information about microbial communities so you can quickly understand who is there and what they are doing.
Streamlined solution development.
Enhanced microbial community characterization.
Sample Library
M-MAP’s sample library provides data from thousands of samples taken from a broad range of mining-related environments and mine waste structures. You can use the sample library to assist in the discovery of novel species, genes, and metabolic pathways that can be applied to processes spanning the entire mining lifecycle. With data from the sample library, you can answer questions about microbial community composition and function in a specific environment, how communities change over time, and the geographic range of individual genes or species.
Rapid results and secure data sharing.
M-MAP Features
Sample Analysis Service
You can use M-MAP’s sample analysis platform to accurately determine the composition and functionality of the microbial community at your sites. To start using the platform, request a sample kit from M-MAP’s online portal and download the sampling application for iOS or Android. Our sampling application will guide you through the sampling process and help you collect essential metadata such as sample location and temperature. Once M-MAP receives the sample, we store, prepare, and sequence it at accredited Canadian biobank and sequencing facilities. M-MAP also accepts sequencing data from third-party sequencing facilities that are compatible with our standard operating procedures. Sequencing data is processed using state-of-the-art bioinformatic pipelines and made available online in a searchable and analysis ready format. M-MAP provides additional environmental data collected from remote-sensing platforms to provide further environmental context and enhanced bioinformatic insights. Finally, you can request additional sequencing runs on samples stored in the biobank, reducing the need to re-acquire the sample from the field.
Enhanced Data Control
M-MAP’s online platform makes it easier to control your sample data. Using M-MAP’s fine-grained access controls, you can securely share data from your samples internally, with specified external individuals or organizations, or publicly in complete or anonymized form.
M-MAP Benefits
M-MAP is revolutionizing the creation and deployment of microbial solutions for mining by substantially reducing solution development costs. With M-MAP's advanced platform users can more efficiently design and optimize microbial solutions, or monitor and adapt already deployed technologies, ultimately leading to cost savings for mining operations.
M-MAP provides advanced tools for the accurate characterization of microbial communities, allowing for more precise and targeted solutions. This empowers mining companies to better understand and manage their microbial systems, leading to increased efficiency and optimized performance.
M-MAP's advanced platform provides mining companies with secure, rapid access to their results, enabling them to make informed decisions quickly. Additionally, the platform facilitates secure data sharing between mining companies, researchers, and other stakeholders, leading to collaborative innovation and improved outcomes for the industry..