The kick-of meeting of the VibrioNet-Project was held at FU Berlin, Germany, from 4 to 5 May 2011. Over 30 VibrioNet members and guest attended the meeting. We would like to thank our international partners for their valuable input:

• Shah M. Faruque, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Romilio T. Espejo, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
• Samir R. Damare, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India
• Duangporn Pichpol, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand 
• Phan Minh Thu, Institute of Oceanography, Nha Trang, Vietnam