In Toulouse at the INRA laboratories, the GOLIATH second progress meeting was held. In a 3 days meeting, the consortium sat together to discuss project planning and early research outcomes. Also a workshop was given by Miriam Jacobs and Sebastian Hoffmann on (pre)validation of assays. The meeting was accompanied by beautiful weather in the ever so beautiful city of Toulouse where Daniel Zalko and colleagues hosted the consortium in a wonderful manner. Many thanks for hosting this event!