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04 April 2013
HEROIC ToxHub and the Dixa’s eChemPortal - a meeting with EU JRC in Ispra

Driven by the purpose of identifying potential synergies between Dixa and HEROIC projects, UNIBAS and CSIC organized a meeting with EU JRC in Ispra, Italy on March 13,2013.. Both the HEROIC ToxHub and the Dixa’s eChemPortal were thoroughly exposed and subsequently discussed.  Whereas the eChemPortal emphasizes on single chemicals search the ToxHub has a more open language user friendly (google-like) approach. We came to the conclusion that both approaches are complementary  and therefore some  specificopportunities for present and future collaboration actually exist  .  Some of the suggested interactions, among other possibilities, were direct link from ToxHub to eChemPortal once a chemical is identified , the inclusion of ToxHub as a source of information in eChem Portal or the organization of of joint training sessions