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Speakers of the Joint 3R Symposium
Prof. Yoni Baert
VUB, BE
Assistant Professor-Postdoctoral Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Eva Blondeel
UGent, BE
FWO aspirant PhD student, Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research (LECR), Ghent, Belgium
Prof. Albert Braeuning
BfR, DE
Professor for Toxicology (Apl.-Prof.) at the Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Ira Espuny Camacho
ULiège/GIGA, BE
Ira Espuny Camacho is an Associate Professor working on hPSC-derived brain organoid models to understand brain disease at the University of Liège, Belgium
Maude Everaert
RE-Place, BE
In May 2022, Maude started to work as a scientist on the RE-Place project. This project aims to collect all available Belgian expertise on alternative to animal testing in one central database.
Prof. Sónia Fraga
INSA, PT
Sónia Fraga is Researcher of the Department of Environmental Health at the Portuguese National Institute of Health, Portugal
Prof. Ellen Fritsche
University of Düsseldorf, DE
Ellen Fritsche is PI at the IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine and appointed University Professor for Environmental Toxicology at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany
Dr. Annalisa Gastaldello
European Commission, EU
Project Officer working on non-animal based-approaches in biomedical research at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy
Dr. Eliška Kuchovska
University of Düsseldorf (DE)
Eliska Kuchovska graduated with a double Ph.D. degree in environmental health sciences focusing on the developmental toxicity towards aquatic non-target organisms
Dr. Bella B Manshian
KU Leuven, BE
Dr. Bella B Manshian works on translational nanomedicine using advanced 3D precision cut tissue models and engineered nanoformulations for drug delivery at the University of Leuven, Belgium
Birgit Mertens
Sciensano, BE
Birgit Mertens obtained her Master’s in Pharmaceutical Sciences and PhD in Neuropharmacology from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. She joined Sciensano in 2010 and is currently a senior toxicologist and team leader of the Risk and Health Impact Assessment service.
Dr. Oddvar Myhre
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NO
Dr Oddvar Myhre is scientific advisor for scientific bodies like the Norwegian Environment Agency and the European Chemical Agency
Dr. Thomas Rawlings
University of Warwick, UK
Thomas Rawlings is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick, UK
Prof. Karen Sermon
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE
Prof. Karen Sermon is appointed coordinator of the ESTEEM study by ESHRE. She is also the chair-elect of ESHRE, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Dr. Ursula Smole
UGent, BE
Ursula Smole is a postdoctoral researcher based at the Inflammation Research Centre of the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology in Gent, Belgium
Prof. Terje Svingen
Technical University Denmark, DK
Terje Svingen is Head of Research group for Molecular & Reproductive Toxicology at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark
Prof. Emmeric Tanghe
UGent, BE
Professor in medical applications of electromagnetic fields in and around the human body at Ghent University, Belgium
Mieke Van Mulders
RE-Place, BE
Since 2017, Mieke is fully dedicated to the RE-Place project, a joint research collaboration between the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Sciensano. She has been responsible for the development of the RE-Place platform and currently works on its further optimization.
Prof. Fred Vermolen
UHasselt, BE
Professor in Computational Mathematics, University of Hasselt, Belgium
Prof. Barbara Viviani
UMIL, IT
Barbara Viviani is Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Sponsors of the Joint 3R Symposium
