Author Biography: Eskes, Zuang & Hartung |
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Chantra Eskes is currently responsible for the area of Eye Irritation and participates in the general activities of the Topical Toxicity key area at the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM), Italy. With a background in Food Sciences and Technology and a PhD in neurotoxicology, she first joined ECVAM in 2001 to work in the neurotoxicity group, and moved in 2003 to the topical toxicity key area.
Her current work involves the coordination, co-chairing and participation to formal validation studies of in vitro alternatives to animal testing including the ones on eye and skin irritation. She has also performed editorial work, authorship and coordination of the work carried out in producing a scientific report presenting an inventory and the status of the most promising alternative methods to replace animal testing. This report was used in the context of the EU 7th Amendment to the Cosmetics Directive for establishing the timetables for phasing-out animal testing.
Chantra Eskes is a member of the Executive Board of the European Society of Toxicology In Vitro ESTIV. Author and co-author of several scientific articles, she also acts as reviewer for scientific journals.
Chantra Eskes
ECVAM TP 580
Institute for Health and Consumer Protection
Joint Research Centre - European Commission
21020 Ispra (VA) Italy
chantra.eskes@jrc.it
http://ecvam.jrc.it | 
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