Christian Pellevoisin
Episkin Academy, France
Biography
Christian Pellevoisin, after a PhD in neuroscience at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, had a temporary teaching position at the University of Tours, France. He joined L’Oréal in 2000 at the Life Science Research Center where he introduces computer tools for in vitro toxicology. He was in charge in 2004 of scientific communication in the field of alternative methods and tissue engineering. In 2011 he joined EPISKIN, a subsidiary of L’Oréal, dedicated to development and production of reconstructed human epithelia. He is in charge of EPISKIN Academy, a transversal program to support the use 3D models for efficiency and safety assessment and to relay EPISKIN commitments to 3Rs by training scientists, students and future stakeholders to the scientific and regulatory challenges of alternative to animal testing. He wrote several scientific publications and is Member of ISO technical committee 194 for biological and clinical evaluation of medical devices.
Abstract
Abstract : Reconstructed skin models and methods for hazard and risk assessment of chemicals and cosmetics