Eleni Myrtsioti (Project Coordination and Pedagogy) is a Project Coordinator in the Science Education Department of EUN. Eleni contributes to Scientix by coordinating the Repository of resources, the online training program and the STEM Discovery Campaign. Eleni is also involved in STE(A)M IT and the Three Rs projects where she coordinates the work by teachers and the online courses.
Marcelle Holloway has been working at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, European Union Reference Laboratory for the Validation of Alternative Methods (EURL ECVAM) in Ispra, Italy since 2017. She is involved in a number of projects directly supporting and advancing the impact of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. The projects mainly concern improving Three Rs knowledge sharing and Three Rs education and training. Formerly employed at the European Commission's Directorate General Environment in Brussels, she worked assisting with the coordination, preparation and adoption of Directive 2010/63/EU and related projects and legislative instruments. She has worked at the European Commission for 16 years based in Luxembourg, Brussels and now Ispra. She has a background in constitutional law and politics of the European Union, economics, publishing and communications.
Alexia Micallef Gatt is a science & biology teacher at St.Paul’s Missionary College in Malta. She is very passionate about the area of scientific creativity and has conducted research in relation to fostering scientific creativity in addition to other 21st century skills. Alexia is also a Scientix and eTwinning Ambassador for Malta as well as an SDG Champion for Peace and Partnership within the National Youth Council.
This course has been funded by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) under a European Parliament Preparatory Action entitled “Promoting alternatives to animal testing”. The course has been prepared by the European Schoolnet, in collaboration with the JRC. The Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. This course is additionally supported by Scientix 4 (Grant agreement N. 101000063). Scientix has received funding from the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme and is coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The content of the document is the sole responsibility of the organizer and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission (EC), and the EC is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained.