Prof. Dr. Marta Mendel is a professor assistant in the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences. In 2010, she received her Ph.D. from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Her area of research is the use of alternative methods and in vitro/ex vivo experimental models, which allow the assessment of xenobiotic effects on various functions of the gastrointestinal tract and liver and the evaluation of toxic effects of mycotoxins.