Xiang Dandan, the PhD candidate from institute of pesticide and environmental toxicology, conducted a three-month academic exchange at Duke University from January 18th to April 17th.
During the three month, Xiang Dandan conducted her research in Dr Abou-donia’s lab. Dr Abou-donia is a professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University Medical Center who specialized in the areas of neurotoxicology, neuropharmacology and neurology. The collaboration project focused on investigating nervous system injury resulting from chemical exposure and/or trauma and the mechanism of organophosphorus chemical especially organophosphorus flame retardants caused neurotoxicology by in vitro method.
In addition, she also visited the University of North Carolina and University of North Carolina State which gave her a chance to meet some experts and gained deep knowledge of this field. Good friendship and cooperation were developed between both sides.
Duke University is an American private research university located in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838. Duke is consistently included among the best universities in the world by numerous university rankings, and among the most innovative, according to a Reuters' survey.
