Project 86: Ecotoxicity Assessment of Emerging Environmental Containments

Contact Information:

Assoc. Prof. Yanbin Zhao

Assoc. Prof. Kun Zhang

Email: zhaoyanbin@sjtu.edu.cn ; kunzhang@sjtu.edu.cn 

Project Description and Objectives:

With the development of modern chemical industries, more and more chemicals are synthesized and released into the environment. Many pieces of evidence have shown that environmental contaminants exposure is one of the significant factors that affect human and ecological health. In recent years, the contamination of emerging organic pollutants in our environment has attracted people's attention. Normally, they occur in surface and ground waters in low ng/L-several μg/L range. In influent/effluent of waste-water treatment plants, higher concentrations of up to hundreds of μg/L occur. However, their potential reproductive and developmental effects on aquatic organisms are largely unknown. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the developmental effects and cardiovascular and neurodevelopmental toxicities of emerging organic pollutants on a zebrafish model.

Eligibility Requirements:

Basic knowledge of chemistry/biology.

Self-motivation and the enjoyment of lab work.

Majors in environmental science, biology or chemistry are preferred.

Main Tasks:

Systematically assess the toxicity of environmental contaminants.

Explore the possible mechanism of action behind the observed toxicity with molecular biological and chemical techniques.

Website:

Lab: http://sese.sjtu.edu.cn/people/2808.html; http://sese.sjtu.edu.cn/people/2848.html 

School: http://sese.sjtu.edu.cn/