# Duan Shumin

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**Duan Shumin** is a Chinese neuroscientist. He completed his undergraduate and master's degrees at [Bengbu Medical College](/source/Bengbu_Medical_College), and his Ph.D. from [Kyushu University](/source/Kyushu_University). Then he did his postdoctoral research at [University of Hawaii](/source/University_of_Hawaii) and [University of California, San Francisco](/source/University_of_California,_San_Francisco). From 2000 to 2009 he served as a principal investigator in Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai, [Chinese Academy of Sciences](/source/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences). He was elected a member of CAS in 2007, and of [TWAS](/source/TWAS) in 2008.

Duan's research interests mainly focuses on synapses and neuron-glia interactions. His group found that when activated by ATP [astrocytes](/source/Astrocytes) can release [glutamate](/source/Glutamate) through pores formed from [P2X7](/source/P2X7) receptors; neuronal activities can be [heterosynaptically](/source/Heterosynaptic_plasticity) suppressed by glia-released ATP and these ATP are released through [exocytosis](/source/Exocytosis) of [lysosomes](/source/Lysosomes). They also clarified the mechanisms of [LTP](/source/Long-Term_Potentiation) induced in neuron-glia synapses.

## Early life and education

In 1957 Duan was born to a worker's family.[1] He finished his primary and secondary education at Mengcheng, Anhui. In 1966 when he was a second grade pupil, the [Cultural Revolution](/source/Cultural_Revolution) was launched, the education system of China was heavily disturbed. During this time he read literary books such as *[The Gadfly](/source/The_Gadfly)*, *[How the Steel Was Tempered](/source/How_the_Steel_Was_Tempered)*, [Lu Xun](/source/Lu_Xun)'s essays, and popular science works like *Hundred Thousand Whys*.[2]

After a year's learning in high school, he was sent to the countryside to work alongside peasants for two years. In 1977, the [National Higher Education Entrance Examination](/source/National_Higher_Education_Entrance_Examination) was resumed, Duan was enrolled by [Bengbu Medical College](/source/Bengbu_Medical_College), majoring in clinical medicine. He graduated in 1982, and passed an exam to enter [Nantong Medical College](/source/Nantong_Medical_College), pursuing a master's degree. At that year, only two students were matriculated by the college.[3] In 1985 he received his degree, and became a teaching assistant at Institute of Nautical Medicine, Nantong Medical College, where he began his [neuro-electrophysiology](/source/Electrophysiology_study) research. In October 1988, he entered [Kyushu University](/source/Kyushu_University) as a scholarship student. There he studied the electrophysiological characteristics of [neurotrophins](/source/Neurotrophins) using [microelectrode](/source/Microelectrode) recording technique, and was exalted by his Japanese advisors. Duan was aided with a year's tuition and fees, and during his two and a half year study he published seven papers. In March 1991 he received his Ph.D.[4]

## Career

In December 1991, he was enrolled by the Postdoctoral Research Center of Shanghai Brain Research Institute, [Chinese Academy of Sciences](/source/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences). Alongside doing postdoctoral research, Duan was also involved in the creating of brain slices electrophysiology laboratory at Institute of Nautical Medicine.[4] After 1994 he successively served as associate researcher and director of Institute of Nautical Medicine. Between 1995 and 1999, Duan trained at Kyushu University, [University of Hawaii](/source/University_of_Hawaii) and [University of California, San Francisco](/source/University_of_California,_San_Francisco).[3]

In October 2009, Duan became the dean of [Zhejiang University School of Medicine](/source/Zhejiang_University_School_of_Medicine) at the invitation of [CAE](/source/Chinese_Academy_of_Engineering) academian [Ba Denian](/source/Ba_Denian). Ba and Duan met at a conference held at Zhejiang University in April that year. At first Duan was hesitated, but Ba said to him: "You can even elucidate what happened in a mouse's head, the administration work is easy for you", so Duan finally agreed.[5] In 2010, an innovation group of neuropsychical diseases translational medicine was formed under Duan's direction. In 2012 he proposed the translational medicine research hospital.[6] He also led the creating of Chinese Brain Bank, Zhejiang University School of Medicine.[7]

## References

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1. 司晋丽. ["段树民：科学家的执着与担当"](http://www.china.com.cn/cppcc/2014-08/26/content_33343953.htm). 中国政协_中国网. Retrieved 2016-02-03.

1. 中共上海市科技教育工作委员会编. 群星璀璨耀浦江 记上海地区973项目首席科学家和国家杰出青年科学基金获得者. 上海：文汇出版社, 2008.10. p198 - 199

1. 交通部人事劳动司编. 闪光的青春 交通系统八十年代优秀大学毕业生事迹选. 北京：人民交通出版社, 1994.05. p132 - 133

1. ["浙大医学院院长巴德年卸任 最得意找到更强继任者"](http://zjnews.zjol.com.cn/05zjnews/system/2009/10/16/015923811.shtml). 浙江在线. Retrieved 2016-02-03.

1. 费菲 (January 2014). ["费菲.惟愿齐心奋斗，擦出交叉创新的火花--著名神经生物学家、浙江大学医学院院长段树民院士专访"](http://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=psMCYQyMm9b2NN0Nx2s_vpMZuKFgzqRDKhDhkgJ_FIv6BE4v970HMCUcdNy2sgxT2s9PUn-wbJl5SGIoaaeqlVKWzdUlqKLcG3eXoYVx-_K). *中国医药科学*. **4** (1): 1–3.

1. ["国家科技部领导考察医学院中国人脑库建设工作"](http://www.cmm.zju.edu.cn/chinese/news.php?id=7311). 浙江大学医学院. Retrieved 2016-02-03.[dead link]

## External links

- [Duan Shumin, Zhejiang University School of Medicine](https://web.archive.org/web/20151226183518/http://www.cmm.zju.edu.cn/english/scholar.php?uid=6)

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