From 25th to 28th October 2019, Associate Professor Ding Li attended the 9th National Symposium on Animal Physiology and Ecology in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China, which was hosted by Hebei Normal University, and gave a presentation entitled "STAT3 and NF-κB Pathways Regulate the Survival of Trachemys Scripta Elegans in Brackish Water".