Danielle Ireland Biology Swarthmore College Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Danielle IrelandPostdoctoral Scholar I earned my PhD in Biology at UC San Diego and am currently working remotely as a Biology Postdoc at Swarthmore College. My research is focused on validating planarians as an alternative animal model to study how chemicals (particularly organophosphorus pesticides) in our environment can interact with the developing brain and on understanding . I am passionate about establishing and validating new complementary alternatives to traditional mammalian testing. Publications Dugesia Japonica is the Best Suited of Three Planarian Species for High-throughput Toxicology Screening Chemosphere. Aug, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32298908 Pharmacological or Genetic Targeting of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels Can Disrupt the Planarian Escape Response PloS One. Month, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31805147 Screening for Neurotoxic Potential of 15 Flame Retardants Using Freshwater Planarians Neurotoxicology and Teratology. May - Jun, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30943442 Planarian Scrunching as a Quantitative Behavioral Readout for Noxious Stimuli Sensing Ziad Sabry1, Christina Rabeler1, Danielle Ireland1, Kevin Bayingana1, Eva-Maria S. Collins1,2 1Biology Department, Swarthmore College, 2Physics Department, UC San Diego JoVE 61549 Biologia
Planarian Scrunching as a Quantitative Behavioral Readout for Noxious Stimuli Sensing Ziad Sabry1, Christina Rabeler1, Danielle Ireland1, Kevin Bayingana1, Eva-Maria S. Collins1,2 1Biology Department, Swarthmore College, 2Physics Department, UC San Diego JoVE 61549 Biologia