Mary Ann Allen: My Friend Lovey
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2016
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
When biologist Mary Ann Allen gets a chance to study Down syndrome, the disorder her dear childhood friend had, she jumps at the chance, but the results aren't what she expected. Mary Ann Allen is a Sie post-doctoral fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her work focuses on "genetically encoded suppressors of the deleterious Down syndrome phenotypes and exploring the molecular basis of expression dysregulation in Down syndrome."
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| 0:43.2 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:46.3 | Is NYU scientists the... |
| 0:48.1 | I felt... |
| 0:48.8 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:51.1 | It was that golden moment. |
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| 1:09.6 | Hi, everyone. |
| 1:10.4 | I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true |
| 1:13.4 | personal stories about science. This week's stories from Marianne Allen. It was recorded in July |
| 1:18.5 | 2016 at E-Town Hall in Boulder, Colorado. |
| 1:36.6 | We stood out back of the church, a couple of awkward little girls talking about boys and parents and the greatest hit on the radio, achy-breaky heart. |
| 1:41.2 | We thought we were really cool. |
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