4. Modeling Neurodegeneration: Dynamic Study of Toxic Tau Protein Aggregates - Allison Jia

19/06/2019 46 min
4. Modeling Neurodegeneration: Dynamic Study of Toxic Tau Protein Aggregates - Allison Jia

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The very first girl on the podcast, who undoubtedly drops the STEM is Allison Jia! At ISEF she received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award of US$50,000 for her outstanding research into toxic tau protein aggregates, which spread in neurons in the human brain and are associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. She is the president of the Society for Neuroscience - Bay Area’s Chapter, and is passionate about promoting scientific discoveries. Allison tickles the ivories and serves strong on the volleyball court, too!
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