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	Mary Anne Alliegro Senior Research Associate
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Education:

1978	B.S. Biology	University of Massachussetts, Lowell, MA
1981	M.S. Microbiology	University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Academic appointments:

1977	American Cancer Society Junior Research Fellow	Harvard Medical School, Department of Immunology
1978-1981	Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant	University of Maryland, Department of Microbiology
1981-1982	Laboratory Technician	Roswell Park Memorial Cancer Institute
1983-1986	Senior Laboratory Technician	State University of New York at Buffalo, Departments of Anatomy, Pathology
1983	Laboratory Technician	Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
1986-1989	Senior Research Technician	Duke University, Department of Zoology
1989-1991	Senior Research Technician	Saint Joseph Hospital, Center for Vitreoretinal Research
1991-1993	Senior Research Associate	University of Maryland Medical Center, Department of Biochemistry
1993-2007	Senior Research Associate	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Cell Biology
2007-present	Senior Research Associate	Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution

Distinctions and awards:

2000	Association for Professional Educators, State of Louisiana School Volunteer of the Year

Publications:

Smucker, R. A. and M. A. Ramey* 1981. Isolation of organelles from Cladosporium resinae by liquid nitrogen cryo-impacting. Dev. Ind. Microbiol. 22:605-612.

Sobel, J. S. and M. A. Alliegro 1985. Identification of a spectrin-like protein in the preimplantation mouse embryo. J. Cell Biol. 100:333-336

Alliegro, M. C. and M. A. Alliegro 1991. Structure and activities of echinonectin. Glycobiology 3:253-256.

Alliegro, M.A., Dyer, K., Glaser, B.M., and M.C. Alliegro 1992. An HPLC method for quantitating plasma amiloride and related pyrazine compounds. J. Chromatography 582:217-223.

Alliegro, M.C., Alliegro, M.A., Cragoe, E.J., and B.M. Glaser 1993. Amiloride inhibition of angiogenesis in vitro. J. Exp. Zool. 267:245-252.

Alliegro, M.C., and M.A. Alliegro 1996. A nuclear protein regulated during the transition from active to quiescent phenotype in cultured endothelial cells. Dev. Biol. 174:288 - 297.

Alliegro, M.C., and M.A. Alliegro 1996. Identification of a new coiled body component. Exp. Cell Res. 227:386-391.

Alliegro, M.C., and M.A. Alliegro 1998. Protein heterogeneity in the coiled body compartment. Exp. Cell Res. 239:60-68.

Zhu W.Y, Alliegro M.A., and P.W. Melera 2001. The rate of folate receptor alpha (FR alpha) synthesis in folate depleted CHL cells is regulated by a translational mechanism sensitive to media folate levels, while stable overexpression of its mRNA is mediated by gene amplification and an increase in transcript half-life. J Cell Biochem. 81:205-219.

Alliegro, M.C., and M.A. Alliegro. 2002. Nuclear injection of anti-pigpen antibodies inhibits endothelial cell division. J. Biol. Chem. 277:19037-19041.

Dyer, K.D., Linz, L.A., Alliegro, M.A., and M.C. Alliegro 2002. Receptor bound uPA is reversibly protected from inhibition by low molecular weight inhibitors. Cell Biol. Int. 26:327-335.

Alappat, S.R., Zhang, M., Zhao, X., Alliegro, M.A., Alliegro, M.C., and C.A. Burdsal 2003. Mouse pigpen encodes a nuclear protein whose expression is regulated during craniofacial development. Dev. Dyn., 228:59-71.

Alliegro, M.C. and M.A. Alliegro 2005. Differential expression of tyrosinated tubulin in Spisula solidissima polar bodies. Dev. Dyn., 232:216-221.

Alliegro, M.C., Alliegro, M.A., and R.E. Palazzo 2006. Centrosome-associated RNA in surf clam oocytes. Proc. Nat’l. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 103:9034-9038.

Alliegro, M.C. and M.A. Alliegro 2007. Echinonectin is a Del-1 — like molecule with regulated expression in sea urchin embryos. Gene Expr. Patterns 7:651-657.

Alliegro, M.C. and M.A. Alliegro. 2008. Centrosomal RNA correlates with intron-poor nuclear genes in Spisula oocytes. Proc. Nat’l. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 10.1073/pnas.0802293105.

Supported by NIH, NSF, NASA, The Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation, W.M. Keck Foundation, G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, and Ellison Medical Foundation.
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