Tuesday 21 March 2023
Nizetic Lab
This event happens on 21/3 every year to represent 3 x chromosome 21.
Down Syndrome is named after John Langdon Down, who was a distinguished student at the London Hospital Medical College (now Garrod Building) and first described it in a paper in the Royal London Hospital Reports (London Hospital Reports, 3: 1866, 259-262).
Each year on WDSD there is an awareness campaign, called #LotsOfSocks, which encourages people to wear silly/bright/odd socks as a way of a conversation starter to get people talking about Down Syndrome.
The theme for WDSD in 2023 is “With Us Not For Us”, to highlight that “A human rights-based approach views people with disabilities as having the right to be treated fairly and have the same opportunities as everyone else, working With others to improve their lives.
As a lab, our work focuses on understanding the cellular effects and impact on certain diseases that occur as a result of trisomy 21. Aoife and Ana will be rocking their crazy socks and invite you to join in too! We’ll have a prize for the best socks on the day.
Learn more about Down Syndrome, WDSD and the #LotsOfSocks campaign here:
https://www.worlddownsyndromeday.org/about-wdsd
https://lotsofsocks.worlddownsyndromeday.org/pages/get-involved
Aoife Murray, PhDPostdoctoral Research FellowCentre for Genomics and Child Health