"B"
"I"
"G"
General
Lab Olympics
100
What is the amino acid that can create disulfide bonds?
Cysteine
100
When your xenograft grows beautifully and you feel like a transplant god, it’s probably because these mice have zero adaptive immune resistance.
SCID mice
100
What is the only DNA base with a methyl group?
Thymine
100
What are the three departments represented in the BIG acronym?
Biochemistry, Immunology, and molecular Genetics?
100
Guess the volume in the pipette!
150ul
200
What is a horny yeast called?
Shmoo
200
Instead of targeting the tumor directly, what therapy just removes the immune system’s self-control and hopes for the best? (2)
anti-PD1 and anti-CTLA4
200
What are the three things to look for in a gel?
Size, shift, and intensity
200
What are the two BIG hangout bars?
Firkin (on Bay) and W burger bar
200
Guess the volume in the tube!
7ul
300
What is Rowan's favorite organelle?
Absolutely not the mitochondria
300
What process randomly assembles gene segments to generate immune diversity?
VDJ recombination
300
What is the phenotype of this worm (visible on snood4m4's youtube channel)?
dumpy (dpy) 🍑
300
In what building can you find the hidden bamboo garden?
The "Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research"? (will accept "Donnelly" or "CCBR")
300
Guess the volume in the pipette!
1750ul
400
What is the name of the terrible bartender enzyme that turns methanol into formaldehyde and toxic hydrogen peroxide , forcing the yeast cell to lock it inside a membrane-bound peroxisome just to protect the rest of the cellular components?
Methanol Oxidase (MOX)
400
What lab technique involves drawing increasingly questionable gates while convincing yourself your population is real and not just debris?
Flow cytometry
400
What is the term for when the genetic interaction where a gene's phenotype is masked or modified by another gene?
Epistasis
400
What is the nucleotide-like cofactor shown in this image from Wikimedia Commons:
Coenzyme A
(F**K!)
400
Label the tube! (All must fit and be legible - most amount of words win)
Control vortex buffer amplified sample cloudy gradient replicate enzyme dilution unknown colony
500
What is the middle name of Grant W. Brown?
Wesley
500
What receptors are proof that adaptive immunity had an alternate draft version, written by jawless fish with a taste for leucine-rich repeats?
VLR antibodies
500
What is the colour of the ade2-𝚫 mutant yeast and how is this useful in experimental design?
Red and it is very easy to tell ade2-Δ mutant yeast colonies from those carrying functional ADE2 (such as those transformed with an ADE2-carrying plasmid)
500
What is Dr. Collins' birthday?
February 28th
500
Pipette tower walk! (Build an 11 pipette tip tall tower and walk across the room back & forth without it falling)
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