Passing boi-ology (H.S. level for 1st years)
This organelle is considered a "powerhouse", one capable of providing all energy needs for the cell (candy)
Mitochondria
What is the central dogma of molecular biology (candy)
Flow of genetic information
DNA -> RNA -> Protein
What is the programming language most commonly used in bioinformatics? (candy)
Python
Which biomolecules does bioinformatics sequence? (candy)
DNA and RNA
What is the mission of the Bioinformatics club? (any 1) (candy)
-To spread awareness about Bioinformatics topics and make information accessible to all
-Build a welcoming community at the intersection of biology, computer science, and data science
-Equip students with knowledge and skills related to Bioinformatics
-Foster connections and mentorship for everyone
-Highlight career and research opportunities
This priest experimented with peas to determine the existence of alleles and founded the field of genetics (candy)
Who is Mendel?
What is Chargaff's rule? (candy)
% purines = % pyrimidines
What programming language is statistical analysis of biological data done in? (candy)
R
How can we sequence RNA? (candy)
Through reverse transcription to create cDNA which can then be sequenced
Name one person that you know in the club who is not a president (candy)
Aamna Ahmed
Ananya Shetty
Brigena Deda
Samantha Passion
Nam Dinh
Elaezah Usman
Abhijith Kaur
Jodh Atwal
Allan Vu
Maham Zaidi
Martin Riquelme
Shivani Upadhyay
Andre Ciupa
Mehakpreet Kaur
Elizabeth Olayinka
Lucy Sun
This process converts mRNA to protein (candy)
Translation
Which amino acid has a sulfur atom and forms disulfide bonds (candy)
Cysteine
Once we have a raw DNA sequence file we use code on it, what is the code for? (candy)
to refine the data
The formation of this library improves upon Sanger Sequencing by sequencing many copies of biomolecules at the same time (candy)
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
Name an event that happens regularly (candy)
Allan's office hours (every Saturday!)
Journal Club (also tomorrow for the first time!)
What is the ancestor of all life on Earth? (candy)
LUCA > last universal common ancestor
This gene-editing system makes use of a bacterial immune response protein originally designed for defense against phages (candy)
What is CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats)?
T/F: we can only do code on DNA sequences and NOT on RNA sequences and Protein sequences (candy)
FALSE
What are some applications of Bioinformatics (give at least 2 to get a full point, it can be any two) (candy)
- evolution analysis
- cancer > finding driver mutations
- genetic modifications
- find disease-causing mutations
- gene therapy
Name any of our past or future events that are not regularly occurring (candy)
Industry Night (November 20th!)
Destress Night (December 4th!)
Coffee Chats (scheduled in the New Year!)
Cell Theory has these three main principles (hint: the last refutes abiogenesis or the concept of life arising from nothing) (candy)
1) All organisms are composed of cells
2) Cells are the basic unit of life
3) All cells come from other cells (non-spontaneous generation)
This protein involved in PCR was isolated from the hot springs of Yellowstone National park (candy)
What is Taq (Thermus aquaticus) polymerase?
What field analyzes all genomes in a community sample (hint: begins with meta-) (candy)
Metagenomics
This step in assembling genomes involves amplification of genetic material using this commonly used laboratory techniques (candy)
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Name one of the presidents of the club
Nicolas Riquelme
Ananiah Lionel