Intern Trivia
Intern-supervisor link.
Sarah - Natia
Nico - Tom
Hanna - Stan
Varya - Johanna
Filip - Miri
At what point during the mouse brain slicing process do you use NMDG?
1. To collect the mouse brain
2. In the slicing bath
3. In the warm bath holding chamber.
Capital of Australia.
Canberra
What are the 3 water signs of the zodiac?
pisces, cancer, scorpio
Brat Summer year
2024
Home country of each intern [5/5 counts as correct, +50 points if you do the proper born & raised combinations]
1. Varya - Belarus
2. Hanna - The Netherlands
3. Nico - Germany/Spain
4. Sarah - Australia/New Zealand
5. Filip - Poland
How many years have Jaap and Tim been working in the INF lab? [Margin of error: x years]
Both for 23 years
First Disney princess (bonus point for year)
Snow White(1937)
Name all 12 zodiac (+50 bonus points: in order)
An artist who performed with a Burmese python at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Britney Spears
One sentence summary of the interns' project topics.
1. Varya - AP2M1 in Synaptic Transmission in iPSC-derived neurons
2. Hanna - Influence of AIS-somatodendritic morphology on AP initiations
3. Nico - Relation of subthreshold dendritic signal transmission speed and cell morphology in L2&3 pyramidal neurons
4. Sarah - subthreshold resonance in interneurons
5. Filip - excitation/inhibition in intelligence
The full name of Natalia's grant that was received in December 2025
The European Research Council Consolidator Grant
The Richter Scale range
1.0 - 9.9, intervals of 1.0
Names of the planets in the solar system in order from closes to the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (+ Pluto)
Cher's birth year
1946
Intern's dietary restrictions/preferences.
1. Varya - nothing
2. Hanna - vegetarian
3. Nico - lactose intolerant & vegetarian
4. Sarah - gluten intolerant
5. Filip - lactose intolerant & locally vegan
How many days after NGN2 (transcription factor) induction do human iNeurons typically begin showing spontaneous synaptic activity [there is a margin of error...but that would give away the answer]?
2-4 weeks (margin of error: 4 days)
The size of the biggest tsunami [+50 bonus points for year and location]
524 meters
Lituya Bay, Alaska, 1958
What are the first 22 cards in a tarot deck called?
The major arcana
Year of the vehicular manslaughter that Caitlyn Jenner committed.
2015
The bachelor's programmes of each intern. [3/5 counts as correct]
1. Varya - Psychology
2. Hanna - Health and Life Sciences
3. Nico - Biology
4. Sarah - Biomedical Sciences
5. Filip - Cognitive Neuroscience
The exact recipe for NMDG (mouse; g/L) [margin of error for components +/- 0.2 g]
KCl - 0.19
NaH2PO4 - 0.17
NaHCO3 - 2.10
HEPES - 4.77
Glucose - 4.51
Na ascorbate - 0.99
Na pyruvate - 0.33
N-acetyl-cysteine - 1.96
Myo inositol - 0.54
Thiourea - 0.15
NMDG - 18.74
MgSO4*7H2O - 10mL
CaCl2*2H2O - 0.5mL
Taurine - 100uL
5M HCL - 10-20mL
Country credited for inventing ice cream.
China
The meaning of the word 'zodiac.
"Little animals"
Shared factor among these movies:
- The Lion King
- Anyone But You
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- She's The Man
- Get Over It!
They are all based on Shakespeare's plays [Bonus points for matching movie to play]