Data Analysis
The x-axis and y-axis of a typical volcano plot showing statistical association results
What is effect size and -log10(p-value)?
The first non-foundation contract (e.g., not Gates or Lyme Foundation) that Sapient signed
What is Muniq?
The location of the worlds longest haunted house
What is Lewisburg, Ohio?
The Haunted Cave in Lewisburg, Ohio, is a whopping 3,564 feet long and located 80 feet underground!
Who is Jeramie Watrous?
The number of peaks, which can be separated in a given time with a given resolution
What is Peak Capacity?
The study type that discovers associations between genetic variants and a phenotype such as the abundance of a metabolite in blood
What is genome-wide association study (GWAS)?
The "top 20" pharma company that has signed the most service contracts with Sapient
What is AbbVie?
The mask used for Michael Myers original Halloween movie was of what famous actor
What is William Shater?
Because the studio had such a small budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find. It was a $2 William Shatner mask that they spray-painted white.
Two engineering controls that help minizine bloodborne pathogen exposure
What are PPE, Sharps containers, Restricted access, and biosafety cabinet?
(any two will suffice)
The acquistion rate of the timstof pro 2 in PASEF mode
What is 120Hz?
The analysis that can statistically infer causality of metabolite biomarkers utilizing genetic data
What is mendelian randomization (MR)?
The pharmaceutical company that signed the largest service contract with Sapient
What is Moderna?
The amount, in lbs, of candy corn produced each year
What is 35 million lbs?
Decontamination will be accomplished by utilizing what ratio of bleach to water
What is 1:10, bleach:water?
The timsTof pro 2 HESI source improves linear dynamic range by
What is one order of magnitude?
The type 1 and type 2 errors in hypothesis testing
What is type 1: false positive, type 2: false negative?
The four foundations/pharmaceutical companies that have executed repeat contracts
What is Gates, Bay Area Lyme, Calibr, and Esperion? (AbbVie can qualify)
What is witchcraft?
The Puritans associated black cats with witchcraft, leading to the onyx-colored felines' association with Halloween. In many other cultures, black cats are actually signs of good luck and are revered!
The responsible parties for ensuring communication and understanding of Sapient's expectations of occupational safety
What are all managers, supervisors, and lead employees?
(any one of the three will suffice)
The t in tims stands for
The category of machine learning models that use decision trees to represent how different input variables can be used to predict an outcome
What is Tree-based model?
The "top 25" pharma company that executed a service contract with Sapient to analyze 200 CSF samples.
What is Biogen?
The famous magician who died on Halloween
What is Harry Houdini?
In the context of Fire Safety, PASS stands for
What is p - pull the pin, A - aim the nozzle at the base of the fire, S - squeeze the lever slowly, and S - Sweep from side to side?
Ion mobility mass spectrometry allows for the additional measurement of
What is CCS (collisional cross section)?