Proteomics
Science History
Biology
General Science
100

Where does trypsin cleave? 

C-terminal side of lysine and arginine residues (except for -Arg-Pro- and -Lys-Pro-)

100

The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?

Sir Isaac Newton

100

What are the 7 taxonomic rankings?

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species

100

At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?

-40

200

What amino acids spell the words "LEARN"?

Leucine, glutamic acid, alanine, arginine, asparagine

200
Who are HeLa cells named after?

Henrietta Lacks

200

What is the study of mushrooms called?

Mycology

200

What is the most abundant element in the universe? 

Hydrogen

300

What is a photomultiplier used for in the mass spec?

The detector

300

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields?

Marie Curie

300

Which light-producing enzyme can occur naturally in organisms such as fireflies?

Luciferase

300

Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?

Hot water (known as the Mpemba effect)

400

What does DIA-PASEF stand for? 

data-independent acquisition, parallel accumulation-serial fragmentation

400

Frederick Banting discovered what?

Insulin

400

Diatoms, amoebae, and dinoflagellates are examples of which type of simple eukaryotic organisms that don’t fit into the classification of plants, animals, or fungi?

Protists

400

What does "laser" stand for? 

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

500

What would be the mass of ion with these peaks? 

400 Da (402 with double charge)

500

Watson & Crick - who's commonly missing when crediting the discovered of the double helix? 

Rosalind Franklin
500

What are the 4 stages of mitosis?

Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

500

What is the only type of rock that floats?

Pumice

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