CAR T cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that uses genetically engineered T cells to target and kill cancer cells. What does the 'CAR' stand for?
Cancer Antigen Receptor
How many hearts does an octopus have?
a) 17
b)1
c) 6
d) 3
d) 3
What is element #1 on the periodic table?
Hydrogen
What year was OpenAI's ChatGPT 1.0 released?
a) 2005
b) 2018
c) 2019
d) 2021
b) 2018
What is the only state in the U.S. that only borders ONE other state?
Maine
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors such as Gleevec (imatinib) were among the first approved chemotherapies for certain leukemias. What specific protein does imatinib primarily target?
A) EGFR
B) BCR-ABL
C) Albumin
D) GP130/CD130
B) BCR-ABL
Human color vision involves three types of visual 'cone' cells (Blue, Green, Red) that are sensitive to different wavelengths. Certain animals like butterflies have an expanded range of color vision compared to that of humans. What is the highest documented number of distinct cone types found in one species of butterfly?
A) 5
B) 8
C) 15
D) 81
C) 15
This chemical is a fluorescent DNA stain used in molecular biology to visualize nucleic acid bands on gels after gel electrophoresis. It works by intercalating into double-stranded DNA, which causes the EtBr to fluoresce red-orange under UV light. While effective, it is is a potent mutagen, considered highly toxic, and can cause genetic damage, requiring strict safety precautions like wearing gloves, eye protection.
Ethidium bromide (EtBr)
True of False?
A TYPE 2 ERROR is a "false positive", incorrectly rejecting a true null hypothesis in a statistical test. This means you conclude there is a significant effect or difference when, in reality, there isn't one.
False, this is type 1 error
This image shows and alligator, and a crocodile? Which one is the alligator?
The animal on the left!
Considered across multiple recent review publications to be the most commonly mutated gene across cancers, this tumor suppressor normally regulates cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, among other oncogenic processes.
TP53
How many amino acids are 'essential'? In other words, they cannot be synthesized by the human body and must be acquired through food.
a) 12
b) 22
c) 6
d) 9
d) 9
This element has a small atomic size and a high effective nuclear charge, which gives it a very strong ability to attract electrons when it is part of a chemical bond. It has the highest electronegativity of any element. It is #9 on the periodic table.
Fluorine
What is an 'epoch' in neural network training?
A
The number of layers in the neural network
B
The number of training examples processed in one iteration
C
The learning rate for weight updates
D
The number of complete passes through the entire training dataset
D
The number of complete passes through the entire training dataset
This 2025 animated film grossed over $2.2 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time and the fifth-highest-grossing film ever globally. The film's success includes a record-breaking run in China, where it earned over $2 billion, and a strong international performance.
Ne Zha 2
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cancer diagnosed as an orphan diseases by the European Union, and presents only around 2500 new cases per year in the U.S. In what organ does MCC present?
Skin
During protein translation, the mRNA codons UAA, UAG, and UGA all code for the same signal. What tRNA is complementary to these codons?
None, they are stop codons!
During glycolysis, how many net ATP molecules are produced per glucose molecule?
2 ATP molecules
What integer is this when translated from binary?
1010111
a) 1010111
b) 87
c) 5
d) 103
e) 22
B) 87
According to the World Population Review, which of these countries was NOT in the top 10 wool-producing countries in 2023 (measured by total wool produced)?
a) China
b) Turkey
c) New Zealand
d) Japan
e) Australia
f) Russia
d) Japan,
The highest was China, with 367,500 Tons of wool produced!
In late 2024, competing pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma achieved FDA approval for
VYLOY (zolbetuximab-clzb), a new ADC chemotherapy. What is the cell-surface antibody target for zolbetuximab-clzb?
Claudin 18, Claudin 18.2
Of the following model organisms, which animal heart has the closest anatomical and functional resemblance to those of a human heart, and is often used in device testing?
1) Mouse
2) Rat
3) Pig
4) Whale
3) Pig
Beta-oxidation is a key biochemical process for breaking down fatty acids for energy. What is the beta-oxidation end product that enters the Krebs cycle to generate ATP?
1) acetyl-CoA
2) Pyruvic acid
3) Glycine
4) Dextrose
5) Citrate
1) acetyl-CoA
This high level programming language was first released in Feb 2012. Distinctive aspects of it’s design include a type system with parametric polymorphism, the use of multiple dispatch as a core programming paradigm, just-in-time (JIT) compilation and a parallel garbage collection implementation.
Julia
Located in the eastern Arabian sea, this nation has the smallest total area among all countries in the continent of Asia, with a total area of 300km2
Maldives, Republic of Maldives