Biology
This molecule is the primary energy currency of the cell.
What is ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)?
The chemical symbol for gold?
What is Au?
In Molecular Biology, PCR stands for.
What is PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)?
In the TV show Breaking Bad, antagonist Walter White manufactured this illegal drug.
What is Methamphetamine?
Often called the "father of the atomic bomb," this American physicist led the Manhattan Project during World War II, overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Activation Energy
In chemistry, what term describes the weak, temporary attractive forces that occur between nonpolar molecules, resulting from momentary shifts in electron density.
What are London dispersion forces?
The pipette you would use to transfer 900 uL (microlitres) of liquid.
What is the P1000?
The name for crops whose genomes have been changed to alter their characteristics.
What is GMOs or genetically modified organisms?
He is known for his pea plant experiments and is considered the "Father of Modern Genetics."
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This amino acid is unique for its sulfhydryl (-SH) group and plays a critical role in protein stabilization through disulfide bridges.
What is Cysteine?
In thermodynamics, this term refers to the measure of disorder or randomness in a system, often denoted as 'S.'
What is Entropy?
In the realm of analytical chemistry, this technique is used to separate and analyze complex mixtures of compounds based on their differential affinities to a stationary phase.
What is chromatography?
The molecule responsible for the transport of oxygen in your body.
What is Hemoglobin?
This American biochemist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, played a pivotal role in the development of CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary gene editing technology.
Who is Jennifer Doudna?
This enzyme is responsible for unwinding the DNA double helix during DNA replication.
What is Helicase?
According to Boyle's Law, if the pressure of a gas increases, what happens to its volume, assuming constant temperature?
What is the volume decreases (inversely proportional)?
A technique commonly used in laboratories to separate charged molecules like DNA, RNA and proteins according to their size
What is gel electrophoresis?
The hormone responsible for maintaining blood glucose levels
What is Insulin?
This pioneering British scientist's work with X-ray crystallography was crucial in the discovery of the DNA double helix structure.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
The 4 positively charged amino acids?
Lysine, Arginine, and Histidine.
This element is named after a famous physicist and chemist known for his work on the theory of radioactivity and was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
What is Curium (Cm)?
This chemistry technique uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to analyze the molecular structure of compounds based on the interactions of atomic nuclei.
What is NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)?
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what fictional metal is Captain America's shield made of?
Vibranium.
This Lawrence graduate received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Ribosome.
Who is Thomas Steitz?