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General
Lab Olympics
100
What is the amino acid that can create disulfide bonds?
Cysteine
100
What branch of the immune system is lysozyme involved in?
Innate
100
What is the only DNA base with a methyl group?
Thymine
100
What are the three departments represented in the BIG acronym?
Biochemistry, Immunology, and molecular Genetics?
100
Guess the volume in the pipette!
150ul
200
What "secret" 21st amino acid is put into proteins during translation but not on classical genetic code tables?
Selenocysteine
200
What is the NHEJ-dependent process in which genetic diversity is generated in developing T-cells and B-cells, leading to diverse antibodies? Hint: Susumu Tonegawa received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for finding it.
V(D)J recombination
200
What are the three things to look for in a gel?
Size, shift, and intensity
200
What are the two BIG hangout bars?
Firkin (on Bay) and W burger bar
200
Guess the volume in the tube!
7ul
300
What structural motif is known for binding calcium consisting of a loop connecting two alpha-helices?
An EF hand
300
What is the factor responsible for activating the complement system in the classical mode of activation upon binding to the conserved Fc tail region of antibodies?
C1q
*Can we get someone more familiar with complement to check this please?
300
What is the phenotype of this worm (visible on snood4m4's youtube channel)?
dumpy (dpy) 🍑
300
In what building can you find the hidden bamboo garden?
The "Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research"? (will accept "Donnelly" or "CCBR")
300
Guess the volume in the pipette!
1750ul
400
What is the middle name of Grant W. Brown?
Wesley
400
What is the term for when the genetic interaction where a gene's phenotype is masked or modified by another gene?
Epistasis
400
What is the nucleotide-like cofactor shown in this image from Wikimedia Commons:
Coenzyme A
(F**K!)
400
Label the lid of a tube! Must fit everything and be legible!
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500
What are the 3 components of a mass spectrometer?
Ionization source, mass analyzer, and detector
500
What are the four basic steps of ELISA?
1. Coat plate with antigen/antibody, 2. Block nonspecifics, 3. Detect antigen/antibody with enzyme-linked system, 4. Measure after substrate addition
500
What is the colour of the ade2-𝚫 mutant yeast and how is this useful in experimental design?
Red and it is very easy to tell ade2-Δ mutant yeast colonies from those carrying functional ADE2 (such as those transformed with an ADE2-carrying plasmid)
500
What is Dr. Collins' birthday?
February 28th
500
Pipette tower walk! (Build an 11 pipette tip tall tower and walk across the room back & forth without it falling)
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