DNA
What's that thing even used for?
Safety First (or third I guess)
Solution Confusion, What's your Dilution?
Massachusetts Fun Facts
100

The current in a gel electrophoresis runs in this direction

What is positive to negative

100

The buffer we use for DNA gel electrophoresis

What is TAE

100

The first thing you do when you need to work with a new chemical

What is, read the SDS

100

500mL of 1X TAE from 50X TAE

What is 10mL of 50X TAE and 490mL of DI water

100
The state bird

What is the Chickadee

200

This is used for determining unknown lengths of DNA fragments in a gel by comparison and distance traveled

What is the DNA Ladder

200

The enzyme used to replicate DNA in PCR

What is Taq polymerase

200

The most common exposure to ergonomic stress injuries

What is a micropipette

200

500mL of 1X FastBlast from 500X Fastblast

What is 1mL of FastBlast with 499mL of DI water

200

The two sports that were invented in Springfield and Holyoke. 

What is Volleyball and Basketball

300

Why would we use a 3% gel over a 1% gel?

What is, when the fragments are smaller

300

A bacteriophage commonly used as template DNA


What is Lambda DNA

300

This needs to be completed prior to initiating a laboratory procedure

What is the protocol

300

The quantity of water to put in tubes to create a 1mL, 4-step 1:10 serial dilution using yeast. 

What is 900uL

300

The second largest city in New England by population

What is Worcester, MA

400

This was the first restriction enzyme isolated from e. coli

EcoRI

400

An apparatus which allows to raid heating or cooling of samples at specific time frames for a specific quantity of cycles

What is a thermocycler

400

The most effective control strategy for minimizing risk in a laboratory

What is Elimination

400

The quantity of water to put in tubes to make a 1mL, 4-step, 1:2 serial dilution

What is 500uL

400

Fig Newtons where named after this MA city where they were in invented

What is Newton

500

This molecule searches for a specific palindromic sequence in a DNA and then cuts at a specific spot to create smaller fragments of DNA

What is a Restriction Enzyme

500

A plate or chip coated with cDNA which allows for rapid testing for many genetic indicators. 

What is a microarray

500

The correct order of safety controls from most effective to least effective. 

What is, Elimination, Substitution, Engineering Controls, Administrative Controls, PPE

500

Making a 50mL, 0.2M NaOH solution from 1.0M solution. 

What is 10mL of 1.0M NaOH and 40mL of DI water

500

Banned to include in clam chowder

What is tomatoes 

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