Trivia Lab
When does the cafeteria open for lunch? (exact)
11:15 am
When was the CRISPR-Cas9 system first successfully applied for gene editing in eukaryotic cells?
2013
For what does DMEM stand?
Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium
What is the central dogma of molecular biology?
The principle that describes the idea that genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.
Which blood type is the rarest in humans?
AB -
In whose Lab did Rich work when he was an undergraduate student?
Irv Weissman
Which bacterial species was the first to be found using CRISPR systems in genetic research?
E. coli
Theoretically up to which temperature can cells survive?
40 C / 104 F
What does LB stand for?
Lysogeny Broth / Luria Broth
How many bacteria does the human body (in and on) have?
39 Trillion
Which common lab tool is named after an early chemistry pioneer?
Bunsen burner
CRISPR was already described in 1987. Can you guess which country the researchers were from?
Japan
Which organelle has its own DNA? And which theory explains the evolutionary reason behind it?
Mitochondria, Endosymbiotic theory
What was the first name of the man who invented the Sanger sequencing?
Frederick
What's the longest duration a chicken lived without a head?
18 months
When did John Wardle initially create the Wordle game?
2013
Name a Cas protein that can edit DNA but has a size that can fit into a single AAV (together with its gRNA)?
Casλ
When was the Dolly the Sheep cloned? And where?
1996, Roslin Institute in Scotland
What is the lethal dose of isopropyl?
200-250 mL
Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?
Hot water
In which 2 other languages can you play contexto?
Spanisch and Portugese
Which popular science fiction book and film series features a fictionalized version of gene-editing technology similar to CRISPR?
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton.
Which cell culture media can you drink?
RPMI
When was the DNA first isolated and identified?
Swiss biologist Freidrich Meischer in 1869
When was the structure of DNA discovered?
1953