Trivia Lab
CRISPR
Cell Culture
Bio General
Trivia General
100

When does the cafeteria open for lunch? (exact)

11:15 am

100

When was the CRISPR-Cas9 system first successfully applied for gene editing in eukaryotic cells?

2013

100

For what does DMEM stand? 

Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium

100

What is the central dogma of molecular biology?

The principle that describes the idea that genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.

100

Which blood type is the rarest in humans?

AB -

200

In whose Lab did Rich work when he was an undergraduate student? 

Irv Weissman

200

Which bacterial species was the first to be found using CRISPR systems in genetic research?

E. coli

200

Theoretically up to which temperature can cells survive?

40 C / 104 F

200

What does LB stand for?

Lysogeny Broth / Luria Broth

200

How many bacteria does the human body (in and on) have?

39 Trillion

300

Which common lab tool is named after an early chemistry pioneer?

Bunsen burner

300

CRISPR was already described in 1987. Can you guess which country the researchers were from?

Japan

300

Which organelle has its own DNA? And which theory explains the evolutionary reason behind it? 

Mitochondria, Endosymbiotic theory

300

What was the first name of the man who invented the Sanger sequencing? 

Frederick

300

What's the longest duration a chicken lived without a head? 

18 months

400

When did John Wardle initially create the Wordle game? 

2013

400

Name a Cas protein that can edit DNA but has a size that can fit into a single AAV (together with its gRNA)?

Casλ

400

When was the Dolly the Sheep cloned? And where?

1996, Roslin Institute in Scotland

400

What is the lethal dose of isopropyl?

200-250 mL

400

Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?

Hot water

500

In which 2 other languages can you play contexto? 

Spanisch and Portugese

500

Which popular science fiction book and film series features a fictionalized version of gene-editing technology similar to CRISPR?

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton.

500

Which cell culture media can you drink? 

RPMI

500

When was the DNA first isolated and identified?

Swiss biologist Freidrich Meischer in 1869

500

When was the structure of DNA discovered?

1953

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