TERMS
Both subjects and researchers are unaware of the treatment arrangement
What is a double blind study?
Taking someone's ideas and passing them off as your own
What is plagiarism?
Separation of particles from a solution according to their size, shape, density, viscosity of the medium and rotor speed.
What is centrifuging?
A variable whose values are controlled or selected by the researcher (What is changed?)
What is a independent variable?
Where do HHMI-CURT Scholars present their research annually?
What is the ABRCMS conference?
Achieving the same result from two or more different sources
What is reliability?
The list of sources used in the research paper. It should be its own page at the end of the paper
What is references?
Make multiple copies of or amplify small sections of genes
What is PCR?
Experimental control that prevents selection and accidental biases
What is randomization?
What you will become once you finish this program?
What is a research scholar?
A study done to prevent patient placebo effect
What is a blind study?
Presentation of the findings of the study, without interpretation
What is the results?
Technique by which molecules are transferred from the gel onto a nitrocellulose membrane
What is a western blot?
The variable being measured or tested
What is dependent variable?
In what year was IMSD/HHMI-CURT established?
What is 2018?
Any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types? (Hint: an experiment usually has 3 of these)
What is a variable?
Interpretation of the results, explanation of what the findings mean and comparing them with the findings of others
What is the conclusion?
Analytical technique that measures the mass-to-charge ratio of ions.
What is mass spectroscopy?
Experimental group that is kept constant and not of primary concern to the researcher
What is the control group?
An indoor-mile loop that guides people throughout the CVM by following animal footprints on the floor.
What is CVM Paw Walk?
The probability that the null hypothesis can be rejected at a predetermined significance level
What is statistical significance?
Outline of the purpose of the study, contains a profile of the problem followed by a review of current literature
What is objective?
Separation of mixture of proteins based on size and charge; the molecular mixture is placed in a gel and an electric field is applied
What is Gel Electrophoresis?
Before any research project involving mice is initiated, it must first be reviewed and approved by the
What is Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)?
HHMI CURT/IMSD instagram accounts
What is hhmicurt and cornell_imsd?