Cell Mates
This pathway is used to develop pyruvate and energy for anaerobic organisms via fermentation.
What is glycolysis?
This viral disease causes extreme hydrophobia and tremors in infected patients.
What is rabies?
In 1983, Kary Mullis, famous American biochemist and AIDS denier, developed this technique for quick genetic material replication.
What is PCR (polymerase chain reaction)?
Some fermented foods in this category like yogurt, kombucha, and kimchi, contain beneficial gut bacteria.
What are probiotics?
Unlike their brown, black, and panda namesakes, you shouldn't expect to see these resilient eukaryotes at the zoo, but rather under a microscope.
What are tardigrades (water bears)?
This "Guardian of the Genome" is known as the "tumor suppressing gene" and is a proto-oncogene.
What is p53?
Most vector borne diseases are transmitted by this phylum of invertebrates
What are arthropods?
Five years ago, researchers won a Nobel Prize for a groundbreaking advancement in genome editing by using this bacterial defense mechanism
What is CRISPR-Cas9
Popular parenting tip: "let your child go outside and do this". Figuratively, it has merits in strenghtening the immune system but please don't take it literally.
What is eating dirt?
One form of horizontal gene transfer, this process relies on infection from a bacteriophage.
What is transduction?
Can proteins be besties? Well, these pairs are responsible for initiating signalling cascades that respond to environmental stimuli.
What are two-component systems (sensor kinase and response regulators)
This genus of parasites finds a home inside red blood cells and causes malaria.
What are Plasmodium sp.?
Before its use in cosmetic procedures, the toxin produced by this sporulating bacterium was most associated with contamination found in canned goods
What is Clostridium botulinum? (C. botulinum)
Throughout her life as a cook, she is thought to have infected 50-120 people with Salmonella typhii; but now her name is a colloquial term for asymptomatic carriers of other diseases.
Who is Typhoid Mary/ Mary Mallon?
"Captain of all these men of Death" is a quote from 1680 referencing this disease caused by a species of Mycobacterium
What is tuberculosis?
Tag, you're it! This process moves a phosphate group from one protein to the next through physical interactions
What is a phosphorylation cascade?
Transmitted through mosquito bites, this virus can lead to encephalitis and gets its name from a river in Africa, where it was first discovered.
What is West Nile Virus?
Our queen, Rosalind Franklin, used this chemical technique to visualize the structure of DNA as a double helix.
What is X-ray crystallography?
This method of food preservation uses heat or pressure to kill harmful bacteria that may be found in juice, eggs, and dairy products.
What is pasteurization?
These mobile genetic elements, also called "jumping genes" make up almost 50% of the human genome
What are transposons?
Check yourself for surprise passengers after hiking because ticks carrying either of these bacteria can leave you feeling ...
What is Borrelia burgdorferi / Rickettisa rickettsi?
This anionic, nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan can be found in skincare, can be used to treat osteoarthritis and dry eye, and can be used as a cosmetic filler.
What is hyaluronic acid?
Non-pathogenic E. coli colonizes the lower intestine and produces this molecule necessary for blood clotting and bone health.
What is Vitamin K?
This nucleotide based molecule's role in translation is bringing amino acids to the ribosome for elongation
What is tRNA?