Medical Knowledge
What is the largest organ?
Skin
How old is Sister Jean?
102
Who discovered 2 elements on the periodic table and radioactivity?
Marie Curie
What are the main colors of PhiDE?
Purple and Ivory
What is the atomic number of Oxygen?
8
What is the MMR vaccine for?
Measles, Mumps, Rubella
Who is the statue in front of LSB?
Father Damen
Who played a role in discovering that DNA is a double helix?
Rosalind Franklin
Who is our VP of Recruitment?
Emma Kokolus
What is the most electronegative element?
Fluorine
What is PCR?
Polymerase Chain Reaction is a lab technique that uses selective primers to "copy" specific segments of DNA
What was Mundelein before it was a part of campus?
Mundelein College
Who was the first African American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States?
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
What car insurance do we get a discount on?
Geico
What direction does DNA grow in and what unwinds the two strands?
5' -> 3' and helicase
What is the cause of Down Syndrome?
Trisomy of the 21st chromosome
What was Loyola's original name?
St. Ignatius
Who founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
What are our precepts?
Philanthropy, equity, deity, education
What is a pi bond?
Covalent bond between two neighboring atom's p orbitals
What is pulmonary edema?
Excess fluid buildup in the lungs
What is the oldest building on campus?
Dumbach Hall
Which two female scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CRISPR-Cas9?
Jennifer A. Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpenteir
What is our Children's Miracle Network Hospital?
Lurie's Childrens Hospital
What is hydrocephalus?
Water on the brain/ excess fluid build-up in the brain