Clone Wars
This old lady name is the most iconic in this field because of a sheep
What is Dolly?
The ___ Movie (Honey)
What is a bee?
Name any of the 3 things that Synapsis focuses on
What is biotechnology, innovation, and real-world impact?
What are the 3 colours of the Queen's Flag?
What is gold, burgundy, and navy? (yellow, red, blue is acceptable)
This molecular tool, often compared to "genetic scissors", allows scientists to precisely edit DNA
What is CRISPR?
Name any 1 ethical concern with cloning
What is biodiversity, identity, exploitation, philosophy of reproduction/playing god, consent, organ harvesting
This intelligent bird that can mimic sound is also Toronto's baseball team's mascot
What is a blue jay?
There are two co-presidents of Synapsis DAILY DOUBLE: Name both
Who is Dylan Rietze and Joshua Lefort?
What is the motto for West Campus?
What is West is Best?
Researchers use this tiny biological assembly line, made of RNA and proteins, to produce synthetic proteins
What is a ribosome?
This process, used in reproductive cloning, involves moving a nucleus from a donor to a nucleus-removed egg
What is Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer? (SCNT)
This seabird has a black cap and is known for its dramatic diving technique when catching fish (Shares a name with a part of the female anatomy)
What is a booby?
Name any of the 4 cutting-edge fields that Synapsis focuses on (especially in our biohackathon!)
What is Synthetic Biology, CRISPR/Gene Editing, AI & Machine Learning in Healthcare, and Personalized Medicine
The music building on campus is shaped as this instrument
This four-letter acronym describes the molecules that pair up to form the rungs of the DNA double helix
What are ACGT BASEs or nucleotides?
This is being edited when using CRISPR to make single-___ pair edits to the genome without causing double-strand breaks
What is base-editing?
DAILY DOUBLE: This vitamin, also called cobalamin, is essential for DNA Synthesis and red blood cell production
What is Vitamin B12?
Who is the founder of Synapsis? (Not the presidents btw)
Who is Aryan Shah?
This building holds several beautiful recital halls with unique wooden interior designs to pair with strong acoustic and audiovisual designs
What is the Isabel Bader Centre (Where the Synapsis Biohackathon will be hosted!)
By inserting genes from one species to another, scientists create these hybrid organisms, also known as GMOs
What are transgenic organisms?
The "King of Clones" that was banned from South Korea for his stem-cell research and was hired by Abu Dhabi Arabia to clone this animal (DAILY DOUBLE: What is the scientist's real name?)
What is a camel? (Hwang-Woo Suk)
This South American bird, famous for its elaborate courtship dance, builds intricate, decorative structures to attract a mate
What is a bowerbird?
This is what Synapsis means (I mean literally what does Synapsis mean)
What is the "pairing of homologous chromosomes that occurs in prophase of the first meiotic division and during which crossing-over may occur"?
This famous Dutch painter's paintings are the reason we have so much construction going on
What is Rembrandt?
This glowing jellyfish is widely used in synthetic biology for tracking gene expression
What is Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)?