BIOLOGY
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is Mitochondria?
This company, founded in Cambridge, MA, is known for its mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
What is Moderna?
This over-the-counter pain reliever goes by the brand name Tylenol.
What is acetaminophen?
Aalini, Manasi, and Shaylyn are in this grade.
What is Sophmore?
This molecule’s complementary base-pairing mechanism ensures accurate replication of genetic information.
What is DNA?
Headquartered in South San Francisco, this company was one of the first true biotech firms, famous for recombinant human insulin.
What is Genentech?
Which drug was originally produced using cattle and pigs?
What is insulin?
Uba was founded in this semester.
What is 2024 Spring?
CRISPR technology was adapted from this natural defense mechanism in bacteria.
What is an immune system against viruses?
Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, this biotech giant is best known for pioneering biologics like Epogen (for anemia) and Enbrel (for arthritis)
What is Amgen?
Medical biotechnology includes making a vaccine against this germ.
What is a virus?
UBA's Instagram follows these theme colors.
What are Purple, Green, and Blue?
In eukaryotes, transcription occurs in this part of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
An approximation of the number of biotech companies are in the Bay Area.
What is 500?
Discovered at UC Berkeley, now a widely used technique in oncological therapeutics.
What is CAR T-Cell Therapy?
Who founded UBA?
This type of bond holds complementary base pairs of DNA together
What are Hydrogen Bonds?
This Danish company dominates the market for insulin and GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic.
This class of antibiotics, including penicillin, works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis.
What are beta-lactams?
The biggest event we put on last semester.
What is a fireside chat with LSBE director Deepa Prasad?