Call me on my T-cell
This is the starting cell population for bb2121.
What are PBMCs?
This is the type of nuclease the mRNA codes for.
What is MegaTAL?
This severe genetic disease is targeted by Lenti-D drug product.
What is cerebral ALD?
Mercedes leads with this Insights color.
What is Red?
This is Pinky's real name.
What is Pinky?
This is a surface marker expressed on all T-cell subsets.
What is CD3?
This 3' structure is important in protecting mRNA from degradation.
What is a 3' poly-A tail?
This marker is used to isolate a patient's hematopoietic stem cells.
What is CD34+?
She has citizenship in these following 2 countries.
What are Argentina and Spain?
These two birds flew all the way from their nest in Texas.
Who are Ashley and Fritz?
This occurs on D1 of the DP process.
What is transduction?
What is Vaccinia?
This instrument is used to wash and label an apheresis product.
What is the Sepax?
This is Mercedes' favorite genre of music as a teenager.
What is hard rock?!
This little birdie is Mark O's first born.
Who is James?
This is the reagent used to separate blood in order to generate the starting material for bb2121.
What is Ficoll?
mRNA is purified by this type of affinity capture chromatography.
What is Oligo-dT purification?
In this year the ALD program was announced.
When is 2009?
Mercedes joined bluebird bio due to her work and research in this following area.
What is vector/ virology?
Two of our birds completed their pHD at this institution. In fact, they had the same PI.
What is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?
This is the cytokine added to T-cell growth media.
What is IL-2?
This is the type of DNAzyme used by mRNA AD to release 5' Cap and 3' Tail.
What is 10-23 DNAzyme?
This is the transduction volume for the small-scale process.
What is 100 microliters?
Mercedes lived in the following five countries.
(Hint: On 3 different continents)
What are US, Canada, Spain, Brazil and Argentina?
This bird has nested here at bluebird the longest.
Who is Alden Ladd?