Where does trypsin cleave?
C-terminal side of lysine and arginine residues (except for -Arg-Pro- and -Lys-Pro-)
The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?
Sir Isaac Newton
What are the 7 taxonomic rankings?
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
-40
What amino acids spell the words "LEARN"?
Leucine, glutamic acid, alanine, arginine, asparagine
Henrietta Lacks
What is the study of mushrooms called?
Mycology
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen
What is a photomultiplier used for in the mass spec?
The detector
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields?
Marie Curie
Which light-producing enzyme can occur naturally in organisms such as fireflies?
Luciferase
Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?
Hot water (known as the Mpemba effect)
What does DIA-PASEF stand for?
data-independent acquisition, parallel accumulation-serial fragmentation
Frederick Banting discovered what?
Insulin
Diatoms, amoebae, and dinoflagellates are examples of which type of simple eukaryotic organisms that don’t fit into the classification of plants, animals, or fungi?
Protists
What does "laser" stand for?
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
What would be the mass of ion with these peaks?
400 Da (402 with double charge)
Watson & Crick - who's commonly missing when crediting the discovered of the double helix?
What are the 4 stages of mitosis?
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
What is the only type of rock that floats?
Pumice