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100

The Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine first opened its doors in this year

What is 2016?

100

Sangeeta sits on the board of directors of this major pharmaceutical company, where she chairs the science and technology committee

What is Vertex Pharmaceuticals?

100

This grad student's research on bile duct cancer detection earned a $10,000 prize and public attention for cholangiocarcinoma awareness

Who is Jesse Kirkpatrick?

100

A recent paper from the lab identified this approved drug as a potential way to intercept tumor growth **2x clue**

What is Belnacasan (a caspase-1 inhibitor)?

100

Sangeeta has been featured in this product line as part of a call for more diverse STEM toys

What is a LEGO minifigure

200

LMRT is an acronym for this lab's full name

What is the Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies?

200

Sangeeta holds these two advanced degrees (not PhD), from these two schools

What are an MD (Harvard Medical School) and an MS in mechanical engineering (MIT)?

200

This former postdoc received the HHMI Hanna H. Gray Award for Early Career Scientists and was later named among the 100 most inspiring Black scientists in America

Who is Quinton Smith?

200

In 2025, Sangeeta spoke to this university's alumni magazine about the value of a liberal arts education, in a piece titled "Is Careerism Ruining College?"

What is Brown University?

200

Research technician Renee Zhao competed in this sport en route to a national title with the MIT club team

What is taekwondo?

300

Sangeeta founded this initiative, which offers prize funding, workshops, and mentorship to help faculty translate research into biotech ventures. **2X clue**

What is the MIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Initiative?

300

This is the quote from Eleanor Roosevelt that Sangeeta keeps on a paperweight on her desk

What is "What would you do if you knew you could not fail?"

300

This lab member taught an MIT IAP course that became the origin of the lab's first AI-in-nanosensing paper

Who is Ava Amini (née Soleimany)?

300

In May 2025, the lab was awarded a joint research seed fund between MIT and this institution, for work on therapy-induced liver toxicity

What is Imperial College London?

300

During the pandemic, these two lab members created a virtual tour of the lab for HST

Who are Mel and Carmen?

400

LMRT launched at MIT in this year

What is 2005?

400

This is the full name of the program Sangeeta co-founded to inspire middle-school girls toward STEM careers **2x clue**

What is KEYs (Keys to Empowering Youth)?

400

Former LMRT member Dr. Simone Schürle was appointed tenure-track professor at this university

What is ETH Zurich?

400

This journal published the lab's SERS-active plasmonic nanogap breath-diagnostic paper in 2026

What is Nano Letters?

400

Sangeeta once discussed the liver — and hangovers — on this science podcast

What is Gastropod?

500

Other than Sangeeta, this person has co-authored the most LMRT papers across nearly every research theme. **2x clue**

Who is Dr. Heather E. Fleming?

500

In 2019, Sangeeta became the only female physician scientist elected to all five U.S. National Academies — these other women are also in all 5

Who are Kristi Anseth and Paula Hammond?

500

This former postdoc's work was turned into visual art with artist Vik Muniz, and separately used in a public vaccination-awareness campaign

Who is Tal Danino?

500

The lab's 2025 ACS Nano paper on nanobody-based antimicrobial therapeutics included this outside collaborator, well known for nanobody engineering

Who is Hidde L. Ploegh?

500

This is the name of the lab's citizen-science game designed to crowdsource nanomedicine design

What is NanoDoc?