Biology Pop Culture
Youtube animated sibling duo known for helping students learn biology
Who are the Amoeba Sisters?
Who is Rory?
This professor was chair of the biology department before Angie
Who is Mike Moore?
These three scientists discovered the helical structure of DNA
Who are Watson, Crick, and Franklin?
This vital organelle is commonly referred to as “the powerhouse of the cell”
What is the mitochondria?
Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman star in this movie with a title based on the four nucleobases of DNA
What is Gattaca?
This fabulous queen is the drag alter-ego of one of the biology professors
Who is Angel Mirage PhDiva?
The new science center was finished in this year
When is 2002?
This scientist discovered cells by observing cork under a microscope
Who is Robert Hooke?
This structural protein is the most abundant protein in the human body
What is collagen?
This protein is beloved online for being “cunty”
What is a motor protein?
Marta Laskowski taught this first year seminar
What is Feeding the World?
The name of the old Biology building, which is currently incorporated into this one
What is Kettering?
French microbiologist known for many notable discoveries such as the Rabies vaccine and disproving spontaneous generation
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This blood type is rarest standard blood type in humans
What is AB Negative?
Rick Sanchez created this biology-related disneyland rip-off featured in Rick & Morty
What is Anatomy Park?
Biology staff member who worked at a maximum security prison
Who is Twila Colley?
A class which Oberlin College was the first to offer a regular course in, taught by Lynds Jones
What is Ornithology?
Female duo that won the 2020 Nobel prize for gene-editing technology
Who are Doudna and Charpentier?
The name of the controversial treatment plan for rabies, which to date has only been accredited for saving one patient
What is the Milwaukee Protocol?
This embryonic development signaling molecule is named after a videogame character famous for his speed
What is sonic hedgehog protein?
This professor appeared on Kansas Public Radio in high school to play violin for an estimated audience of 60,000
Who is Evan Hilpman?
The first biology professor at Oberlin
Who is James Dascomb?
This newly discovered organelle manages how cells sort, recycle and dispose of internal materials
What is the hemifusome?
This specialized stinging cell is found in jellyfish/cnidarians
What is a cnidocyte?