Cell Culture Jeopardy 2024

Back to Basics

100

Energy-producing organelles commonly known as "The Powerhouse of the Cell". 

Mitochondria

200

Surrounds the entire cell and separates the inside from the outer environment. 

Cell Membrane

300

Receives proteins and folds, sorts, and packages proteins into vesicles. 

Golgi Apparatus

400

Synthesize all the proteins in the cell. 

Ribosomes

500

Storage, synthesizing lipids, and removing toxic substances. 

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Cell Labs into Numbers

100

ViCell Counters

6 (CVA-03, CVA-04, CVA-06, CVA-07, CVA-08, CVA-09)

200

Total number of cell culture VACR methods

12

300

Cell Culture Labs

3 (E172, E121, J135)

400

Biosafety Cabinents

15

500

Beckman Coulter Allegra X15R with rotor

14

Method Mastery

100

Common calculation for volumes

C₁V₁=C₂V₂

200

Reagent used to wash cells prior to trypsinization 

DPBS

300

Minimum amount of time to warm reagents before use 

30 minutes

400

Confluency need to feed cells post thaw

30%

500

CM2 contains this % of DMF

0.8%

What Cell-ebrity is This?

100

African Green Monkey kidney

Vero

200

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

HL60

300

Fetal lung tissue

HEL 299 

400

Arising Retinal Pigment Epithelia from eyes

ARPE-19 

500

58-year-old lung tissue with carcinoma

A549

Immunization Insights

100

Virus caused the Covid-19 pandemic

SARS-Cov-2

200

Frequent transmission of Dengue virus

Mosquitos

300

Common upper respiratory virus which is severe in children under 2 years

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

400

Janssen MOPA bacteria

E Coli

500

Father of Vaccines

Edward Jenner