Safety
Bioreactor
Equipment
SDS-PAGE
Potpourri
100

Name 3 common laboratory hazards

What are acid & bases, biological agents, compressed gases, corrosives, cryogenics, electrical, flammables, halogens, hydrocarbons, mercury, oxidizing & reducing agents, peroxides, pyophorics,

100

What is the name of the sampling port on the bioreactor?

What is the clave port?

100

What two pieces of equipment can you use to transfer liquids?

What is a serological pipet, a micropipet?

100

How do you prepare a sample to run on an SDS-PAGE gel?

What is add SDS and heat?

100

What kind of cells did we use to make our medicine?

What is CHO or Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells?

200

What is this symbol called?

What is the NFPA safety diamond?

200

How long does it take to achieve homogeneity in the Wave bioreactor?

What is 5 - 10 seconds?

200

What type of syringe do you use to sample the bioreactor?

What is a luer lok syringe?

200

What is the name of the stain used to stain the gel?

What is Coomassie Blue?

200

Name three features of an antibody?

What are heavy chain, light chain, disulfide bond, Fc region, constant region, Fab region, variable region

300

What can you wear to protect yourself in the lab?

What are safety glasses/goggles, lab coat, gloves, close toed shoes

300

Name the four analyses or tests that are performed on a bioreactor sample.

What are pH, cell count, cell viability and glucose?

300

What is the small vessel called that we grow the cells in?

What is a Shake Flask?

300

What protein standard runs at 97.4 kDa (kilodaltons)?

What is Phosphorylase b?

300

Calculate what volume of 100% ethanol you need to make 500 ml of 20% ethanol.

What is (100%) x (x ml) = (20%) x (500 ml) solve for x x = 100 ml

400

What does this symbol mean?

What is Flammable?

400

Who invented the Wave bioreactor?

Who is Vijay Singh

400

What equipment do you use to mix a solution?

What is a stir plate or stir bar?

400

What tool do you use to separate the gel frame?

What is a gel knife?

400

What is meant by the "upstream" and "downstream" parts of the medicine making process?

What is Upstream = the cell culture portion of making the medicine Downstream = the purification portion of making a medicine

500

What do three of the four regions of this symbol, signify?

What are Blue = Health Hazard Red = Fire Hazard Yellow = Reactivity White = Special Hazard

500

Name four of the five parameters for the bioreactor that are recorded on the log sheet

What are rocks per minute, angle, percent % CO2, temperature, aeration?

500

What two methods can you use to separate the cells from the medicine?

What is a filter or filtration, centrifuge or centrifugation?

500

What does SDS-PAGE stand for?

What is Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate - Poly Acrylamide Electrophoresis?

500

Name all seven steps in purification or chromatography, in order.

What is Equilibration, Load, Wash, Elute, Neutralize, Sanitize, Store