Frankie Facts
Who is the author of Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Name a current use of CRISPR technology
Identify infections, develop medical treatments, strengthen crops, prevent/treat diseases, modify children’s genes, etc
Name the four bases that make up DNA
Adanine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
“I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.”
Victor Frankenstein
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
The Creature
What perspective is Frankenstein written in?
First person
What year was CRISPR unveiled?
2012
Which nucleotide base is present in RNA but not DNA?
Uracil
“Who could be interested in the fate of a murderer, but the hangman who would gain his fee?”
Victor Frankenstein
What’s it called when genetic engineering produces heritable changes to DNA?
Germline modification
What title is the book Frankenstein also referred to as?
The Modern Prometheus
In what country was the first genetic modification of a child attempted?
China
Who was the first scientist to photograph the structure of DNA?
Rosalind Franklin
"I had none to support me; all looked on me as a wretch doomed to ignominy and perdition. What could I do? In an evil hour I subscribed to a lie; and now only am I truly miserable.”
What is the artistic movement related to passion and appreciation of nature that inspired elements of the book Frankenstein?
Romanticism
In what city did Victor Frankenstein attend college?
Ingolstadt
What is the term used for unborn children who are genetically altered using CRISPR?
Designer babies
What’s the process for replication segments of DNA in a lab called?
PCR
“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”
The Creature
“He believes that, when in dreams he holds converse with his friends….they are not the creations of his fancy, but the beings themselves.”
What is the name of the narrative device used in Frankenstein where a story is told within a story?
Frame narrative or "framing"
What does CRISPR stand for?
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
What’s the most common start codon for a gene? (Hint, it’s three letters)
AUG
“You throw a torch into a pile of buildings; and when they are consumed, you sit among the ruins and lament the fall.”
Robert Walton
In what kind of organisms was CRISPR first discovered?
Microbes