Scientific Discoveries
This scientist is famous for discovering the structure of DNA.
Who is James Watson?
This reagent is used to stain DNA for visualization under UV light.
What is ethidium bromide?
This Marvel villain is basically a scientist who went a little overboard with gamma radiation.
Who is the Hulk?
This analytical instrument separates components of a mixture based on their different migration rates through a medium.
What is a chromatograph?
This term describes a solution that resists changes in pH when acids or bases are added.
What is a buffer?
This reagent is commonly used in PCR to extend primers and create complementary DNA strands.
What is Taq polymerase?
This time-traveling doctor used plutonium to power a DeLorean in "Back to the Future."
Who is Doc Brown?
This is the number of atoms in one mole of any substance.
What is Avogadro's number? (6.022 × 10²³)
This scientist conducted the first systematic experiments on genetic inheritance using pea plants and established the laws of inheritance.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This reagent is used to stop enzymatic reactions during cell lysis.
What is EDTA?
In "Stranger Things," this government lab might have benefited from better biosafety protocols.
What is Hawkins Lab?
This specialized equipment creates an oxygen-free environment by replacing air with an inert gas like nitrogen or argon.
What is a glove box? (Acceptable: anaerobic chamber)
This principle states that electrons occupy orbitals of lowest energy first before filling higher energy levels.
What is the Aufbau principle?
This physicist is credited with discovering radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
This commonly used reagent is used for washing glassware and neutralizing acidic solutions.
What is sodium bicarbonate?
She portrayed a quirky neurobiologist on The Big Bang Theory - and also has a real PhD in neuroscience.
Who is Mayim Bialik?
This American biochemist used X-ray crystallography to help determine the double helix structure of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Before becoming a late-night host, he earned a degree in chemistry from Harvard and worked as a medical researcher.
Who is Conan O'Brien?
This instrument measures the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter and can identify molecular structures based on absorption patterns.
What is a spectrometer?