Hand Sanitizer & Face Masks
What type of genome does the COVID-19 virus have?
What is a (+) single-stranded RNA genome?
This hurricane hit Halifax in September 2019 - leaving many without power.
Swim laps, go for a run, or write a final exam in this building.
What is the Dalplex?
Caused by the H1N1 influence A virus, this 1918 pandemic was known by what time?
What is the Spanish Flu?
An assay that measures the number of viable and infectious particles in a sample or the PFU/mL.
What is a plaque assay?
Pfizer and Moderna are two of what kind of COVID-19 vaccine?
What are mRNA vaccines?
Slip your feet into a pair of these if you want to fit in with the maritime crowd.
What are blundstones?
You can find her in the chemistry lab, but it is her exam review sessions that students love.
Who is Gaia?
This single stranded RNA filovirus is transmitted through bodily fluids and is the cause of frequent outbreaks in regions such as Africa.
What is Ebola virus?
This assay can be used to detective presence of antibodies and antigens. Common types include direct, indirect, or sandwich.
What is an ELISA assay?
What kind viral vector does the AstraZeneca vaccine use?
What is an adenovirus?
This lighthouse was built in 1915 and is one of the most photographed landmarks on the east coast.
What is Peggy's Cove?
This building houses the biochemistry labs, the Kellogg Library, and is the central building for Dalhousie Medical School.
What is the Tupper Building?
This 2009 pandemic was the most recent pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza virus.
What is swine flu?
This technique is used to measure and analyze populations of cells. It involves gating for specific cells and labeling cells with fluorescent markers.
What is flow cytometry?
mRNA vaccines contain the instructions for what viral protein?
What is the spike protein?
The intersection of Blowers and Grafton is better known as?
What is pizza corner?
Designed by Ray Affleck and built in 1974, many new DAL students frequently get lost in this building.
What is the life sciences centre?
A pandemic is when an infectious disease spreads over multiple countries. What is the term for a disease that affects a large number of people in a community or geographic location?
What is an epidemic?
A western blot is used to measure and detect the levels of protein in a sample. What is the name of the assay used to detect RNA?
What is a northern blot assay?
What is an enveloped virus?
A famous east coast food item that involves spiced meat, pita, onions, and tomatoes - and don't forget that special sauce.
What is donair?
You can't study neuroscience at Dalhousie without learning about this notable alumni who proposed that 'neurons that wire together, fire together'.
Who is Donald Hebb?
The most fatal pandemic in human history, this devastating pandemic that occurred in the mid 1300's was caused by the bubonic plaque.
What is the Black Death?
Developed by Kary Mullis in the 1980's, this method is used to amplify small quantities of DNA using primers.
What is the polymerase chain reaction?