Bench Science
Physicists know this as the result of mass and accelaration
What is force?
This number represents the percentage of papers published in English in Academic Journals from the most recent data available
What is 92.5%
This esteemed school where Alden received his MSc. was originally built to test and treat sailors returning from far flung colonies
What is the London School (of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Named for a famous scientist, these 'bubbles' of Gamma Rays extend above and below our galactic center.
What are the Fermi Bubbles?
This creature ate the original Boba Fett, though it could not digest his armor.
What is the Sarlacc (pit)
This molecular formula for D-glucopyranose is one of the more commonly known in science
What is c6h12o6
This research approach focuses on the 'n of one' stories of individuals to help understand the nuances of a topic
What is qualitative research?
This approach to discrimination was named for the colors on the maps used to isolate communities in cities.
What is redlining?
Of 100 women who focus their careers the STEM field, this percent is likely to remain involved years after graduating from their terminal degree
what is three percent?
This CPS alumni has recently been a star in the hit Brooklyn 99
Who is Chelsea Peretti
These are the three parts of the periodic table
As opposed to cross-sectional surveys, this type of study follows a population over time from an exposure to an outcome
What is a cohort study
Dr. Rohini Haar came to talk to us about scientific ethical failures. This horrific lapse is named for the location where it occurred during a study of Syphilis.
What is the Tuskegee Study?
These are the three main categories by which we categorize stigma
What is enacted, anticipated, and internalized
Mentioned offhandedly in only one R lecture, this was how close Alden was to breaking a three hour marathon
What is one minute and two seconds
This type of enzyme is in the heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs that is attached to cell membranes and has been critical in the current sars-cov-2 outbreak
What is ACE-2
As opposed to causation, this 'c-word' is when two things just happen to be associated
What is correlation?
This guest speaker to STEM was once one of Alden's MS Students who now is in the UCSF/UCB JMP program.
Who is Anthony Nardone?
While one of the 10 brightest stars in the sky, this one has been dimming a fair bit recently making astronomers wonder if it is ready to 'die' just don't say its name three times.
What is betelgeuse
She is the only scientist to earn a Nobel Prize in two different sciences
Who is Marie Curie
In a normal distribution and given a large enough sample 95% of all observations will fall between this range
Who is John Snow
She is the Chief Scientist at the WHO who spoke to the STEM cohort
Who is Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori are more commonly known by this name
What is lymphatic filariasis
While never earning the degree for which he was called Theodor Geisel nonetheless used it in his Nom De Plume
Who is Dr. Seuss