Gregor Mendel Institute - Quiz
  • 1. What is the full name of the GMI?
A) Gregor Mendel Institute of Modern Plant Breeding
B) Global Molecular Institute
C) Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
D) Genetics and Molecular Institute
  • 2. In which city is the GMI located?
A) Innsbruck
B) Graz
C) Salzburg
D) Vienna
  • 3. In which country is the GMI located?
A) Switzerland
B) Austria
C) Germany
D) Australia
  • 4. In what year was the GMI founded?
A) 2005
B) 2000
C) 2010
D) 1995
  • 5. Which organization founded the GMI?
A) Austrian Academy of Sciences
B) University of Vienna
C) European Research Council
D) Max Planck Society
  • 6. Approximately how many people does the GMI employ?
A) 130
B) 1,900
C) 50
D) 300
  • 7. Who was the founding director of the GMI?
A) Magnus Nordborg
B) Liam Dolan
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Dieter Schweizer
  • 8. Who is the current scientific director of the GMI?
A) Dieter Schweizer
B) Yasin Dagdas
C) Frédéric Berger
D) Liam Dolan
  • 9. After whom is the institute named?
A) Liam Dolan
B) Gregor Mendel
C) Dieter Schweizer
D) Max Perutz
  • 10. What title is Gregor Mendel known by?
A) Father of epigenetics
B) Father of botany
C) Father of genetics
D) Father of cell biology
  • 11. Where did Gregor Mendel study in the mid-19th century?
A) University of Cambridge
B) University of Lausanne
C) University of California
D) University of Vienna
  • 12. How many independent research groups were at GMI as of March 2023?
A) Five
B) Twelve
C) Eight
D) Ten
  • 13. What is the research focus of Frédéric Berger?
A) Chloroplast biogenesis
B) Chromatin architecture and function
C) Insect-induced plant galls
D) Population genetics
  • 14. What is the research focus of Yasin Dagdas?
A) Development and evolution of land plants
B) Mechanisms of recognition and silencing of transposons
C) Horizontal gene transfer in plants and algae
D) Autophagy mediated cellular quality control mechanisms in plants
  • 15. What is the research focus of Liam Dolan?
A) Chromatin architecture and function
B) Development and evolution of land plants
C) Population genetics
D) Chloroplast biogenesis
  • 16. What is the research focus of Nick Irwin?
A) Autophagy mediated cellular quality control
B) Insect-induced plant galls
C) Horizontal gene transfer in plants and algae
D) Chromatin architecture and function
  • 17. What is the research focus of Yan Ma?
A) Insect-induced plant galls
B) Population genetics
C) Development and evolution of land plants
D) Chloroplast biogenesis and protein quality control
  • 18. What is the research focus of Arturo Marí-Ordóñez?
A) Mechanisms of recognition and silencing of transposons in plants
B) Autophagy mediated cellular quality control
C) Horizontal gene transfer in plants and algae
D) Chromatin architecture and function
  • 19. What is the research focus of Magnus Nordborg?
A) Population genetics
B) Insect-induced plant galls
C) Chloroplast biogenesis
D) Development and evolution of land plants
  • 20. What is the research focus of Silvia Ramundo?
A) Chromatin architecture and function
B) Chloroplast biogenesis and protein quality control
C) Mechanisms of recognition and silencing of transposons
D) Horizontal gene transfer in plants and algae
  • 21. How often does the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) evaluate research at GMI?
A) Every five years
B) Every two years
C) Annually
D) Monthly
  • 22. Who consists the Scientific Advisory Board?
A) Austrian government officials
B) GMI internal researchers
C) Undergraduate students
D) Independent international experts
  • 23. What is the main task of the Scientific Advisory Board?
A) To provide feedback on the quality of scientific work
B) To teach classes at the university
C) To fund new research projects directly
D) To manage daily administrative tasks
  • 24. In which district of Vienna is the Vienna BioCenter located?
A) 19th district
B) 3rd district
C) 1st district
D) 10th district
  • 25. Approximately how many scientists are on the Vienna BioCenter campus?
A) Over 1,900
B) Over 130
C) Over 5,000
D) Over 500
  • 26. From how many countries do the scientists at the Vienna BioCenter come?
A) More than 20
B) More than 150
C) More than 70
D) Exactly 10
  • 27. Which of the following is located at the Vienna BioCenter alongside GMI?
A) ETH Zurich
B) CERN
C) Max Planck Institute Berlin
D) IMBA
  • 28. What does IMP stand for in the context of the Vienna BioCenter?
A) Institute of Modern Physics
B) International Medical Program
C) Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
D) Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
  • 29. Max Perutz Labs Vienna is a joint institute of the University of Vienna and which other institution?
A) Austrian Academy of Sciences
B) Medical University of Vienna
C) University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
D) Vienna University of Technology
  • 30. What services do GMI research groups use from the Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities?
A) Clinical drug trials and patient diagnostics
B) Meteorological data collection
C) Nuclear magnetic resonance and particle physics
D) High-throughput plant phenotyping and next generation sequencing
  • 31. What mobile games did GMI develop for science communication?
A) Quiz search mobile games on the topic of plants
B) Strategy games about building laboratories
C) Puzzle games about chemical elements
D) Action role-playing games about genetics
  • 32. What is the name of one of the plant quiz search games developed by GMI?
A) Chloroplast Chronicles
B) Vienna Plant Adventure
C) Mendel's Mystery
D) Botanic Quest
  • 33. What is the name of the second plant quiz search game developed by GMI?
A) Naturdenkmäler Wien Quest
B) Vienna BioCenter Quest
C) Austrian Flora Challenge
D) Alpine Plant Discovery
  • 34. What is gmi4kids?
A) A mobile game for toddlers
B) An information platform for children
C) A school in Vienna
D) A toy store for young scientists
  • 35. Richard Durbin is affiliated with which university on the SAB?
A) University of California, Berkeley
B) University of Cambridge
C) University of Vienna
D) University of Lausanne
  • 36. Niko Geldner is affiliated with which university on the SAB?
A) University of Oxford
B) University of California, Riverside
C) University of Lausanne
D) University of Cambridge
  • 37. Harmit Malik is affiliated with which center on the SAB?
A) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
B) The Sainsbury Laboratory
C) Max Planck Institute
D) RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
  • 38. Krishna Niyogi is affiliated with which university on the SAB?
A) University of Lausanne
B) University of Cambridge
C) University of California, Berkeley
D) University of California, Riverside
  • 39. Keiko Sugimoto is affiliated with which organization on the SAB?
A) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
B) RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
C) Max Planck Institute
D) The Sainsbury Laboratory
  • 40. Nick Talbot is affiliated with which institution on the SAB?
A) RIKEN Center
B) The Sainsbury Laboratory
C) Max Planck Institute
D) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • 41. Miltos Tsiantis is affiliated with which institute on the SAB?
A) Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
B) The Sainsbury Laboratory
C) University of Cambridge
D) University of Lausanne
  • 42. Susan Wessler is affiliated with which university on the SAB?
A) University of Cambridge
B) University of California, Riverside
C) University of Lausanne
D) University of California, Berkeley
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