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