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