PoS Quizz 24 May

Can the human brain generate new brain cells throughout adulthood?

• Definitely yes

• Definitely no

• Most probably yes

• The scientists don’t even know themselves, how am I supposed to know?

Say it can/could, how can we boost the birth of new cells in our brain?

• Play chess throughout life

• Go running

• Have a pint

• Stress out about every single thing

Why is it so difficult to identify effective therapeutics in Alzheimer’s disease?

• The disease starts much earlier than the symptoms, it may be too late when someone is diagnosed

• The brain is very complex

• The disease is a black box

• We don’t have good tools to study human brain

Which technologies can help ‘look’ into each of the cells of our brain and understand their individual contribution to Alzheimer’s disease?

• Single-cell patholomics

• Multi-cell complexomics

• Single-cell omics

• Multi-cell regeneromics

How long will a Mars return trip (likely) take?

• 2 years

• 3 years

• 5 years

• 10 years

What is the most common method to increase shelf-life of food for space applications?

• Radiation

• Freeze-drying

• Thermostabilization

• Chlorine dioxide gas

What are the animal protein requirements for long-term space missions?

• 0.72 g/kg body weight

• 0.9 g/kg body weight

• 1.2 g/kg body weight

• 1.8 g/kg body weight

Which bioreactor type better mimic in vivo vascularization/tissue structure

• Rotating wall

• Random positioning machine

• Hollow-fiber

• Stirred tank

How many people suffer from diabetes worldwide?

• Less than 100 million

• More than 2 billion

• More than 300 million

• A few hundred

What is the name of the technique that allows bioprinting using light?

• Extrusion bioprinting

• Volumetric bioprinting

• Dynamic light scattering

• Light power bioprinting