Puzzle Competition- Apr 2019
The puzzle for Apr 2019 was created by Amuliya Kashyap (PhD Student). The competition was held on 12-Apr-2019 after the Journal club and Work presentations. The student participants were required to fill the answers on the spot in 30 minutes.
Puzzle-8 (Apr 2019)
CLUES
Across
2. Sulphur Pearl of Namibia
6. Transition area between two biomes
8. Discovered GFP
11. Vietnamese tuberculosis
14. Effect observed when there is decrease in concentration of oxyhaemoglobin in blood
16. Archeon symbiont with smallest non-viral genome to be ever sequenced
17. Diseases of animal reservoir
18. Proteins that help in assembly and disassembly of other macromolecules
19. Antibody with catalytic activity
20. A unit of measurement of genetic linkage
21. Drug that effects microtubule formation
22. Cork Screw shaped bacteria
23. Causative agent of Q-Fever
24. Plasmids that allow transfer of DNA between unrelated species
Down
1. Pink Yeast
3. A DNA Repair enzyme
4. Alternate unrelated host where a pathogen completes its cycle
5. Makes foreign cells susceptible to phagocytosis
7. Raw material in beer production other than cereal
9. Another name of TypeIII Secretion system
10. Key metal in Vitamin B12
12. Polymerase from this organism catalyses high-temperature reverse transcription
13. Body`s own cells are protected from membrane attack complex by this surface glycoprotein
15. One of the Catecholamines
Solution of Puzzle 8 (Apr 2019)
And the winners are-
First: Aparajita (20.5 correct out of 24)
Second:Jyoti (20 correct out of 24)
Other notable performances: Ashish (18.5), Vishal (18), Shilpa (18), Rashmi Singh (18), Lavanya (17), Shivani (16.5), Vasundhra (15), Subhojit (15), Mohini (15), Kritika (15), Jatin (15), Deepak (15), Mona (14.5), Annu (14), Priti (13.5), Sharad (13), Sheeba (12), Kuldeep (11), Akanksha (10).
Winners of puzzle 7 (Rashmi Singh and Mohini Talwar) receiving prizes