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A) _____ calories (enter the number only)  

Explain a concept, list a set of information, or some other facts that you were prepared to answer but was not included on this test.  You can earn up to 10 points depending on the complexity and correctness of your answer. 

Why might a company want to make a salad dressing with HIGHER pH?  What is a problem that might arise from this change and a solution for it? 

What is the importance of the anomeric carbon on a carbohydrate?

Which of the following is not a category of food safety hazards?

The ________ contains centers for heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure.

Scientists have engineered the cas9 protein in CRISPR to “Cas9 nickase (Cas9n)” and “dead Cas9 (dCas9)”. Describe how they differ from the original cas9, and the utilities of these two engineered enzymes. 

Describe the key steps in a western blot experiment (6 points). When comparing relative quantitative difference of a target protein between two samples, scientists often include a western blot on a housekeeping protein, why? (2 protein).

List the three components of a mass spectrometry and their functions.

The expectation that exercise can function to reduce pain and/or increase pleasure is linked to which hypothesis?