COVID-19: Basic Biology and Addgene’s Resources – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Transcripción interactiva y destacados
1.Thank you everybody for tuning in to this special presentation about COVID-19, and how Addgene is responding to this pandemic
2.First of all I'd like to echo what Joanne said and really just thank everyone all of the Addgenies for your hard work during this difficult time, and I'm delighted to be able to tell you a little bit more about what some of that work has come to you so far
3.I'm just so proud that Addgene is stepping up and being part of the solution here and it's something that you all should be very proud of as well
4.So this talk is divided into three parts
5.I'm gonna start by giving you some of the background and then I'm gonna hand it over to Marcy who will tell you more about Addgene's plasmid resource and some of our response and how we've been handling a lot of the deposits and requests during this time
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR C1)
respiratory
B2Relating to respiration; breathing.
Example:
"as well. So this was a disease that hid in the early 2000s, and it stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. And the reason this is important is because"
beginning
B1The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Example:
"more alarmist in the beginning but I did think that was kind of an interesting story how they they came across these different names. I mean it is important"
themselves
B1The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
Example:
"human in order to make more copies of themselves they don't have all the machinery that they need on their own so it's very important for them to actually"
introduction
B2The act or process of introducing.
Example:
"Thinking back to Melina's introduction you know that the spike protein as well as the ACE 2 receptor were two really important components of"
represent
B1To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
Example:
"the virus host cell interaction. So it's no surprise that we have a large abundance of both of these types of plasmids represented in our collection. We"
performed
B1To do something; to execute.
Example:
"the COVID research are getting their stuff first?" And the answer to that question is really a daily logistical ballet performed by a CS, SciSupport, lab"
versatile
B1Capable of doing many things competently.
Example:
"with ginkgo on this efforts this is a really important and versatile collection they've done a great job in identifying the types of plasmids that"
identifying
B2To establish the identity of someone or something.
Example:
"with ginkgo on this efforts this is a really important and versatile collection they've done a great job in identifying the types of plasmids that"
appreciate
B1To be grateful or thankful for.
Example:
"out to scientists? What many people may not quite appreciate is there are a lot"
scisupport
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"the COVID research are getting their stuff first?" And the answer to that question is really a daily logistical ballet performed by a CS, SciSupport, lab"
Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
---|---|---|
respiratory | B2 | Relating to respiration; breathing. |
beginning | B1 | The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. |
themselves | B1 | The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis). |
introduction | B2 | The act or process of introducing. |
represent | B1 | To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. |
performed | B1 | To do something; to execute. |
versatile | B1 | Capable of doing many things competently. |
identifying | B2 | To establish the identity of someone or something. |
appreciate | B1 | To be grateful or thankful for. |
scisupport | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
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