Stories about "Paula Schlax"
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Bates biochemist and physicist receive $373,000 for Lyme research
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 4:31 pm
A cutting-edge microscope at Bates will provide new insights — literally — into bacterial genetics.
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Bates wins $1 million grant for equity-driven STEM innovations
Thursday, July 5, 2018 9:23 am
The grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will fund the transformation of STEM culture at Bates to fully support all students in the sciences.
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Bates alumna Amelia Wilhelm wins nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year
Thursday, June 28, 2018 3:03 pm
A Bates rower, Wilhelm is praised as thoughtful, positive, and exceptionally gifted as a chemistry honors major who conducted Lyme disease research.
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Paula Schlax wins 2016 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching
Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:35 pm
Paula Schlax is the 2016 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching, Bates College's signature honor for great teaching.
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Schlax nets $345K grant to study genetic ‘switches’ central to Lyme disease
Thursday, October 15, 2015 9:58 am
Chemistry professor Paula Schlax's $250,000 grant to study the bacteria that causes Lyme disease includes support for student research.
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Bates announces seven faculty promotions, including four tenure decisions
Thursday, August 27, 2015 3:24 pm
Recent faculty promotions at Bates include four professors earning tenure and three being named full professor.
Bates students advocate for research funding in Washington event
Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:45 pm
A Bates College junior from Maine and a senior from New York state presented biochemistry research to a U.S. representative from Maine this month as part of "Posters on the Hill," an annual event designed to remind Congress of the importance of undergraduate research.
Bates biochemist receives $272,000 grant
Monday, March 22, 2004 10:02 am
Paula Schlax, an assistant professor of chemistry at Bates College, has received a National Science Foundation grant for nearly $272,000 to support her research into bacterial responses to environmental stress.