@BanksLabAtBates

We are a molecular biology lab at Bates College doing awesome, groundbreaking research and advancing STEM education lead by @DrLoDeBa🧬♥️🔬♥️🦠♥️🧪

 Lewiston, ME
bates.edu/biology/faculty/lori-banks-microbiology/
Joined August 2019
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Thank you all for your continued support of my lab, students, and career in general. Our story will carry on @BanksMicrobeSquad on IG in the future. Please continue to connect with us there. – at Lewiston, ME
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Talk about a hidden figure...This lady is still alive! Recognition and celebration are clearly in order. @NobelPrize geneticsunzipped.com/transcr… – at Lewiston, ME

Picking up the pieces - Tsuneko Okazaki — Genetics Unzipped

Did cultural attitudes towards women in science lead to Japanese researcher Tsuneko Okazaki missing out on a Nobel Prize?

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Round dance day was awesome, especially meeting the drummers who were also #anishinaabe! #ribbonskirt #boozhoo #turtlemountain @sacnas – at Lewiston, ME
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Pretending like we're going to drop the hottest reggaetón album after the conference 🇵🇷😎🌴🎤 #NDiSTEM2022 – at San Juan, Puerto Rico
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I'm SUPER happy to share new work from my lab bridging biochemistry and computational biophysics. It's been a pleasure working with all these students. 👩🏽‍🔬🧬🧪🧫❤️ researchsquare.com/article/r…

Computational Modeling of Virally-encoded Ion Channel Structure

Viroporins are ion channels encoded within a virus’s genome, that facilitate a range of devastating infectious diseases such as COVID-19, HIV, and rotavirus. The non-structural protein 4 (NSP4) from...

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Bates STEM at #NDiSTEM2022 🇵🇷👩🏽‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬👨🏼‍🔬🐾❤️
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Day 2 at #NDiSTEM2022 is bringing the #BlackGirlMagic ! @Prof_AJKennedy @BatesCollege
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More fun from Day 1 at #NDiSTEM2022 @ErinAsayo
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There is truly no other conference like SACNAS #NDiSTEM2022
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#NDiSTEM2022 @adiamondstanic @BatesAstro @BatesCollege
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#NDiSTEM2022 @sacnas Here we come!!! #BatesSACNAS #BLACKinSTEM #WOMENinSTEM #LatininSTEM 👩🏽‍🔬🐾❤️
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Can't wait to see everyone at #NdiSTEM2022!👩🏽‍🔬❤️
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Officially ready for @sacnas #ndistem2022 👩🏽‍🔬❤️
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Hey science peeps! Can anyone recommend a human cell line that are large cells? I’m looking to image the cells with the biggest lysosomes I can find. Wondering if there is anything bigger than what I see with HEK293’s. Please RT.
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Nerding the young people of the world, one wheel of cheese at a time 👩🏽‍🔬🧀❤️bates.edu/news/2022/10/14/ma…

‘Make something you love’: Bates biology class gets cheesy

Class got a little cheesy for students in Lori Banks' microbiology course, "Living in a Microbial World." In addition to a cheese-tasting session, students got advice from two cheese-making alumni...

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Phenotype!!!! 👩🏽‍🔬🧀
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BanksLabAtBates retweeted
Bates College@BatesCollege11 Oct 2022
In observation of Indigenous People's Day on Monday, a capacity crowd gathered for "Beyond Apologies: Coming to Terms with the Legacies of Indian Residential Schools," with Esther Anne (Passamaquoddy), Wabanaki REACH, and Allan Tremblay (Wolastoqey), Elder and Educator. (📷: PGJ)
Four students hold up "You Are On Indigenous Land" posters for Indigenous People's Day.

ALT Four students hold up "You Are On Indigenous Land" posters for Indigenous People's Day.

Esther Anne of the Passamaquoddy tribe gives a speech while holding a feather in her left hand.

ALT Esther Anne of the Passamaquoddy tribe gives a speech while holding a feather in her left hand.

A room full of students watch and listen during an Indigenous People's Day lecture.

ALT A room full of students watch and listen during an Indigenous People's Day lecture.

Allan Tremblay, Elder and Educator of the Wolastoqey tribal council, delivers a presentation during Bates' Indigenous People's Day programming.

ALT Allan Tremblay, Elder and Educator of the Wolastoqey tribal council, delivers a presentation during Bates' Indigenous People's Day programming.

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