Bonnie Bassler
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | Quorum sensing |
| Notable awards | Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science (2009) Richard Lounsbery Award (2011) Shaw Prize (2015) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Bonnie Lynn Bassler (born 1962)[2] is an American molecular biologist. She has been a professor at Princeton University since 1994. In 2002, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.[3]
Life
Born in Chicago and raised in Danville, California,[4] Bassler received a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University.[5] She made key insights into the mechanism by which bacteria communicate,[6] known as quorum sensing.
Honors and awards
Bassler was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2006.[4] She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.[2] In 2008, she received a special recognition from the World Cultural Council.[7]
Bassler has been nominated by the American Society for Microbiology to be one of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Nifty Fifty Speakers who will speak about her work and career to middle and high school students in October 2010.[8] The Nifty Fifty is a collection of the most influential scientists and engineers in the United States, that are dedicated to reinvigorating the interest of young people in science and engineering.[9]
Bonnie Bassler was named 2012 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Laureate for North America.[10] In 2015 she and Everett Peter Greenberg of the University of Washington were awarded the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine "for elucidating the molecular mechanism of quorum sensing, a process whereby bacteria communicate with each other and which offers innovative ways to interfere with bacterial pathogens or to modulate the microbiome for health applications."[11]
References
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External links
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- Princeton University faculty webpage
- A Biologist's Listening Guide to Bacteria - All Things Considered interview
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute biography
- Nova Science Now Profile: Bonnie Bassler
- Bonnie Bassler at TED
- TED Talk: How bacteria "talk" (TED2009)
- Bonnie Bassler seminar: Cell-Cell Communication
- Bonnie Bassler online talk: Tiny Conspiracies
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- Presidents of the American Society for Microbiology
- 1962 births
- American biochemists
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
- Johns Hopkins University alumni
- Living people
- MacArthur Fellows
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Members of the Royal Society
- American molecular biologists
- Scientists from Chicago, Illinois
- Princeton University faculty
- University of California, Davis alumni
- Women scientists
- L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates
