Bonnie L. Bassler
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Bonnie Lynn Bassler is an American molecular biologist; the Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and chair of the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University; and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.
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Quorum sensing-controlled behaviors are those that only occur when bacteria are at high cell population densities.
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Mary-Claire KingAlso won Gruber Prize in Genetics
Eric F. WieschausAlso won Genetics Society of America Medal
Huda ZoghbiAlso won Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Bert VogelsteinAlso won Ernst Schering PrizeLaurie GlimcherAlso won FASEB Excellence in Science Award
Aleida AssmannAlso won Max Planck Research AwardAbout this person
Bonnie Lynn Bassler is an American molecular biologist; the Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and chair of the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University; and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. She has researched cell-to-cell chemical communication in bacteria and discovered key insights into the mechanism by which bacteria communicate, known as quorum sensing. She has contributed to the idea that disruption of chemical signaling can be used as an antimicrobial therapy.
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