Dr. Bonnie Bassler
Professor, Princeton University
Bonnie Bassler is a professor of molecular biology at Princeton University. She has made important discoveries about quorum sensing, or the process by which single-cell bacteria communicate with one another. She hopes to use quorum sensing to create anti-microbial drugs to counteract bacteria. For her work, she received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002 and the National Academy of Sciences elected her one of its members in 2006. She wakes up prior to 6 a.m. everyday to teach an aerobics class.. because otherwise she would just be lazy.
Bonnie Bassler talks about what began her scientific journey.
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Bonnie Bassler explains her breakthrough discovery.
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Bonnie Bassler discusses the challenges associated with being a female scientist.
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When a child picks food off the floor and eats it he is educating his immune system. Bonnie Bassler tells us how amazing the human body is in keeping us […]
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Bassler explains the governmental, social, and cultural factors which turn children off to science.
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