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Bonnie Bassler talking at TED in 2009.
Photograph by Steve Jurvetson

Bonnie Lynn Bassler (born 1962)[1] is an American molecular biologist. She has been a professor at Princeton University since 1994.

Born in Chicago and raised in Danville, California,[2] Bassler received a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University.[3] She made key insights into the mechanism by which bacteria communicate, known as quorum sensing. In 2002 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Bassler was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2006.[2] She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.[1]

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.[4] Bonnie Bassler is a member of the USA Science & Engineering Festival's Nifty Fifty, 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.[5]

In 2012, Bonnie Bassler was named Laureate for North America of the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards[6].

References

  1. ^ a b "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Ahmed, Farooq. "Profile of Bonnie L. Bassler". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D." Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.usasciencefestival.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=95 retrieved 2010-03-26
  5. ^ USA Science & Engineering Festival's Nifty Fifty
  6. ^ http://agora.forwomeninscience.com/index.php/2012/03/who-is-bonnie-bassler/


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