Talk Overview
Did you know that bacteria can “speak” to each other and make decisions as a group? Dr. Bassler explains how bacteria use chemical communication in a process called quorum sensing. By identifying these chemicals, scientists may be able to hamper, or improve, quorum sensing and generate new antibiotic or probiotic therapies.
Speaker Bio
Bonnie Bassler

Bonnie Bassler is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and the Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. Bassler received a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of California at Davis, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry… Continue Reading
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