Bonnie Bassler

Bonnie Bassler
Bassler at a 2015 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting.
Born
Bonnie Lynn Bassler

1962 (age 62–63)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater
Known forQuorum sensing
SpouseTodd Reichart
AwardsWiley Prize in Biomedical Science (2009)
Richard Lounsbery Award (2011)
Shaw Prize (2015)
Pearl Meister Greengard Prize (2016)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2022)
Genetics Society of America Medal (2020)
Princess of Asturias Award (2023)
Scientific career
InstitutionsPrinceton University
External videos
video icon "Quorum sensing: Bacteria talks", Bonnie Bassler, TED2014
video icon Bonnie Bassler Biography, Explorer's Guide to Biology

Bonnie Lynn Bassler (born 1962)[1] 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.[2][3][4]

Bassler has received numerous awards for her research, including the Princess of Asturias Award (2023), Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2021),[2] the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize (2016),[5] the L'Oreal-UNESCO award (2012),[6] the Richard Lounsbery Award (2011),[7] the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2009),[8] and a MacArthur Fellowship (2002).[9]

She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences (as of 2006),[10] a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (as of 2012),[11] a former president of the American Society for Microbiology (2011)[12] and served on the National Science Board with a term expiring May 10, 2016.[13][14] She was an editor of the Annual Review of Genetics from 2012 to 2017.[15][16]

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  10. ^ "Bonnie L. Bassler". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  11. ^ Staff. "Professor Bonnie L. Bassler ForMemRS". The Royal Society. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
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  13. ^ "Obama to nominate Princeton's Bassler for National Science Board". Princeton University. October 21, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  14. ^ "Daily Digest". Congressional Record. 158 (61). April 26, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  15. ^ "CO-EDITORS OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF GENETICS – VOLUME 46, 2012". Annual Reviews. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  16. ^ "EDITOR OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF GENETICS – VOLUME 51, 2017". Annual Reviews. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

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