Bonnie L. Bassler is a molecular biologist professor at Princeton University. Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecular level. ... Princeton University, incorporated as The Trustees of Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fourth-oldest institution to conduct higher education in the United States. ...
She made key insights into the mechanism by which bacteria communicate, known as quorum sensing. In 2002 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Quorum sensing is the ability of bacteria to communicate and coordinate behavior via signaling molecules. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution. ...
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Princeton Faculty page on professor Bassler's lab (Bassler photo portrait incl.)
Bassler, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University.
Bassler is the Director of Graduate Studies in the Molecular Biology Department, and she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses.
Bassler is an editor for Molecular Microbiology and Annual Reviews of Genetics, and she is an associate editor for the Journal of Bacteriology.
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