Bonnie L. Bassler
Bonnie L. Bassler (* 1962 ) is an American microbiologist who is considered to be the pioneer of a new, important research branch in microbiology , bacterial intercellular signal communication .
Life
Bonnie L. Bassler originally wanted to become a vet, but she hated the obligatory animal testing. So she turned to molecular biology at UC Davis , wanting to choose cancer medicine as a researcher. Then she discovered the communication channels between bacteria. Before she actually succeeded in proving that various types of bacteria, despite the high energetic biosynthesis costs, coordinate vigorously via molecular signals, the traditional doctrine was that bacteria were not capable of doing this. The research colleague Nealson, as reported in 2003 by the science journalist Steve Silberman in " Wired ", was repeatedly with his results on Vibrio fischeri has been rejected as a "phantast" by the "peer review" of the microbiological journals.
In 1990, after she had just completed her doctorate, she got a research assignment under the geneticist Mike Silverman at the "Agouron Institute" in La Jolla, California . She played a key role in the discovery and development of the molecular communication mechanisms between bacteria , known in the English-speaking world as quorum sensing . She has been a professor at Princeton University since 1994 and heads a renowned research laboratory.
Bassler is the editor of the prestigious Annual Review of Genetics .
Awards (selection)
- 2002 MacArthur Fellowship
- 2004 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2006 Eli Lilly and Company Research Award
- 2006 admission to the National Academy of Sciences
- 2007 admission to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2009 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
- 2011 Richard Lounsbery Award
- 2012 UNESCO L'Oréal Prize
- 2012 member of the American Philosophical Society
- 2015 Shaw Prize (together with E. Peter Greenberg )
- 2016 Max Planck Research Award
- 2016 Pearl Master Greengard Prize
- 2018 Dickson Prize in Medicine
- 2018 Ernst Schering Prize
- 2020 Genetics Society of America Medal
- 2020 Gruber Prize for Genetics
Web links
- Bassler's homepage at Princeton University (Bassler photo incl.)
- Science journalism article on BL Bassler (Wired Archive, Issue 11.04 - April 2003)
- Bassler's research report "Interspecies communication in bacteria" (with Michael J. Federle, in: J. Clin. Invest. 112: 1291-1299 (2003))
- Bassler's research paper "Mob Psychology" (with S. Winans, in: Journal of Bacteriology, February 2002, p. 873-883)
- Bassler's research paper "The languages of bacteria" (GENES & DEVELOPMENT June 15, 2001)
- Bonnie Bassler on TED - Discovering bacteria's amazing communication system
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows of the AAAS: B. Bassler. (No longer available online.) American Association for the Advancement of Science, archived from the original on February 5, 2018 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter B. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 29, 2018 .
- ^ Member History: Bonnie L. Bassler. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 23, 2018 (English, with short biography).
- ^ Shaw Prize 2015 - Life Sciences and Medicine
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bassler, Bonnie L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American microbiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |