Bonnie Bassler
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Princess of Asturias Award (2023) | |
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Bonnie Bassler Biography, Explorer's Guide to Biology |
Bonnie Lynn Bassler (born 1962)[2] 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.[3][4][5]
Bassler has received numerous awards for her research, including the
She is an elected member of the
Early life and education
Bassler was born in Chicago and raised in Danville, California.[17] She began her career in science at 13 "as a veterinarian's assistant at the Miami Zoo and later at a local dog and cat clinic."[18]
Bassler entered the
Her postdoctoral research was conducted at the
Since then, Bassler has also shown that bacteria use quorum sensing to differentiate self and other, a trait previously thought to be limited to more highly evolved organisms. Bassler has shown that viruses and host cells (such as human cells) as well as bacteria, use quorum sensing, and that the virulence of pathogenic bacteria is in part a result of quorum sensing. Bassler has developed anti-quorum-sensing strategies that, in animal models, halt infection from bacterial pathogens of global significance.[3][4][20]
In 1994, Bassler joined the Princeton faculty. She is currently the chair of the department of molecular biology and the Squibb Professor in molecular biology.[21] Her lab at Princeton University researches quorum sensing, the process of cell-cell communication in bacteria.[22][23]
Bassler's exploration of the ways in which bacteria communicate and behave collectively can be seen as contributing to a paradigm shift in how scientists view the microbial world. Bassler's discoveries are said to "open new vistas in basic science, but are also of practical significance."[24] Bassler's research has contributed new and exciting strategies for treating bacterial disease.[25] In 2002, the MacArthur Foundation awarded Bassler a fellowship in recognition of her contributions to the bacterial lexicon.[10][26]
Research
During her postdoctoral research, Bassler experimented with genetic manipulation of bioluminescent genes in
Bassler's lab focuses on intra- and inter-species communication, self versus non-self recognition, information transferring, and population level cooperation. Research topics include: How bacteria distinguish self from other: ligand-receptor interactions, Dynamics: small RNA regulation of quorum sensing, Biofilms under flow and the public goods dilemma, Manipulation of quorum sensing on demand, and microbiome quorum sensing and inter-kingdom communication.[22]
Awards and honors
- 2002 MacArthur Fellowship[10]
- 2004 Elected member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[27]
- 2006 National Academy of Sciences[17]
- 2007 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[2]
- 2008 Special Recognition from the World Cultural Council[28]
- 2009
- 2010 USA Science and Engineering Festival's Nifty Fifty Speakers, nominated by American Society for Microbiology[30]
- 2010–2016 National Science Board, nominated by President Barack Obama[31]
- 2011 Richard Lounsbery Award[8]
- 2011
- 2010–2011 President of the American Society for Microbiology[12]
- 2012 Member in the American Philosophical Society[35]
- 2014 American Society for Microbiology EMD Millipore Alice C. Evans Award[36]
- 2015 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine[37]
- 2016 The FASEB Excellence in Science Award[38]
- 2016 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize[6]
- 2016 Max Planck Research Award[39]
- 2016 Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine[40]
- 2018 Dickson Prize[41]
- 2018 Ernst Schering Prize[42][43]
- 2020 Genetics Society of America Medal[44]
- 2020 Gruber Prize in Genetics[24]
- 2021 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize[3][45]
- 2022 Wolf Prize in Chemistry.[46]
- 2023 Canada Gairdner International Award[47]
- 2023 Princess of Asturias Awards[48]
- 2023 Albany Medical Center Prize[49]
Selected works
- Ng, Wai-Leung; Bassler, Bonnie L. (December 1, 2009). "Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Network Architectures". Annual Review of Genetics. 43 (1): 197–222. PMID 19686078.
- Bassler, Bonnie L.; Losick, Richard (April 2006). "Bacterially Speaking". Cell. 125 (2): 237–246. S2CID 17056045.
- Camilli, Andrew; Bassler, Bonnie L. (February 24, 2006). "Bacterial Small-Molecule Signaling Pathways". Science. 311 (5764): 1113–1116. PMID 16497924.
- Waters, Christopher M.; Bassler, Bonnie L. (November 1, 2005). "Quorum sensing: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria". Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 21 (1): 319–346. PMID 16212498.
- Lenz, Derrick H.; Mok, Kenny C.; Lilley, Brendan N.; Kulkarni, Rahul V.; Wingreen, Ned S.; Bassler, Bonnie L. (July 9, 2004). "The Small RNA Chaperone Hfq and Multiple Small RNAs Control Quorum Sensing in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae". Cell. 118 (1): 69–82. S2CID 18997499.
- Chen, Xin; Schauder, Stephan; Potier, Noelle; Van Dorsselaer, Alain; Pelczer, István; Bassler, Bonnie L.; Hughson, Frederick M. (January 2002). "Structural identification of a bacterial quorum-sensing signal containing boron". Nature. 415 (6871): 545–549. S2CID 4334017.
- Miller, Melissa B.; Bassler, Bonnie L. (October 1, 2001). "Quorum Sensing in Bacteria". Annual Review of Microbiology. 55 (1): 165–199. PMID 11544353.
- Schauder, Stephan; Shokat, Kevan; Surette, Michael G.; Bassler, Bonnie L. (December 21, 2001). "The LuxS family of bacterial autoinducers: biosynthesis of a novel quorum-sensing signal molecule". Molecular Microbiology. 41 (2): 463–476. S2CID 24852124.
- Surette, Michael G.; Miller, Melissa B.; Bassler, Bonnie L. (February 16, 1999). "Quorum sensing in Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and Vibrio harveyi: A new family of genes responsible for autoinducer production". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96 (4): 1639–1644. PMID 9990077.
- Bassler, Bonnie L (December 1999). "How bacteria talk to each other: regulation of gene expression by quorum sensing". Current Opinion in Microbiology. 2 (6): 582–587. PMID 10607620.
- Bassler, Bonnie L.; Wright, Miriam; Silverman, Michael R. (July 1994). "Multiple signalling systems controlling expression of luminescence in Vibrio harveyi : sequence and function of genes encoding a second sensory pathway". Molecular Microbiology. 13 (2): 273–286. S2CID 39587138.
- Bassler, Bonnie L.; Wright, Miriam; Showalter, Richard E.; Silverman, Michael R. (August 1993). "Intercellular signalling in Vibrio harveyi: sequence and function of genes regulating expression of luminescence". Molecular Microbiology. 9 (4): 773–786. S2CID 36357210.
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- ^ "Autobiography of Bonnie L Bassler". The Shaw Prize. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "L'Oreal-UNESCO Names Professor Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University, For Women in Science 2012 Laureate for North America". Princeton, New Jersey Patch. April 13, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
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- ^ a b "Bonnie Bassler receives Gruber Genetics Prize". Princeton University. February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ "Bassler receives Gruber Genetics Prize for discoveries on how bacteria communicate". Princeton University. February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
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- ^ "Bassler Wins L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Award in Life Sciences". National Academy of Sciences. November 8, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "The 14th Annual L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science Honor Five Exceptional Women Who Move Science Forward". L'Oréal USA. November 8, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ Kelly, Morgan (November 8, 2011). "FACULTY AWARD: Bassler to receive L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award". Princeton University. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
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- ^ "Princeton's Dr Bonnie Bassler Receives 2014 Alice C. Evans Award". Genomics Research from Technology Networks. May 22, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "The 2015 Prize in Life Science & Medicine Bonnie L. Bassler E. Peter Greenberg". The Shaw Prize. 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "FASEB 2016 Excellence in Science Award recipient announced". EurekAlert!. July 1, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "AAAS Fellow Bonnie Bassler wins 2016 Max Planck Research Award". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
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- ^ Wolf Prize in Chemistry 2022
- ^ Canada Gairdner International Award 2023
- ^ Princess of Asturias Awards 2023
- ^ Albany Medical Center Prize 2023