2026 Lecture Series: Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D., at NHMU
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Tiny Conspiracies: How Bacteria Talk To Each Other
Join world-renowned microbiologist Bonnie Bassler, Ph. D., for a captivating journey into the unseen conversations that govern the microbial world.
Bacteria are tiny ancient organisms. Harmful bacteria have the capacity to kill humans, animals, and plants, while beneficial bacteria play vital roles in keeping humans, animals, and plants alive. How do bacteria do it? They are so small, yet they carry out such big jobs. The answer is that bacteria work in groups: they communicate, count their numbers, and act as collectives.
This talk offers a rare window into the social lives of bacteria — and how understanding their conversations could transform modern medicine.
This event is free to attend with RSVP. Follow the link below to register. Dr. Bassler will give the same lecture the next day at the County Library's Viridian Event Center in West Jordan.
About the Speaker
Bonnie Bassler is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and the Andrew K. Golden University Professor at Princeton University. Bassler received a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of California at Davis and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University. She performed postdoctoral work in Genetics at the Agouron Institute and joined the Princeton faculty in 1994.
She has received many awards and honors. Examples in the original text include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2002), election to the American Academy of Microbiology (2002), fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2004), and the American Society for Microbiology’s Eli Lilly Investigator Award (2006).