Education
Born in Chicago and raised in Danville, California, Bassler received a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis and a Doctor of Philosophy in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University.
Born in Chicago and raised in Danville, California, Bassler received a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis and a Doctor of Philosophy in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University.
She has been a professor at Princeton University since 1994. In 2002, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She made key insights into the mechanism by which bacteria communicate, known as quorum sensing.
Royal Society; National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences.