American - Scientist | 1962 -
You live in intimate association with bacteria, and you couldn't survive without them.
Bonnie Bassler
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Bacteria mineralized the rocks; they deposited the iron. They made the geology we see.
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We mostly don't get sick. Most often, bacteria are keeping us well.
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My bacteria glow in the dark - no human being doesn't like that.
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By weight, you are more human than bacteria, because your cells are bigger, but by numbers, it's not even close.
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When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being able to change and adapt so fast.
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I called up and said, 'Dad, I won a MacArthur.' My father goes: 'I always thought your sister would win that,' and I said, 'Dad, just say congratulations and keep your private thoughts private.' At that point he laughed, then burst into tears, and it was obvious that he was so happy and proud.
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I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.
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What's great about bacteria is you have a surprise every day waiting for you because they're so fast, they grow overnight.
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All these bacteria that coat our skin and live in our intestines, they fend off bad bacteria. They protect us. And you can't even digest your food without the bacteria that are in your gut. They have enzymes and proteins that allow you to metabolize foods you eat.
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I want to make a drug. I want the science to be more than imaginary, where I think, 'We're learning these fundamental principles, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.' I think we are doing that, but I want to do something really practical. I want to actually, in my lifetime, help people.
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We've all been sick; we're all afraid of infection. I think the easiest application to help people understand what quorum sensing is and why it's important to study is to tell them that if we could make the bacteria either deaf or mute, we could create new antibiotics.
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