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Bonnie Bassler

1962 - Today

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Bonnie Lynn Bassler (born 1962) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bonnie Bassler has received more than 114,397 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bonnie Bassler is the 580th most popular chemist (down from 543rd in 2019), the 11,381st most popular biography from United States (up from 14,493rd in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 49.65

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Bonnie Bassler ranks 580 out of 602. Before her are Susan Solomon, Achim Müller, Gilbert Stork, Omowunmi Sadik, F. Albert Cotton, and Jacqueline Barton. After her are Percy Lavon Julian, Benjamin Silliman, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Yellapragada Subbarow, Martyn Poliakoff, and John George Children.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Bonnie Bassler ranks 497. Before her are Mehdi Jomaa, Aminata Touré, Kaoru Wada, Michelangelo Rampulla, Jerry Rice, and Sakina Jaffrey. After her are Carlos Daniel Tapia, Naomi Wolf, Chris Botti, Yordanka Fandakova, Elizaveta Glinka, and Brigitte Oertli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bonnie Bassler ranks 11,381 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael W. Smith (1957), Julie Gibson (1913), Barbara Crampton (1958), Eddie Lang (1902), Sakina Jaffrey (1962), and Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749). After her are Alyson Noël (1965), Jeremy Lin (1988), James Hall (null), McG (1968), Clayton Moore (1914), and Eddie Kaye Thomas (1980).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Bonnie Bassler ranks 112. Before her are Emma P. Carr (1880), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Richard Zare (1939), Susan Solomon (1956), F. Albert Cotton (1930), and Jacqueline Barton (1952). After her are Percy Lavon Julian (1899), Benjamin Silliman (1779), Richard Lerner (1938), Esther M. Conwell (1922), Ruth R. Benerito (1916), and Donald Howard Menzel (1901).

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